if you be to take the harry potter film franchise and remove all the memorable character and fun and adventure and and coherent narrative storytelling and you would get the seeker represent the dark be rise . while not completely unwatchable and competently make and the film have no sense of wonder . that quite an amazing feat when you consider it center around a kid with numerous superhuman power and and surround say kid with theme of time travel and villain who can summon swarm of crow and snake in an instant and and an apocalyptic snow storm that could bring about the end of the world . our young hero be will shanton ( alexander ludwig ) . will be your average awkward teen struggle to fit in after his father job force the family to move overseas from america to england . he just turn 14 and and have also just discover that he part of a prophecy that he never know about . supposedly and thousand of year ago and there be a great battle between the force of light and darkness for control of the world . light win out in the end and but dark be vie to make a comeback . the dark be represent by a villain call the rider ( christopher eccleston ) and name so because he rid around on horseback . the rider keep on appear before our young hero and and send demonic mall security guard and evil granny who can summon snake after him . he claim to be look for the sign and but will doesn not know what he talk about . fortunately and there be some people to help explain will destiny and and explain the plot ( but do little else ) . they represent the light and and inform will that he be the seeker and and that only he have the power to seek out six sign powerful artifact from the past that hold the fate of the world . a the seeker and will gain various power include super strength and travel through time and of which only the time travel one seem to be of any use to him in his search . all the ingredient be here for a fun fantasy adventure and but the seeker represent the dark be rise doesn not even seem interested in itself . this movie have such a shock lack of wonder and whimsy and two thing all fantasy adventure must have . the incredible keep on show it face throughout the story and but the movie forget to allow the character to react or even respond to it . at one point and will younger sister discovers her brother power first hand when she accidentally travel through time with him . how do she react to this . she doesn not . she find herself transported thousand of year in the past in the middle of a battle and and all she care about be that she rescue a kitten from the battlefield . she doesn not even ask her brother what go on and nor do she ever bring it up again in a late scene . she do and however and keep on clutch to that little kitten she find for the rest of the movie . i guess time travel and super power and and the fate of the world itself just can not hold a candle to the adorableness of a kitty cat . the storytelling employed here be of the most basic and episodic quality . thing happen out of sheer coincidence or dumb luck . i mean and what be the odds that all of these sign will be suppose to be look for all seem to be within a three mile radius from his house . he doesn not so much seek these thing out and rather he stumble upon them . he go to church for sunday service and and wow and there one of the sign he look for . whatever the case and can it really be qualify a an adventure if the hero be hardly force to leave his own house . for all the character talk of prophecy and darkness destroy the world and everyone in this movie sure seem to be take it in stride . they even still have time to celebrate christmas and even the one who know the world could end in five day . for all it mistake and the seeker be not without some merit . the opening moment have a mysterious atmosphere and and get me interested before the movie decide to brush off it own explanation . it kind of like find a beautifully wrapped package and open it and and find a ball of lint inside . it at least interest before the disappointment hit . the first 20 minute or so have hope and the promise of wonder and then the movie just kind of crap out and lose interest in itself . it odd to think that the seeker be more comfortable deal with the ordinary rather than the extraordinary . if the people behind this film be behind the harry potter series and the muggle world would be more interesting than hogwarts . i do not think i even have to explain what would be wrong with that picture . the seeker represent the dark be rise be base on a very famous child novel by susan cooper . i have not read this book and but i have a feeling that this adaptation be miss what make the story so interesting in the first place . here be a story that cry out for the fantastic and and give u people who do not even seem to notice it . those kind of people do not deserve to inhabit a story like this . we need a hero who share our sense of wonder . all we get with will be someone who discover he have the power to change the world and and say that nice and then walk away .