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A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Daniel | Report | 8 Jan 2005 21:14 |
Watched it twice now and although I liked it, I don't think it would work without Jim Carey. Some questions if you have seen it/read it: 1) What is the significance of the spyglasses? 2) Are the parents actually dead or are they travelling? |
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Daniel | Report | 9 Jan 2005 00:17 |
Thanks Kim. One day I hope to know the answer! |
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Alice | Report | 9 Jan 2005 01:15 |
Daniel Have you read the books? |
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John | Report | 9 Jan 2005 01:40 |
Daniel Just looked at the web site - the film is based on the first three books. Says that the children were orphaned after a mysterious fire. Never heard of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' until I saw it advertised on the film page recently and read the review. John |
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Geoff | Report | 9 Jan 2005 11:24 |
Re the spyglasses: they probably intended to make something of it but, to limit the length of the film, didn't bother in the end. There is a scene in Jaws in which the shark hunter (Robert Shaw) sticks a large knife into the side of his boat, followed by a close-up shot of the knife. We never see it again however. |
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Anne | Report | 9 Jan 2005 12:49 |
Daniel, l think the parents are dead, the spyglass at the end throws you, but l think that both parents had a spyglass and that one was the mothers!! what do you think? |
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Daniel | Report | 9 Jan 2005 12:55 |
I've never read the books, only seen this film. I think they want to do a set of films, but if they don't get enough money from the first we'll never get to find out without reading the books. |
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Luciacw | Report | 9 Jan 2005 16:20 |
I saw the film last week. I liked the scenery and the costumes. It doesn't seem to have any kind of setting - the cars look 1950s but the girl's wearing victorian clothes. The plot didn't seem interesting for me. Lucia :-) |
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(¯`*•.¸*Karen on the Coast*(¯`*•.¸ | Report | 9 Jan 2005 16:51 |
my 10 yr old has read all the books and we went to see it last week.have no idea about the spy glass and i don't think the parents are dead.i have to say seeing the film has made me want to read the books myself. Karen |
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Helen in Berkshire | Report | 9 Jan 2005 17:05 |
Daniel My 10 year old daughter has read the books, and she says that the parents are dead, although in one of the later stories it implies one of them might not be. The spyglasses are something to do with V.F.D. - it does seem confusing! Helen |
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Wendy | Report | 9 Jan 2005 18:50 |
My son has read all the books and was looking forward to seeing the film,he went with a friend and his family.We were all going to go as a family but he told us not to waste our money.He said it was quite different from the books,especially Jim Carrey as Count Olaf,in the books he was supposed to be scary but wasn't at all in the film.Apparantly a lot of scary bits were missed out to make it a PG. Wendy |
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John | Report | 9 Jan 2005 20:05 |
Read a piece in the paper this morning the younger child is played my twins and computer wizardry is used to have the child to do some of the things you see on screen. John |