![]() ![]() With the pandemic derailing everybody’s release schedule, it’s now hard to tell how much of Chaos Walking’s long stint in post-production has to do with any script problems. News of major reshoots (from three years ago!) is usually a good indication that a movie is going to be troubled. ![]() The long, long wait for Chaos Walking, based on a sci-fi trilogy by Patrick Ness, doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence that this stab at hitting YA adaptation gold will fare any better. It is charitable to say that most of them have not been very good. Movies based on young adult sci-fi and fantasy novels have been a mixed bag at the movies since the Harry Potter franchise convinced every studio exec that any glossy cover on the shelves in your local library’s Teen Zone could be the next billion-dollar franchise. “War,” says Mayor Prentiss, his eyes glinting. You accept things that would appall you at any other time because life has temporarily lost all meaning.” - The Ask and the Answer ![]() “If you ever see a war…you’ll learn that war only destroys. ![]()
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