And this works well in written form, but as a cinematic narrative it simply fails clever jokes get cut, simplified and/or drowned in the overall chaos, the plot has to move quickly so it is nearly impossible to absorb everything that happens (let alone enjoy it) and overall it represents a rather frustrating experience, both for the Pratchett fans as well as the general audience.
Well, perhaps the entire Discworld series is like that, but in "Color of Magic" and "The light fantastic" this parody takes the front seat while a coherent story and characters sit in the back. These early two novels are basically Terry taking a jab at (but also making homage) to a fantasy genre in general. Now they take the very first Discworld novels which - while perhaps being the funniest in the series - do not really present what Pratchett's work is all about. First it was the "Hogfather", which is probably one of the most esoteric and confusing Discworld novels out there. However, when Pratchett actually gets on the big (ok, small) screen, they seem to make the worst choices possible. Pratchett wrote quite a lot of Discworld novels, and some of them are simply begging to be put on the big screen.
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