Artemis Fowl

[Nausicaa]

Apparently, a new ARTEMIS FOWL film is comming out. :mischief:
Though, in the fan made TRAILER, I really don't like the artemis fowl, butler OR holly. :headbang:
ITS SO ANNOYING!!!!!!!! I just hope that the fan made trailer is wrong (though i bet it's not) !!!!! :thud:

[Nausicaa]

Does anyone know how it feels when you've read a book you really love.... and then the film disapoints you? :cry:

[starlac]

Plenty of times, I was disappointed that “The Mouse and His Child” the film, didn’t stand up to the quality of the book. Also I felt that Disney’s Alice in Wonderland fell short of the original book (or most other versions I’ve seen). On their own terms they nice enough, but compared to the source they're just not good enough for me.

This is also kind of why I’m apprehensive that a animated movie of Dragons of Autumn Twilight is being made; as unless it ends up being 3+ hours long, it’ll have to cut a lot of the book out (a la Lord of the Rings).

Although its true that, in some cases, the hardest people to please are the fans. Wither with book adaptations or film sequels, or whatever else. Books are tricky because everyone who reads them will have a different take on what a character, location, etc, should look like.

[Inkwolf]

I agree with you both. The Mouse and his Child and The Black Cauldron were dreadful disappointments. I haven't read Dragons of AT yet (keep hoping an audiobook version will appear in the library system) but I wonder whether they could do justice to it.

Nausicaa, I don't care for what I saw on the trailer, either. Artemis was too darn pretty--where's the evil, fat little Irish kid?!? Butler was Asian in the books, wasn't he? And I always imagined him built like a very, very muscular dump truck. With a load of bricks. :p And if that was Holly I got a peek of, in the weird eye makeup--totally not the tough, capable, ambitious cop image I had of her. She looked like she was on her way to an upper-class Goth party.

Heee, I can grumble about what books were better than the movie till doomsday. :p

(But there were a few where I actually liked the movie better.)

[Nausicaa]

I agree :(
It's just so weird!!!!!!!!!! (i prefered the books) :headbang:
I just hope the fan made trailer is wrong :gangster:

[Nausicaa]

Although its true that, in some cases, the hardest people to please are the fans.True :(
Oh, so true :(

[The Great Dragon]

A Series of Unfortunate Events was a rip-off.

[Nausicaa]

A Series of Unfortunate Events was a rip-off.

DEFINATELY!!!!!! I had read alllllllllllllllllll the books and the fim was just............:( A LET DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

[Inkwolf]

I thought they did as well as could be expected. Thse books just aren't well-suited to being converted into movies. If anything, they ought to be animated.

[Nausicaa]

I thought they did as well as could be expected. Thse books just aren't well-suited to being converted into movies. If anything, they ought to be animated.

Hm..... yup definately shud have been animated. :irked:

[starlac]

Well, sometimes being animated doesn't help a film to be any better; a quick glance at keyframe's top 5 list and we see two films that were based on books in the worst list (as well as one based on a videogame series).

Speaking of videogames, I've noticed that many based on licenses -- whether animated or live-action -- have a tendency to be considered more lousy than good.

[Inkwolf]

True. I'm not sure exactly why, but I think it's a combination of things...including:

1. The producers of liscensed works expect the license to sell the show, so they feel free to slack off on quality.

2. Licensed films are entirely commercial rather than the products of pure inspiration at any point in their creation.

3. Fans are a tough audience, and non-fans of licensed materials are often a cynical auudience. :p