Carl Klutzke ([info]sirvalence) wrote,
@ 2008-03-03 08:01:00
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Spiderwick Chronicles

We took the kids to see The Spiderwick Chronicles last night. I didn't have high expections, but the books were kind of fun (okay writing, fun Tony DiTerlizzi illustrations) and I thought the movie would be fun too. It was quite a bit better than I expected. The visual effects were very nice, and I got some good laughs out of it.

I remember at one point wondering how they found twins who looked so much like Jared and Simon in the books. They didn't! That was the bit of special effects I was most impressed with, because I didn't even notice they had two characters played by one actor.



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[info]maerson
2008-03-03 06:41 pm UTC (link)
Helps when you have a really good actor.

I am looking forward to seeing that movie. Not getting my hopes up, just looking forward to a fun movie. Is it actually just one of the books? I got the impression they did more than that?

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[info]sirvalence
2008-03-03 06:49 pm UTC (link)
The Spiderwick Chronicles is a five-book series, but the books are really short. They condensed the whole series into one movie (and considerably strengthened the story, I think).

It looks like they've spun some other books off the original series, but I haven't looked at those.

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[info]maerson
2008-03-04 01:23 am UTC (link)
Oh, wow! I didn't realize it was 5 books!

Very glad to hear that it helped to combine them, though. I'm looking forward to checking them out...

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