Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Brad Silberling, 2004)

[arizona_jules]

I dug it. I find this film as the same sort of feel as some of the films that were my favourites when I was a kid, like Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, and The Goonies. Obviously, this flick had lots of CGI which those 80's films didn't have, but the spirit was there. And this one definitely had some animatronic stuff in there, too

Comments

[lovableatheist]

I'm sure Jim Carrey, being Canadian and all, was able to use the Newfoundlanders as some sort of inspiration for the sailor character. I think he was my favourite.

[arizona_jules]

You're right in that regard. Must've studied the Newfie accent.

[kirkinson]

Jim Carrey brought the entire film down for me, probably because I read the books first. In the books Count Olaf is a legitimately frightening character, but Jim Carrey plays him as such a comical oaf that I found it impossible to consider him a threat to the children. In fact the entire film feels significantly less threatening than the books, though I still enjoyed the film. I think the end credits sequence is actually my favorite part.

[arizona_jules]

I haven't read the books, so I don't know about that. I would like to, though. And I loved the end credits, too! That was probably my favourite bit, as well.

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