This was a mistake all too obvious in Colour of Magic, and is one not repeated here.
Let's face it: a TV-based production never does well when it relies on special effects more than it does on good actors, a decent script and solid direction. After the somewhat confused and heavily-altered adaption of Colour of Magic, it is a relief to see a certain solid quality in terms of serious movie features returning to the series. This time, you know precisely what you are looking at. This is all but true, yet, the lack of a fairy-tale air allows the narrative to flow much better. Someone pointed out that the film lacked the "magic" of the other adaptions. Still, for a friend of solid acting, solid backdrops, and more substance than metaphor, this may qualify as the best of the bunch. It is based on one of Pratchett's newer stories and evokes a more urban industrial Steampunk feel than its Fantasy (Colour of Magic) and Faerie Tale-based (Hogfather) predecessors.
Talking about the product, this movie is well-acted and well-presented.
his own life) and win over the principled Golem-rights-activist Adora Dearheart, he has to employ all his conman wit to beat the owner of the telegraph-like "Clacks" in a business race evoking industrial-age competitions like that between Westinghouse and Edison, where showmanship and publicity were far more important than the actual product. Going Postal is a story about a master con-artist who faces the gallows but it given a second shot at life as master of Ankh Morpork's run-down post office. There are many reasons for my surprise, which I will introduce in the following short review. I must admit that I am quite surprised about the negative feedback the third movie based on Pratchett's works has received.
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