I started to re-watch the movie. I can say that the introduction with the animation of the little elf is very good. And the effect caused by this introduction is very interesting. Besides LSTUA, where is this little elf mentioned in the books?
Interesting that, unlike TBB, secret organizations are already mentioned here in the introduction. It is a pity that there was no time to work better on VFD in the film.
I really like Jude Law's narration. And I like the fact that he never had his face fully revealed.
Something I really appreciate more about the film than the show is how Klaus's special ability is highlighted. The scene of each of the books that he remembers being pulled from a shelf full of books makes me imagine an extremely agile mind, in which he goes through mentally various contents that he learned and managed to select a specific one. This makes Klaus' own mind a library (like all minds), but Klaus's mind has an excellent librarian (himself) in addition to quality content, in addition to very abundant and very diverse content.
Sunny ... How I like you in this movie. I didn't remember her playing scrabble ... What a fun scene. More fun than her playing poker.
I have to say that Lemony's narration about the death of the Baudelaires' parents on the show was much better. It had much more impact to see Lemony talking about the death of the Baudelaires' parents with the correct facial expressions and pauses. Judy Law here just seemed to be reading a line in a script.
I thought it was bad, really bad, Lemony Snicket said that he and his colleagues deduced that the fire was caused by refraction. In addition he claims that no one has discovered the cause of the fire. It doesn't make sense in this film. How well does Lemony here know the story of orphans? If Klaus deduced that it was Count Olaf, how can Lemony not know that? Does he have any other suspects? This is inconsistent. It would be much better to leave that question open or not to put that line in the narration, if they were really going to invent a culprit for the fire.
Look, a scene with two OFD members that I didn't remember!
The mansion looks really big here.
Two things about Mr. Poe in the scene where he is taking the children to Olaf's house. First, why hasn't he coughed yet? And secondly: Is he criticizing the actors as being stingy people? I don't remember that in the books ... Was that a subtle criticism of the screenwriter for anyone?
Justice Strauss here seems to have a certain aversion to Count Olaf, while on the show she seemed to have a certain curiosity, perhaps even admiration for Count Olaf. This makes more sense, since she would be easily deceived by him. Thus, Justice Strauss' scene was better directed on the show.
The door that has an eye shape with a hatch on the iris was a great idea.
Sunny's sharp teeth were born in 6 weeks? Is that in the books?
I liked the time they spent at Conde Olaf's house seems to be longer here than at the show.
Arguably Conde Olaf's troupe is often better at the show than at the movie.
It is a pity that here they were unable to use a library to learn how to prepare dinner. But I think we could have had a scene from Klaus remembering reading an Italian cookbook.
The "let's wash twice" joke worked for me. Jim Carrey's unnecessary improvisations interspersed with dinner preparation ... That didn't work for me. I don't think even when I was a kid.
"I'll bite higher ..." That was a bad joke when you imagine Sunny saying that.
The scene of Sunny crossing her legs while the Klaus and Violet are desperate inside the car is a very good one.
I really liked the car scene. The music makes everything more distressing, and the theme song of the little elf being accidentally played was a great joke using a soundtrack. Violet's performance was very good here, and they made the three children cooperate quickly, each using their own skills cooperatively in a single moment. And all of this is an original scene. I was just wondering if it was not possible to break the windows in any way, but I don't think so ... After all Count Olaf would have guaranteed that the car windows would not be easily broken by children in order to execute the plan. I just didn't understand one thing ... Olaf wanted to kill them because he didn't understand what he read in the book about inheritances? Did he still not know that he would only be entitled to a fortune after Violet turned 18? But Klaus had already talked about it. Why kill the three immediately? He figured he would inherit the money if the three children died in an accident. I think it would be more "credible" if one of the children was not in the car. Something like what happened at the end of T.C.C.
Why don't you cough a little bit? Not a slight cold ...
About Uncle Monty's performance here ... I can say he is competent, but I can't see in him the love for the reptiles and amphibians that I saw on the show. But as I said, he had little screen time here.
Also, are they going to Peru tomorrow? Anyway, unlike books, Uncle Monty is already well aware of VFD here. But it is a pity that even so, all he can think of is running away.
Uncle Monty was married? Interesting ... I didn't remember that.
Why didn't they shout "he is Count Olaf in disguise" when they were with Uncle Monty?
I understand that the lack of available time was what changed the plot change so that The Incredibly Deadly Viper was accused here.
I liked the scene where Lemony visits the place years later to investigate. Not that it is a beautiful scene, but it is a scene consistent with my beliefs about ASOUE. Lemony has been revisiting some of the sites in order to make his account consistent with what happened.
The scene of Sunny playing with the snake is very cute ...
This is the first time I have noticed that there are rubber hands among the things left behind by Count Olaf and Fernald.
Now we arrived by boat pedaling by a helmsman reading a newspaper the best part of the film. Since that scene is interesting.
Why did you replace the sword hanging on the damocles dock with a hanging anchor? It does not make sense to not relate violence, because we have just seen a murder, part of a dead body, in addition to a knife being used to threaten three children.
It is a pleasure to see Meryl Streep acting as Aunt Josephine. You can feel her fear in her eyes and expressions. See how she looked when she asked Klaus to move away from the refrigerator. She really did seem seriously concerned about his approach to the fridge. And then, notice how she really loves grammar. She was all excited when she realized that Sunny didn't know how to speak properly, because she could spend time teaching her English.
The photos on the album seem to have the same style as the photos on LSTUA. It was very good.
Sunny saying "ok" after Aunt Josephine talked about the cause of Ike's death ... it was very funny.
Notice the difference in the way MS talks about leeches (compared to how it happens on the show). She looks like a person trying to deal with her husband's death by focusing on the technical aspects of the death. This is very common, unfortunately. If a person dies of cancer, sometimes family members when talking about his death talk about how the cancer started, how it was diagnosed, how it was treated, and finally how it was the day of death. It is a mental strategy that we have adopted to force the acceptance step to happen more quickly. That's what MS is doing here beautifully.
Sunny dropping the apple ... How cute ... Daniel Handler makes a Cameo here too?
This is so cool ... Seeing Aunt Josephine's house being destroyed here and every single one of her fears come true (it's a shame she isn't there to be able to say, "I knew my fears weren't irrational!") . I wanted to know how much of this scene was done with practical effects and how much was done with CGI.
I can feel the tension in the scene where they need to leave what's left of Aunt Josephine's house, and they can only count on Violet's genius. This was very good here. Really ideal for a movie.
Klaus's idea of calling the authorities was the best, and honestly ... Violet has no reason here to distrust the authorities. I mean, Uncle Monty's death seemed to be a snakebite, and there was a snake on the loose ... I won't lose confidence in all the authorities everywhere because of a single error of judgment. But she is a teenager, so she is forgiven. In this situation, they just needed to destroy the letter (since they didn't call Mr. Poe about the letter). They waited for the hurricane to end somewhere hidden (as there were no accomplices in Olaf watching them), and then they told the police that their aunt was missing and that she was probably in the CC.
But I liked Klaus' performance here, because he seems to only agree with that because his sister had just shown a genius above normal, in which acting against what seemed logical ended up proving to be the best option. Perhaps in this situation, even one of us would agree with Violet.
Were they our leaders? Oh really?