I tried reading The Spiderwick Chronicles back in 2003, but gave up. It was apparent the writing skewed towards more of a "kids only" audience, rather than "all-ages".
Still, I admired the beautiful illustrations by Tony DiTerlizzi...and am tempted ever-so-often to purchase the absolutely gorgeous Field Guide released to tie in with the series. He re-imagines well-known, stereotypical fantasy creatures in such gorgeous and grotesque ways.
I was aware that a movie was in the works, but didn't pay much attention.
Hard to say if it'll be any good...but I'm intrigued.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Looked cool on the big screen. Wish the audience had been better behaved.
Dude, if you're going to a Harry Potter movie, screaming about how "gay" fantasy films are just seems kinda odd. Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I'd never heard of it before, nor had any of my friends. But we all agreed that it looked like Terebithia, only this time for the whole family to enjoy.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
BLAST Disney for making Terabithia look like it was a fantasy movie!
Spiderwick actually -is- about what the trailer says it's about. Just so you know. Posted by JLM (Member # 7800) on :
The books aren't bad. It is a series of 5 short chapter books, so if you make the movie about 2.5 hours long and trim some of the hokey bits, you could cram all the books into a single film. The books have a subplot (for lack of a better word) on how the three children deal with their father who left the family to focus on his career. This part of the story will probably be touched lightly in the movie, but is actualy quite critical to the story in the books.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I felt a bit assaulted by the fantasy trailers before Harry Potter. Between this, The Dark is Rising and Golden Compass. I know fantasy is popular right now but geez, draw it out a little bit, don't throw EVERY fantasy story ever written at us all at once, that's how you exhaust a genre and make it not fun anymore.
Don't get me wrong, Spiderwick looked good enoguh to see, maybe just barely good enough to see in the theater. Golden Compass looks good too, I'll see it in the theater, despite the fact that I think New Line people were stupid to make the insanely pointed reference to LOTR though. And I think The Dark is Rising looks moderately interesting, maybe good enough for a trip to the theater, I haven't decided yet.
I just think they should spread these out a bit more.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
...The Dark is Rising... Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Man, wow. I loved this trailer.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I actually enjoyed this book. I had to tune my brain down a little. But I thought it was cleverly written. And the way they presented the mythology seemed very well thought out. And, like Puffy said, the illustrations were beautifully rendered and re-imagined creatures of lore.
I've only read the first two. If there are only five, I might pick up the other three just to finish the story.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
I never read these books, though I've read a couple of Holly Black's teenage novels - which I enjoyed, especially 'Valiant', though they are very dark.
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