Amber Bransonthe predictable chronicles
why do people make adaptations of books into movies?
some people do it well, like THE KITE RUNNER although it was more of a grossly condensed story shoving a somanypageslong book into 2 hours. i believe that some books shouldn't be made into movies. a reader's imagination is far more vivid and fertile as opposed to what could be done on screen. yes, we have wonderful special effects and animation but it sometimes all that hard work and money simply doesn't justify what the book really is.
so it's no wonder that THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES came out as rather bland and blah. very very typical. there were the interesting moments like thimibletack the brownie turned vicious boggart that can only be appeased with honey (sorta reminds me of another character but eh...) and since everything was squished into about 2 hours, you're left with so many questions. like how can a boy memorize such a thick book in the span of what? a day or so? photographic memory doesn't quite cut it. but he was a pretty good child actor as opposed to the many out there who leave me wondering just what in the world was the producer thinking when they got them to act.
kids would like it i suppose. all flighty, floaty fairies and sylphs and gryphons and ugly goblins and an ogre that doesn't look like a conventional ogre. as you can see, it didn't leave that much of an impression.
(i'll tell you what did, but i'm waiting for the final installment before going all apeshit)
don't waste your money. wait for it to come out on dvd. which i suspect it will. really really soon.
some people do it well, like THE KITE RUNNER although it was more of a grossly condensed story shoving a somanypageslong book into 2 hours. i believe that some books shouldn't be made into movies. a reader's imagination is far more vivid and fertile as opposed to what could be done on screen. yes, we have wonderful special effects and animation but it sometimes all that hard work and money simply doesn't justify what the book really is.
so it's no wonder that THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES came out as rather bland and blah. very very typical. there were the interesting moments like thimibletack the brownie turned vicious boggart that can only be appeased with honey (sorta reminds me of another character but eh...) and since everything was squished into about 2 hours, you're left with so many questions. like how can a boy memorize such a thick book in the span of what? a day or so? photographic memory doesn't quite cut it. but he was a pretty good child actor as opposed to the many out there who leave me wondering just what in the world was the producer thinking when they got them to act.
kids would like it i suppose. all flighty, floaty fairies and sylphs and gryphons and ugly goblins and an ogre that doesn't look like a conventional ogre. as you can see, it didn't leave that much of an impression.
(i'll tell you what did, but i'm waiting for the final installment before going all apeshit)
don't waste your money. wait for it to come out on dvd. which i suspect it will. really really soon.
