Tales From Ovid - Ted Hughes

The Iron Man - Ted Hughes

the children on the sofa with a bag of pick and mix and high hopes. The credits rolled and we watched with eager anticipation for the first scenes of Ted Hughes ‘The Iron Man’. What followed could surely only be loosely termed as being based on the book, there were so many differences that it seemed a travesty . We watched a thoroughly entertaining film, great characters, excellent cartoon art, good dialogue and a happy ending but it was still galling to me that it was so far removed from the work of the fantastic Ted Hughes. In a nutshell the film concentrated on the friendship that grows up between a giant Iron Man and a small boy called Hogarth, ...

The Iron Man - Ted Hughes

the children on the sofa with a bag of pick and mix and high hopes. The credits rolled and we watched with eager anticipation for the first scenes of Ted Hughes ‘The Iron Man’. What followed could surely only be loosely termed as being based on the book, there were so many differences that it seemed a travesty . We watched a thoroughly entertaining film, great characters, excellent cartoon art, good dialogue and a happy ending but it was still galling to me that it was so far removed from the work of the fantastic Ted Hughes. In a nutshell the film concentrated on the friendship that grows up between a giant Iron Man and a small boy called Hogarth, ...

The Iron Man - Ted Hughes

apart at the foot of the cliff, how come a seagull makes off with one of the bleeders?! And then proceeds to match it with the giant's hand?! Ted Hughes loses all consistency with scale here, and in other places too. Yes we know this is a fantasy, a fable, but do we really want our childrens' fiction to give them complete lies? How many children do we need scarred because they are worried about feeling an earthquake in Japan, because of the nonsense Ted Hughes spouts about them in chapter three? Even reading from his little chair in his junior school theediscerning knew it was completely risible that an eye and a hand could be sentient and mobile ...

The Iron Man - Ted Hughes

apart at the foot of the cliff, how come a seagull makes off with one of the bleeders?! And then proceeds to match it with the giant's hand?! Ted Hughes loses all consistency with scale here, and in other places too. Yes we know this is a fantasy, a fable, but do we really want our childrens' fiction to give them complete lies? How many children do we need scarred because they are worried about feeling an earthquake in Japan, because of the nonsense Ted Hughes spouts about them in chapter three? Even reading from his little chair in his junior school theediscerning knew it was completely risible that an eye and a hand could be sentient and mobile ...

Birthday Letters - Ted Hughes

Birthday Letters is Ted Hughes account of his life with Sylvia Plath. Each poem is addressed personally to her and Hughes pours out his heart and best poems to her. Birthday Letters will make you sad, angry, hopeful, and exultant. Hughes' poems have a pyscological depth that makes him one of the best poets ever to live. He ...

Birthday Letters - Ted Hughes

Birthday Letters is Ted Hughes account of his life with Sylvia Plath. Each poem is addressed personally to her and Hughes pours out his heart and best poems to her. Birthday Letters will make you sad, angry, hopeful, and exultant. Hughes' poems have a pyscological depth that makes him one of the best poets ever to live. He ...