this be the most appalling adaptation of a story i have see in quite some time . it do violence to the fundamental story line of leguin book no wonder she have publicly distance herself from it . for one thing and ged ( that his true name and by the way and and everyone on earthsea have them ) be not a petulant teenager . he be impetuous and but not petulant . there be also no christian subtext in the book . ged do not rise from the dead while he be re born when he receive his true name and but that happen when he be seven and and be something he share with every other archipelagan . the people of the archipelago be red brown to black . they be not pasty chlorox white . a series that have non white a it protagonist be a rare thing in the sixty and seventy white do not need to appropriate this one now . the god king be not try to conquer all of earthsea in order to conquer death . he do not succeed in an attack on roke and and he do not knife the archmage . normally and i understand the compromise necessary to translate a book to a film . the two move at different pace and have different story tell need . so if dialogue wanders and or secondary plot disappear fine and so long a the original author intent and main story line be preserve . this adaptation ( in which the producer and robert halmi and claim to speak for ms. leguin ( and call her miss miss and to a woman who have be in the forefront of feminism for over thirty year . ) ) do not even maintain the same story or the same intent . leguin have note that the whole story revolves around two young people come into their power and the responsibility and problem thereof . there be none of that in this story . for shame and anyone responsible for decision about this film represent you do terrible work this time around .