The Seeker: The Dark is Rising and the Ratings are Falling.

Just think Christopher Eccleston gave up a lucrative contract to be the new Doctor Who after only one season because he didn't want to be trapped in that role unable to further his acting career with such dynamic works as this. The Seeker starts slow and gets progressively worse from there. I had to sit through it, but I can't possibly imagine any other mortal human enduring such torture of their own free will unless money or a woman were involved. I highly doubt the acting talent themselves attended the premier sober. Eccleston along with Iam Mcshane, Frances Conroy and young Alexander Ludwig were all miscast in this disgrace of a fantasy sci-fi film. Then again I wouldn't wish this disastrous monstrosity on any actors resume let alone the unsuspecting viewing public. This is another over done tail of light verses dark with the reluctant hero being a barely post pubescent 14 year old who is torn between new found sexual feelings, rebellion against his family, social acceptance, oh and saving the universe. Just to make things a little more uninteresting the director sloppily careens the story through the medium of time travel, my favorite sub-genre and the most botched element in movies today. The plot is neither interesting nor original and like so many movies of late, I was terribly relieved at the films conclusion. David Cunningham should stick to directing tv series and direct to video exercise dvds.

Helen shares most of my sentiments, but he gave much more leeway to the movie because he has been such a huge fan of Eccleston ever since he starred in the new Doctor Who pilot. Unlike me though, Helen felt Cunningham should be emasculated and locked up in Guantanamo for his crimes against humanity. (Helen was a big fan of Susan Cooper's "the Dark is Rising" book series from which this movie was so poorly adapted) He enjoyed the acting of Ian Mcshane and Ludwig, but regretfully thought Eccleston was merely reprising his personification of "the Doctor" something the actor definitely didn't want to do. Helen suggests watching the Lifetime Network or God forbid, the Hallmark or Oxygen channel, before renting this total piece of crap.