Save yourself the theater ticket fees and buy those wonderful books from Susan Cooper instead. However, in this case, as a result of the butchering, the story does not make sense, lacks any depth, and is a disappointment from A to Z which the director tries to hide by using cheap effects and repetitive and lame shooting angles. That does not necessarily make a movie bad, just different. Unfortunately, the original book has been butchered to the point that the story is unrecognizable. And history, as the background of the book is the King Arthur legend. Well, Susan Cooper's book series the Rising of the Dark sequence was written long before Harry Potter and it has all the material for a good movie. Should one be surprised considering the director announced in the past that he thought the books did not give good movie material and that he dislikes fantasy/children's movies to begin with? Did he pick them up in the end after all to ride the Harry Potter wave? Announcing at the same time that he changed the script from younger British boy to older American boy to avoid having yet another Harry. MG Hotels has been contacted for comment.Awful, awful, awful - from screenplay to casting to effects. He was ‘unfortunately unable to attend’ the meeting on Wednesday as Parliament was sitting. Windsor MP Mr Afriyie was informed about the Manor Hotel last week and ‘immediately wrote to the Home Secretary to make clear local concerns.’ Seeker lyricsI've looked under chairsI've looked under tablesI've tried to find the keyTo fifty million fableschorus:They call me The SeekerI've been searchi. There are plans for further public meetings on the subject – and the Borough will seek to meet fortnightly with the Home Office and other agencies.Ī Home Office spokesperson said the Home Office ‘does not comment on operational arrangements for individual hotels.’ Though no answers from the Home Office are guaranteed, the borough intends to ‘keep the pressure up’, said Datchet ward councillor David Cannon. “ the Home Office’s failure to attend tonight and answer your questions is a disgrace,” said Cllr Johnson. This garnered much criticism from the public and the panel. The Home Office was invited to attend the meeting – but no representative showed up. The leader added that he has already written to the new Home Secretary (Suella Braverman) with his concerns. Ultimately, if there are any mistakes made here, ‘it falls on to pick up the pieces,’ he said.Ĭllr Johnson said that he will launch a legal challenge against the decision if it looks like the borough would be ‘significantly disadvantaged.’ But to do so would require ‘serious evidence’, he said. He said he had ‘grave concerns’ about the asylum-seeking process in the UK – that in his view it is ‘desperate to find anywhere’ to house people, including on a more permanent basis. Leader of the council Andrew Johnson agreed that ‘this is a most unsuitable location to host asylum seekers’, in particular those that are ‘potentially vulnerable’. “This is a direct and commercial arrangement between the Home Office and the hotel,” he said. Ian Thompson, lead member for grounds at Datchet Parish Council, asked if there was any capacity for recompense from the borough to deal with any additional problems caused by people moving into the Manor Hotel.īut Mr Scott said the Borough is not receiving any additional funding for the arrangement. Others added that there is already an antisocial behaviour problem in the area, only likely to be exacerbated. Many expressed doubt that the care of the new arrivals would be well managed, with criticisms being launched against MG Hotels for letting the hotel ‘fall into disrepair’. However, members of the public at the meeting were not reassured by this, saying it was ‘a completely different situation’ to host asylum seekers in a village compared to a larger area.Ĭoncerns were raised that local schools are ‘already oversubscribed.’ Mr Scott added that there was a danger that the new arrivals could ‘overload’ the local GP surgery.Īs such, there are discussions in motion between the region’s clinical commissioning group and other GP practices to seek support.īut Mr Scott said that, based on experience of the Holiday Inn in Maidenhead, there would be ‘a little bit of disruption’ at first, then ‘the impact on residents was negligible’. “The borough is already doing more than its fair share and we have highlighted that to the Home Office,” he said. He added that the number of asylum seekers the borough is taking on is ‘disproportionate to the population.’ Representatives from various agencies including the Borough and Thames Valley Police responded to residents' thoughts on the ‘undemocratic decision’ by the Home Office.ĭavid Scott, head of communities for the Royal Borough, said it was ‘presented to without discussion.’
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