CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

hjalsayegh Going postal is one of the more popular books in the discworld series and in this movie you find out why. The story is a stand alone about a con man trying to revive the postal service. All other characters from the discworld are cameos, magic and it's rules don't come into play. The movie has flaws. The effects used for both the banshee and werewolves were horrendous! In movie so old world and atmospheric those effects stood out like a sore thumb and I really, really, REALLY wish they were left on the cutting room floor. Angua who's a prominent character in the guards series was diluted to "blonde, pale, werewolf" Which just made me sad every time she popped up. What I liked however was the rest of the movie. It's charming, Atmospheric and the little details will get to you. The world feels lived in from the men's top hats being a bit worn from use to the women's sweeping skirts being muddy and dusty from.... well from sweeping the dirty streets!Seeing a few characters from other books cameo in this one made me smile (Everyone's favorite vampire photographer for the win!) I loved that they didn't shy away from Ludwig's past haunting him or how badly his confession to his lady love went. Those could have been written out for a more Hollywood classic tale.I don't think any of the movies are as good as the books. The writing style doesn't lend itself to the visual medium by the author's own admission. He wrote them to be books and mentioned that if he was writing for a movie then things would have been very different. I still enjoyed this as a movie and would recommend it even if you know nothing of the discworld.

invisibleunicornninja This film, though deeply flawed was still entertaining. I had a lot of fun watching it. I haven't read the book, and as always I'd like to advise anyone planning to watch to stick around for the end credits as there are scenes in them. Plot - The plot was decent. It was coherent and well-written. There is a love story that's kinda thrown in there that I didn't really like, but other than that its pretty good. Villan - The villains are never that good in movies. The one in this movie isn't much of an exception. His only motivation seemed to be his hatred for the post office, which wasn't really explained. Though not all of his plans worked, and some of them were kind of dumb, he was an actual threat. There was actual tension throughout the story because this guy is actually prepared to kill people to get what he wants and doesn't waste time with pointless monologues. The Effects - I was laughing each time this movie attempted to use any kind of practical effects or CGI. This movie's sets are also bad - not as bad as the effects, but still. This movie clearly did not have the budget it needed. If this movie had more money to work with, I'm sure that it would've looked a lot nicer.Acting - Most of the actors were pretty good. They make their cartoonish personalities come to life. I didn't like some of the characters. but that's not at the fault of the actors. I liked that the protagonists and the villains were all relatively clever and for the most part knew what they were doing. It made the story more enjoyable. There are some bits where smart characters act infuriatingly stupid, but nowhere near as much as some others. Speed and Sound - There are a ton of scenes that are clearly sped-up. I don't know why. Most of them aren't even scenes where anything intense is happening. Its extremely awkward to see characters move around in that jerky fashion. There are also a lot of weird shots throughout the film that are incredibly cringeworthy. There are also some problems with the sound design. The voices and mouth movements didn't always match up. Overall this was a fun, somewhat clever movie with some cringeworthy humor and presentation. I had a bit of fun watching this movie, but I probably wouldn't watch it again.

dccarles First off, I thought Going Postal was an above average Discworld novel. It flowed nicely, the character development was interesting, and of course it included Pratchett's trademark similes.This production, however, was sub-par. First, though, what they got right.The special effects were adequate. The golems looked like what you'd expect a guy wearing a hundred pounds of clay-coloured latex to look like, but the clacks towers were well done, as were the swirling letters in the post office. The sets and costumes, however, were excellent. The city streets lived and breathed, and the post office was wonderfully dark and decrepit. (Moist's Postmaster hat, I noticed, improved over time as the Post Office's fortunes improved.) The script benefited from streamlining the novel's plot somewhat. Just about everywhere the plot was changed, I could see why they did so. Much of Pratchett's wit made it into the dialogue, as well as more than a few good lines that weren't in the novel. But nothing, nay, nothing can make up for the acting. I don't blame the actors here: plainly they were directed to mug like Jim Carrey having a facial spasm. So much of what was funny in the novel was made utterly cringe-inducing by being overdone. Pratchettian humour works by understatement, by the characters taking themselves and what they do seriously. Of the characters played for comedic effect only Vetinari, as far as I could see, was played straight, and not coincidentally only he survived this massacre unscathed. It might be that the program was aimed at children, and this explains the awful, awful hamhandedness. But Pratchett is lost on apparent age level they were trying to pitch to. A terrible, terrible shame, after all the thought and effort that went into the production, that the delivery was muffed so badly.

Kato86 ... to make all the changes? I'm not saying I was completely disappointed. It is a Discworld adaption and as such it was pretty much impossible to make something entirely bad. But apart from necessary or adequate changes such as removal of the sorting machine were all the differences really needed? The last Flashback was so... no... it is supposed to be a comedy but I don't think this was supposed to be comical. I would have much preferred the postman initiation over all the flashbacks which really didn't serve any real purpose. (I know what purpose it was supposed to serve, yet it didn't. The viewers aren't morons and neither is Moist. No need to drop an anvil.)The depiction of the golems was... good enough, I'd assume. I always imagines them otherwise but that's up to personal taste.The actors I liked quite well. I loved Coyle back when he was Jeff and he is a great Lipvig as well. Adora Belle and Vetinari also were for the mo part well depicted, except for the changes to Adora's character. Though, Gilt suffered badly from the adaption. I won't blame it on the actor, I guess he did what he was told to do. But the evil genius con man became such a pathetic little worm... No I just didn't like it.Also, I'm looking forward to what they will be doing with the Making Money adaption due to the changes in Angua's plot line. Way to make life difficult for yourself.Anyway, it's not a bad movie per se, but... I would not recommend it if you read Going Postal, or plan to do so. Then it is more sad than enjoyable, or at least to me it was, sadly.