...there was an unicorn?

[taotrooper]

I finished reading The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle last night. I watched the movie like two years ago and my memories are foggy now, but I do recall it was shiny and interesting. The book, actually, doesn't seem too different from what I remember, so that means the adaptation must've been that good. That's a new one. Well, no, an old one, but you get my point.

Of course, and it comes without surprise, I liked the book better because I have the feeling the movie probably couldn't play that much with the fairy tales meta and fourth wall-breaking, which is one of my favorite things about the novel and made me fangirl book!Schmendrick so much, but then again I could be wrong.

Actually, was Schmendrick's backstory and curse even in the movie? I can't recall, but my guts tell me he might've got the Eriol treatment (...literally).

I think I'm rewatching my illegally downloaded copy of the movie when I'm back home. And I'll buy the book if I ever find it somewhere.

The whole point for this post is: read the book :D It's pretty and sad and smart.

No, actually I'm lying, the other point is: Schmendrick/Molly OTP! ♥

ETA 1: kirarakim uploaded the main theme of the movie :D
ETA 2: I knew I shouldn't look for TLU stuff at Youtube. Not surprised to see so many Evanescence and Within Temptation and Linkin Park AMVs.

Comments

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

No problem. TLU is a childhood favorite, so I enjoy sharing info when I can. I forgot to mention that he also recently released The Last Unicorn: The Lost Version which is the original 80 page beginning of the story. There are some huge differences, like dragons and demon, and some passages, like the butterfly, which are remarkably untouched.