Product Description

Filled with magical characters thrilling action and spectacular visual effects The Seeker is an epic fantasy adventure the whole family will love! During Christmas break from school a seemingly typical teenager discovers he's anything but ordinary. As the seventh son of a seventh son Will Stanton is The Seeker - a chosen warrior destined to restore the delicate earthly balance between Light and Dark. Guided by ancient protectors of the Light young Will must travel through time to gather the hidden signs that hold the ultimate power to protect the world.System Requirements:Running Time: 95 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: PG UPC: 024543492177 Manufacturer No: 2249217

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4471 in DVD
• Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
• Released on: 2008-03-18
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.25 pounds
• Running time: 99 minutes

Amazon.com
Developing one's self confidence is difficult for most 14-year-olds, and doubly so for Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig, The Sandlot 3: Heading Home) who's recently moved to England and has just begun his first year of study as an American overseas. Feeling shy and inadequate in school as well as amongst his five brothers and one sister, Will becomes increasingly confounded when he starts to see strange visions including a sinister horseman (Christopher Eccleston) who demands Will give him some sort of sign which he knows absolutely nothing about. Befriended by four elders of the local community (Ian McShane, Frances Conroy, Jim Piddock, and James Cosmo) who turn out to be "Old Ones" from ages past, Will learns that his destiny is as a seeker who must travel through time to collect six ancient signs that will somehow enable light to triumph over darkness and save the world as he knows it. As Will discovers that he possesses hidden powers and struggles to learn to control them in order to accomplish his quest, he is racked with insecurity and self-doubt. In the end, Will's inner strength will be tested to the extreme as will his relationship with both family and friends.
While based on Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising, this movie is significantly different from the book: Will's age and family circumstances have been changed, the role of the Old Ones in Will's education about his powers is much diminished, the six signs are less religiously symbolic, and the treatment of the final battle between light and dark is markedly different. Nonetheless, The Seeker is a suspense-filled, action-packed 94-minutes brimming with great special effects comparable to The Bridge to Terabithia and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy that's immensely appealing to viewers ages 10 and older. --Tami Horiuchi

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David L. Cunningham does a good job with this film. While I'd heard of the book, it's not one I ever read. So my perspective will be quite different from those whose opinions are based on a comparison to the book. As a film, the visual elements are excellent with the floods, the signs and the spreading darkness over the world. Alexander Ludwig does a nice job as Will Stanton, a modern boy completely unprepared for the age-old struggle thrust upon him. Christopher Eccleston who was in The Others (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) & Gone in 60 Seconds has a long range from the bookish real-world character to the mythical Rider, a stretch that wasn't altogether successful for me. Frances Conroy who won a Golden Globe for TV's "Six Feet Under" plays Miss Greythorne as a bookish matron. Ian McShane who was nominated for an Emmy for TV's "Deadwood" in 2005 is perhaps the hardest to figure out as Merriman Lyon. His character seemed like it ought to have been more important, but somehow never quite got what it needed to make the point. Wendy Crewson, who I loved as Evelyn Danvers in The Covenant, plays Mary Stanton with a nice but brief touch. Amelia Warner who was in "Aeon Flux" makes an impression as the witch Maggie Barnes. The film breezes by and looks handsome. It comes across as a rushed Harry Potter. Overall, it's entertaining. Enjoy!

Why do they take good books and make them bad movies?
The "Dark is Rising" books are excellent and well written...Why the movie people always seem to say "well, we'll just take the names and the setting and see if we can't punch them up a bit" when faced with great source material is beyond me! The movie isn't really even going to appeal to people who haven't read the books, as it seems very derivative at times. People who have read the series and are fans may develop violent feelings towards the screen play writers; I know we did! Just avoid this movie and perhaps "they" will consider it a bomb and not make another....

Takes some getting used to, but... has its merits
Man, this one was a shocker. I have read, and reread, and re-reread, Susan Cooper's books many times since about, oh, 1977? I got my own copies... then I think I got my son his own copies. I've read a few other things too, over the years.

Seriously, the movie is very different from the book. The feel of the movie, the mood of it, the story... it is all very different from the book. At first I was horrified, ugh (see most of the other reviews for the general idea).

But then... well... it seemed to me that the story had almost been adapted to a movie for thirty years later. Will Stanton is from the generation before Harry Potter. In the books, we can really feel the world and the matter of Wales, of ancient Britain, of the layers of history. While I do feel that the movie moves too quickly, and it is often just too wierd and intense -- in a way, that is truer to today's young people. Perhaps it speaks to them better. I don't know. But I would rather think that this adaptation had some merit, somehow, and that is what I've come up with.

Read all the books and watch the movie, just be prepared for something "completely different." Good luck.