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[tealin]

A Wee Free Men movie?!

Not the book I'd have expected anyone to start with, but it did seem to get the most attention in the States and won some sort of award. Now if only Dreamworks would do something with Bromeliad. NO, I take that back! Not till I get there! You guys are still waiting for me, right?

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Comments

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

You can put a costume and hairstyle on anyone – what matters is the talent and style of the actor. Matt Damon as Moist? No. Oh, no no no. It would be a very, very tricky part to play, because a lot of the character is based on putting on a completely disarming front, while at the same time the audience has to know that he's really a scheming fraud. He has to be able to do sincere, as well as a completely convincing and yet very different false sincerity that cannot look like false sincerity. That takes a LOT of finesse! A LOT!

As for a second Snicket movie, I'm very glad they didn't ... the often goofy style they went with could squeak by with the first few books, but as they get darker it would be more and more out of place.

That said, they have to make The Vile Village in Christian Bale's lifetime because he has to play Jacques. ; )

[fryingpanofdoom.livejournal.com]

I agree. For all of Pratchett's, you really need acting talent. And honestly, a lot of talented Scottish "unknown" actors would probably be best as wee free men.

However, I do hope they give Stephen Briggs a cameo role as a Nac Mac Feegle, although I know they probably won't. He reads the books so well!

[chipsareonfire.livejournal.com]

JAMES MACAVOY!!! :p one of the few i know! :) but you're right, the actors have to be perfect to pull off pratchett, whose humour really lies in the language used... i'm not sure if they'll pull it off!
and hey, if they're really stuck, they can have sean connery as the gonnagle!

Spoke too soon about Unfortunate Events 2

[(Anonymous)]

I posted my comment before I read your reply, fool that I am. Not having actually read any of the books (please don't throw that stone at me) I probably shouldn't express any opinion about the worth of the movie. My biggest complaint about the film was that Jim Carrey, while often funny, felt to me like he was usually winking at the camera, or doing anything to get a laugh, rather than creating an actual character - even one as bizarre and apparenly schizophrenic as Count Olaf. I think he's actually capable of great stuff when reigned in (I think many directors encourage him to just run wild). Anyway, I mostly enjoyed the film and wouldn't puke if they made another. I must admit the film felt nicely self-contained as-is (hardly any movies really NEED a sequel), though I would like to see the boy and girl leads in other movies before they completely grow up.
---DisneyBoy