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Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 8:19 pm
by c.layne
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.
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:25 pm
by Hoblit
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)
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:29 pm
by erik
SPOILER
There are actors in this movie.
They have names.
END OF SPOILERS
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:43 am
by Kamakura
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:41 am
by Hoblit
15-16 puzzle wrote:SPOILER
There are actors in this movie.
They have names.
END OF SPOILERS
cool, thanks!
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 2:22 pm
by c.layne
it's not a spoiler.. dustin hoffman is.. code. to decipher the code you'll have to see the movie. twice.
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:16 pm
by jimtyrrell
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:54 pm
by Hoblit
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.
<b> spoiler</b>
Mike Myers was Cat in the Hat
<b>/spoiler joke</b>
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:53 pm
by erik
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:18 pm
by HeuristicsInc
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
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:22 pm
by erik
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:42 pm
by Mostess
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 1:12 pm
by jimtyrrell
Holy cow, The cat in the hat WAS Mike Myers, wasn't it? Where is my mind?
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:53 pm
by c.layne
wow, way to crash the party, hostess.
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:20 pm
by the Jazz
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:56 pm
by jb
<b>C</b>
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:01 am
by Calfborg
jb wrote:<b>C</b>
Yeah. I didn't like it much at all. Some of the visuals were good though.
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:15 pm
by jb
Calfborg wrote:jb wrote:<b>C</b>
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:35 am
by fodroy
i haven't seen this, but i had a dream where i was watching it. it was alright.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:50 am
by Adam!
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:54 pm
by HeuristicsInc
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