Somewhere in my busy life I've found room to re-read some of the books in Madeleine L'engle's wonderful saga, and first among these at the moment is A Wind in the Door. It's been years since I read these absolutely magical pieces of work, which have such a great deal of meaning in them that I think can be appreciated by anyone, no matter what outlook you might have on the world. Why? Because she creates a narrative that, although filled with imagery and symbols inspired by her own

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Now before I mention anything, yes, there will be spoilers and yes, you should just go ahead and read the book if you haven't already.

So what did I think of this movie. Sadly, I was greatly disappointed and I honestly went into it with high hopes. I mean surely film technology has come so far, it can't be as bad as the 2003 version of the book... actually it was pretty bad.

Where do I begin? How about characters.

Characters:

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