Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events: 2004

IMDB: 4.2/5

Cast: Jim Crrey (as Kont Olaf), Liam Aiken (as Klaus), Emily Browning (as Violet), Jude Law (Lemony Snicket)

The novels of Lemony Snicket's are transferred into a movie. The movie is about three siblings going through some extraordinary stuff after their parents' death. They find themselves a new house every time but there's always someone following them and ruining their lives to get their parents' money. It's the story of the things they go through together and finding interesting ways to get away.

Personal Thoughts: It was my favourite movie when I was a child. At first I was scared of it because of the moody atmosphere and the weirdness of Kont Olaf I guess but after that I found the dark, moody atmosphere beautiful. The beginning of the movie was as if it was deliberately made to make the audience confused. I guess that was the happiest scene in the whole movie. Too innocent to actually be in this movie. It was nice that they've described the characters. All three of the children has unique qualities of their own and it wouldn't be the same if they didn't introduce the characters just as it is in the books. Jim Carrey was perfect and I think the movie deserved a better point. The settings were well made. They were as moody as the characters. I guess the film makers wanted the place to match with the characters' psychology after their parents died. I loved the falling house setting because of the view and how well it described the character of Aunt Josephine. I liked that they've used a specific drawing such as an eye to symbolise the death of their parents. There were lots of interesting scenes such as Kont Olaf's weird actor friends coming over to their house, children making a tent to stay inside even if they were inside a house, Aunt Josephine being kidnapped, Violet and Kont Olaf getting married in a play but actually getting married etc. I found it interesting that the children had so much creative solutions to save themselves. It's a really great movie which everyone should watch sometime.

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