Who has this book to read?
I have this book to read!
Looking forward to it.
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Monday, June 22, 2020
Monday, June 15, 2020
Bad Disney!
I find something to like about almost everything Disney does. I even liked The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Prince of Persia and John Carter. I thought they told okay stories, looked good, were relatively well-acted, and fun in their own shallow way.
But Artemis Fowl... This was just bad!
Okay, the fairy city looked nice. Some of the sets were cool. But it removed everything that made the book a fun read, and turned it into something that...sucked.
The performances did nothing for me. Josh Gad's giant dwarf was okay, I guess, but felt forced. The kid who played the lead was wooden. Hayden Christiansen bad? Worse, I think. (I didn't think Christiansen was that bad.) Dame Judi Dench even seemed bad.
The script was bad. It generally made no sense. The way the characters were written, their relationships were glossed over. They jumped from point A to point Z with nothing in between. I didn't care about any of them. The plot had no logic to it at all.
I rarely pan anything so thoroughly, but here we are. Disney, you failed on this one. I don't know whose fault it is. The director's? He's generally well-respected, and it's hard to believe that this pile of -- whatever it is -- came from his hand. Thor was much better, and that's generally not one of the highest rated Marvel movies.
The end sets up a sequel in some sense, but I doubt that will be getting made.
And good thing, if it was to be anything like this.
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But Artemis Fowl... This was just bad!
Okay, the fairy city looked nice. Some of the sets were cool. But it removed everything that made the book a fun read, and turned it into something that...sucked.
The performances did nothing for me. Josh Gad's giant dwarf was okay, I guess, but felt forced. The kid who played the lead was wooden. Hayden Christiansen bad? Worse, I think. (I didn't think Christiansen was that bad.) Dame Judi Dench even seemed bad.
The script was bad. It generally made no sense. The way the characters were written, their relationships were glossed over. They jumped from point A to point Z with nothing in between. I didn't care about any of them. The plot had no logic to it at all.
I rarely pan anything so thoroughly, but here we are. Disney, you failed on this one. I don't know whose fault it is. The director's? He's generally well-respected, and it's hard to believe that this pile of -- whatever it is -- came from his hand. Thor was much better, and that's generally not one of the highest rated Marvel movies.
The end sets up a sequel in some sense, but I doubt that will be getting made.
And good thing, if it was to be anything like this.
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