Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events

c.layne · Post by **c.layne** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 8:19 pm

just saw it. really dark and bizarre. jim carrey was great, as was the baby actor surprisingly. the pointless cameo by dustin hoffman was a nice touch too.

anyhow, i don't really feel like polling this one.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:25 pm

note, for future reference...PLEASE USE spoiler warnings...

Now I know dustin hoffman is going to show up sometime during the movie

(I'm sure it's not depremental to the plot)

erik · Post by **erik** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:29 pm

SPOILER

There are actors in this movie.

They have names.

END OF SPOILERS

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:43 am

Oh damn those spoilers. Now it's ruined for me.

On another filmic topic: I saw 'The Grinch' for the first time last night, and even though I generally hate anything with Jim Carey in I was pleasently suprised. Good movie.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:41 am

15-16 puzzle wrote:SPOILER

There are actors in this movie.

They have names.

END OF SPOILERS

cool, thanks!

c.layne · Post by **c.layne** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:22 pm

it's not a spoiler.. dustin hoffman is.. code. to decipher the code you'll have to see the movie. twice.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:16 pm

I have anagrammed Dustin Hoffman, and broken the code. This movie is apparently populated with DOMINANT HUFFS.

In semi-related news, my co-worker Mike saw this movie and warned me against it, saying he fell asleep. I didn't care for Carrey's treatment of The Grinch or The Cat In The Hat, so I'm inclined to go along with Mike's advice.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:54 pm

jimtyrrell wrote:I have anagrammed Dustin Hoffman, and broken the code. This movie is apparently populated with DOMINANT HUFFS.

In semi-related news, my co-worker Mike saw this movie and warned me against it, saying he fell asleep. I didn't care for Carrey's treatment of The Grinch or The Cat In The Hat, so I'm inclined to go along with Mike's advice.

spoiler

Mike Myers was Cat in the Hat

/spoiler joke

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:53 pm

I saw this, and I liked it well enough. The casting was really well done, the kids weren't all hammy overactors, the scenery was fantastical and beautiful. It felt just a taaaaaaad bit rushed, like as soon as it transitions from one chunk to the next, I realize how quick the last chunk was. Clearly not enough material here to support more than one movie, but I think that perhaps like a three or four (probably 3) hour miniseries would have suited this material a bit better.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:18 pm

my sister, who has been reading the books with her kids, tells me that the first movie is based on the first 3 books of the series. perhaps they should have used 2 books for a feature film, then?
-bill

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:22 pm

HeuristicsInc wrote:my sister, who has been reading the books with her kids, tells me that the first movie is based on the first 3 books of the series. perhaps they should have used 2 books for a feature film, then?
-bill

No, the story is fine as it is, I think cutting out 1/3 of the plot would not serve the story at all. It just needs more room to breathe.

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:42 pm

jimtyrrell wrote:I didn't care for Carrey's treatment of The Grinch or The Cat In The Hat[...]

Blame Brian Grazer: Note, he's also currently adapting* Curious George, Dick and Jane, The Da Vinci Code, and (is nothing sacred?!!) East of Eden. Likely the last two won't star self-aggrandizing clowns out to steal the show and trample the script**. But you never know---whatever moves product!

"Treatment" is so polite. Put enough makeup and computer-graphics image alterations on the comedian-turned-actor, and it hardly matters which one it is.

*see also: defiling, coopting, exploiting

**see also: literature, beloved characters, work of vehemently anti-corporatist authors with a deep distrust of commercialism.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:12 pm

Holy cow, The cat in the hat WAS Mike Myers, wasn't it? Where is my mind?

c.layne · Post by **c.layne** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:53 pm

wow, way to crash the party, hostess.

the Jazz · Post by **the Jazz** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:20 pm

I thought Jim Carrey was a tad hammy but I didn't care. The only really good performances I think were him, the scottish guy who played the reptile uncle dude, and the guy who was the banker did a good job. Girl kid was decent, boy kid was terrible, is that the guy from the disney channel lizzy maguire show? I hate all things disney channel, with a vengeance. Or a passion. I can't settle on one or the other.

Post by jb » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:56 pm

C

Calfborg · Post by **Calfborg** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:01 am

jb wrote:C

Yeah. I didn't like it much at all. Some of the visuals were good though.

Post by jb » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:15 pm

Calfborg wrote:
jb wrote:C
Yeah. I didn't like it much at all. Some of the visuals were good though.

They got Tim Burton's pet production designer. So yeah, it all looked cool.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:35 am

i haven't seen this, but i had a dream where i was watching it. it was alright.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:50 am

fodroy wrote:i haven't seen this, but i had a dream where i was watching it. it was alright.

I promise to review more songs this way.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:54 pm

i enjoyed it.
one may wonder, but i am immensely uncritical of movies.

i hear they changed a lot from the 3 books, though.
i am planning to read them before too long.
-bill