Post by ponygirl's vapor on Apr 14, 2003 20:48:42 GMT -5
1) What I find persoanlly the most halarious about the books are the comments the auther slips in, little rants and opinions he puts into the books. I have rarely seen that been done well in books, and it would be impossible to be able to translate that into the books... unless there was a narrator, but that would still be iffy.
2) On the topic of narration, if there was no narrator in the movie, a lot would be lost. Very little is communicated through dialogue in the books, most in said through narration.
3) Sunny's speech. I think someone said on here, it would be difficult to get a baby to speak nonsense on command, and even more difficult to translate it. They could use subtitles I suppose, but that would prevent young children who read slowly to be able to keep up.
4) I think it would be very hard to portray Klaus in a good way. As my sister put it (very blunt "Aw, there gonna make Klaus all gay!' Though I don't condone her use of words, I do agrre with the idea. To make a 12 year old with glasses, wearing some sort of little suit, reading all the time and using big words, it would be very hard for a young actor to portray Klaus and not make him look like a bit of a (for the lack of a better word) wuss.
5) I fear that Nickelodeon (i bet I spelled that wrong) will make the movies light anf bubbly, just like everything else they make. I believe someone suggested Tim Burton to make the movie, which I think would work very well. An atmosphere like in Sleepy Hollow would be perfect for this movie, IMHO.
6) I think you'll all agree that the Baudelaire children are very smart for their respective ages. I doubt any real children their age would be able to portray that.
7) the whole musical thing. I'm sorry, but if they did that I think I would either pee myself or be forced to leave the theatre from laughing so hard, especially when Count Olaf come onscreen.
Another problem with the musical is that, if they did that, I wouldn't be able to play violet!! (ah, ulterior motive comes through) I can sing ok, but I have no range.
This is originally by Orangey Snicket and came of the Consternizing Community. And i copied it cuz i thought it would be a good topic starter, so if your out their Orangey Snicket and you want it deleted PM and i will delete it!
2) On the topic of narration, if there was no narrator in the movie, a lot would be lost. Very little is communicated through dialogue in the books, most in said through narration.
3) Sunny's speech. I think someone said on here, it would be difficult to get a baby to speak nonsense on command, and even more difficult to translate it. They could use subtitles I suppose, but that would prevent young children who read slowly to be able to keep up.
4) I think it would be very hard to portray Klaus in a good way. As my sister put it (very blunt "Aw, there gonna make Klaus all gay!' Though I don't condone her use of words, I do agrre with the idea. To make a 12 year old with glasses, wearing some sort of little suit, reading all the time and using big words, it would be very hard for a young actor to portray Klaus and not make him look like a bit of a (for the lack of a better word) wuss.
5) I fear that Nickelodeon (i bet I spelled that wrong) will make the movies light anf bubbly, just like everything else they make. I believe someone suggested Tim Burton to make the movie, which I think would work very well. An atmosphere like in Sleepy Hollow would be perfect for this movie, IMHO.
6) I think you'll all agree that the Baudelaire children are very smart for their respective ages. I doubt any real children their age would be able to portray that.
7) the whole musical thing. I'm sorry, but if they did that I think I would either pee myself or be forced to leave the theatre from laughing so hard, especially when Count Olaf come onscreen.
Another problem with the musical is that, if they did that, I wouldn't be able to play violet!! (ah, ulterior motive comes through) I can sing ok, but I have no range.
This is originally by Orangey Snicket and came of the Consternizing Community. And i copied it cuz i thought it would be a good topic starter, so if your out their Orangey Snicket and you want it deleted PM and i will delete it!