Maradontia
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I'm trying to figure out the frame story, so the old substitute art professor is reading an ancient history book about another universe, which has two kids from his own universe in it, so it's also the past? Are Joey and Maya from the same reality and time as professor shitty wig?
If so who wrote the book, then took it to earth and put it in a book shop for professor "9/11 is a complicated thing" to find?
And that would make it a history book about the future?
The movie makes no sense because they cut a lot from the book (not that the book isn't retarded) and added in the 9/11 stuff with Professor Epstein doing the Princess Bride framing thing.
Maya fights Alana because she broke Maya's phone. In the book, Alana tripped her in front of the class but I guess that was too much trouble to film.
I believe touching the mermaid statue was supposed to be what transported them to Maradonia in the book.
The dwarf is a talking grasshopper in the book but they changed it.
The horsemen chasing them are supposed to be Apollyon's men. So were the ninja guys in the cave.
The lady who doesn't like the snake is supposed to be a talking dove but I suppose they couldn't afford that effect so it's an actress instead, but you can still see shots of the doves flying.
In the book a talking eagle covered in eyes leads then on a series of trials to see if they're the chosen ones who can defeat Apollyon, but he was replaced with the wizard and the trials are cut.
The army is supposed to be thousands of teenagers instead of the 10 we see. I don't think the fight scene happens in the book. The whole teen army is supposed to bathe in that water to become invincible so Apollyon's army retreats.
Then Maya Sue and Joey walk around Maradonia as everyone cheers for them and calls them The Encouragers.
The banquet scene is at the beginning and has more magic dwarves.
Since 9/11 wasn't in the book there's no explanation. Maya and Joey are from the present day and the story was written in the 2000s. Emily says her dad died on 9/11 before she was born so this is presumably in the 2010s. I suppose that's enough time for Maya and Joey to wrap up their adventures by 09 or so and get a book published. Or, you know, a wizard wrote it and sent it back in time.
Gerry showed this movie twice. Once to his church and once at a sparsely attended movie premier.