Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Thorpe · 12-19-2004, 04:45 PM

Was wondering if anyone had seen it and what their opinions on it are.

Nanaki Ikanan · 12-19-2004, 04:47 PM

I LOVED it. I'm a huge fan of the books, so I was pretty apprehensive when I went to see it, but I was far from disappointed. Jim Carrey is just awesome as Count Olaf, and all the kids are pretty good. It's just a really really awesome movie. If you haven't read the books though, I'm not sure how much you could appreciate it. But it's the best book to movie adaption I've seen.

Lenaldo · 12-19-2004, 07:19 PM

Never read the books.... and hated it... wasn't entertained mainly because i felt it was too surface level. Everything you expected happened, and it just seemed like there were a lot of details left out.

So, if you know nothing about it, then i wouldn't even pay the cost of admissions to see it..

agris · 12-20-2004, 08:10 AM

I never read the books and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a good movie to smoke before hand and then go see.

Whoever did the sets and directing had a great way of making the entire movie look like a storybook. That sounds odd, but I don't know how else to explain it. It has that look about it.

Dintorr · 12-20-2004, 10:45 AM

I haven't read the books either, but I also thought that were were a lot of details left out. Not a bad movie, but I'm sure I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had read the books first.

cyano · 12-27-2004, 11:43 PM

i liked it, if youre a jim carrey fan it's certainly a lot better

hraka · 12-29-2004, 11:04 AM

Not a bad movie but it could have been better. I think it was a fairly good adaptation from the books its really had the feel down but it did feel like details were missing. The best parts were probably the side characters and the random lines they would throw in, a few really funny lines in there.

Brutul Tarew Marr · 01-12-2005, 02:49 PM

I liked this movie, but Jim Carrey was my least favorite part of it. Would have been better played by someone a little more subtle (or someone a lot more subtle). I thought the kids were great though, especially the girl.

Iannis · 01-12-2005, 03:58 PM

I didn't even realize Billy Connoly was in in. That guy is everything I want to be when I'm 50...crazy-drunk-scot power!

12-19-2004, 07:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lenaldo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 765 -9 Internets	... Never read the books.... and hated it... wasn't entertained mainly because i felt it was too surface level. Everything you expected happened, and it just seemed like there were a lot of details left out. So, if you know nothing about it, then i wouldn't even pay the cost of admissions to see it..

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12-19-2004, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nanaki Ikanan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 460 -1 Internets	I LOVED it. I'm a huge fan of the books, so I was pretty apprehensive when I went to see it, but I was far from disappointed. Jim Carrey is just awesome as Count Olaf, and all the kids are pretty good. It's just a really really awesome movie. If you haven't read the books though, I'm not sure how much you could appreciate it. But it's the best book to movie adaption I've seen.

12-20-2004, 08:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
agris tigUle + fOror = Tigole + Furor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: st. simons Posts: 148 +0 Internets	I never read the books and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a good movie to smoke before hand and then go see. Whoever did the sets and directing had a great way of making the entire movie look like a storybook. That sounds odd, but I don't know how else to explain it. It has that look about it.

12-20-2004, 10:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dintorr space accountant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atlanta, Chocolate City, USA Posts: 771 -2 Internets	I haven't read the books either, but I also thought that were were a lot of details left out. Not a bad movie, but I'm sure I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had read the books first.

12-27-2004, 11:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
cyano Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 81 +0 Internets	i liked it, if youre a jim carrey fan it's certainly a lot better

12-29-2004, 11:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
hraka Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 45 -1 Internets	Not a bad movie but it could have been better. I think it was a fairly good adaptation from the books its really had the feel down but it did feel like details were missing. The best parts were probably the side characters and the random lines they would throw in, a few really funny lines in there.

01-12-2005, 02:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
Brutul Tarew Marr Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun. Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 960 -1 Internets	I liked this movie, but Jim Carrey was my least favorite part of it. Would have been better played by someone a little more subtle (or someone a lot more subtle). I thought the kids were great though, especially the girl.

01-12-2005, 03:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
Iannis Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Butt Hugging Moose Jockey Posts: 4,968 +0 Internets	I didn't even realize Billy Connoly was in in. That guy is everything I want to be when I'm 50...crazy-drunk-scot power!