General Chat

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

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

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

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

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 :-)

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.

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?

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.

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

Daniel Have you read the books?

Thanks Kim. One day I hope to know the answer!

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?