#series of unfortunate events movie

[thecutestlittlebunbunfairy]

What gets me is that the books explain Olaf was supposed to have at some point not one, not two....BUT THREE SEPERATE WOMEN in love with him...and both Jim Carrey and Neil Patrick Harris manage to make him sexy

#series of unfortunate events #netflix #neil patrick harris #count olaf #jim carrey #lemony snicket's a series of unfortunate events #series of unfortunate events movie

[drjdorr]

You know I (completely reasonably) bad mouth the movie called Artemis Fowl as an adaptation. But to try to balance the cosmic scales, the Series of Unfortunate Events movie(I haven't watched the show enough to judge it). Does it follow the events perfectly, oh heavens no, but it still keeps the vibe, the characters all feel like the characters, there wasn't a single moment of "they wouldn't do that!" or "that's not how that works", heck they even modified the way the author would step in mid book to work with the change of medium. And to put my biases on the table, Unfortunate Events was the first books I ever read, they by that fact hold a higher place of honor in my mind than Artemis Fowl (not saying which is better than the other just that sentimentally Events is more important to me[even if it's name is massive enough that I keep shortening it]) so if Paramount butchered Events like Disney butchered Artemis Fowl, I'd probably still be holding a grudge against Paramount

#artemis fowl #artemis fowl movie #series of unfortunate events #series of unfortunate events movie #book adaptation #if you want to know how to adapt a book wrong Artemis Fowl. you want to know how to do it right Series of Unfortunate Events

[purplesoil]

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The way this scene basically captures the movie imo

Watched "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" (2004) for the first time tonight! (on youtube cuz im broke) I grew up with the book series and loved Snicket's humor + puns, but never watched the movie. (I even wrote an AP Lit practice essay on the series and got an F bc it's not part of the list of books to write about, but that's a story for another time).

I liked it initially, loved the cast and the sets and costumes. But (sorry Aunt Josephine) as the movie continued, the CGI, weird audio moments, and some characters' dull reactions in the scene were throwing me off.

The biggest sin imo was the pacing. Q-Q It's too fast, too rushed. I get that they were trying to cram 3 books in 1 movie. Ignoring the creative decision to move the wedding scene to after the events of the third book, you really had to know your Unfortunate Events lore to keep up with the plot.

Count Olaf was really putting his best foot forward here out of everyone (pun fully intended), the guardians were interesting with their own quirks, Violet and Klaus nailed their looks of misery (reasonably so; this is a compliment), and poor Sunny was always out of the shot.

The artwork in the credits were fire though ngl.

Ah well. It was an amusing 1 hr 40 mins. Not sure if I'll watch the Netflix one though.

#series of unfortunate events #series of unfortunate events movie #my childhood books #i was a soue kid not hp kid

[sugarbear2001]

Hollywood needs to bring this genre back.

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[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

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[icedteaandoldlace]

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) still has the best opening scene in movie history.

#The Littlest Elf #A Series of Unfortunate Events #Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events #ASOUE #I remember bringing the DVD home from Movie Gallery and thinking they'd given us the wrong movie #it was great

[cinemistery]

Violet Baudelaire / A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

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[witherydithery]

#lemony snicket #a series of unfortunate events #asoue #barbie movie #my post

[overthestars-and-offtoneverland]

Hello, it has been over 25 years since the A Series of Unfortunate Events books series was published and 5 year since the Netflix series uploaded the final season.

And I still do not understand why some of you possess legitimate Count Olaf thirst.

I can understand how he somehow bags hot women in an in-universe context, but real humans find this man hot and that baffles me???

Like, what hot villain criteria is he hitting that I can't see?

Scratch that, I don't wanna know. He doesn't brush his teeth. And I don't think he knows how to spell orange.

#a series of unfortunate events #asoue #count olaf #I do not want to hear the NPH justification because some of you are thirsting after BOOK Olaf #And if any of you are lusting after 2004 movie Olaf I assume God has abandoned you so good luck

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Violets Bracket !

Final

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[thecutestlittlebunbunfairy]

Jim Carrey trying to seduce Meryl Streep (and doing it) is not a sentence you'd ever expext to see...but the Series of Unfortunate Events movie exists

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[multicolored-malpractice]

When we grab you by the ankles,

Where our mark is to be made,

You'll soon be doing noble work,

Although you won't be paid,

When we drive away in secret,

You'll be a volunteer,

So don't scream when we take you,

The world is quiet here

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[dailycostumelove]

Lucy Punch and Neil Patrick Harris as Esme Squalor and Count Olaf in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2018)

Costumes by Cynthia Ann Summers

#costume design #costumes #film #movies #television #lucy punch #neil patrick harris #esme gigi genevieve squalor #a series of unfortunate events #asoue #Netflix #the slippery slope

[gmzriver]

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) headers. 

Like if you save or use

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[lifeforms-multifandom]

can't interact with too much A Series Of Unfortunate Events movie content cause every time i'm just like jinkies..... where are Klaus' glasses HE CAN'T SEE

#asoue #asoue books #asoue netflix #anti asoue movie #but not really #a series of unfortunate events

[gellavonhamster]

near dark (1987) but make it asoue

@carnivorous-horses-lover first of all, thank you for enabling me

Secondly, imagine, if you will, a small-town young man who works at his stepfather's farm. The young man's name is Fernald, and his life is pretty miserable - his attempt at an acting career in the City failed, forcing him to return to his hometown, and now he's stuck in a routine he doesn't enjoy. His relationship with his stepfather Widdershins isn't great - in part, probably, because his stepfather is a pretty miserable man too, a former sea captain now bound to live on land after sustaining injuries that made him unfit for life at sea. Nearly the only bright spot for Fernald is his teenage sister, Fiona - she's talented and smart, and surely won't become a failure like him.

One evening, as Fernald is getting drunk at the bar after a particularly angry row with his stepfather, he meets a cute and charming person called Orlando (I think this name would fit in fine in this AU - iirc, Sunny refers to the Henchperson like that at some point either in the books or in the series, and Virginia Woolf's Orlando is able to live for centuries without growing old). They hit it off right away, and damn, this might be the drink talking, but Fernald feels like he's falling in love. At the end of the night, just before sunrise, as Orlando is about to leave, he kisses them.

And then Orlando bites him. Bites him and sucks his blood.

After that, Orlando runs away without explanation, so at first, Fernald doesn't understand what has happened to him. But then the rising sun starts burning his flesh. As he's trying to hide in the shade, an RV drives up, and Orlando pulls him in. Inside, he finds a group of people all screaming at Orlando that they should kill Fernald, but then Orlando tells them that they've already turned him, and, after some discussion, the strangers inform him that they'll let him live - for now. Fernald learns that his new acquaintances are a band of vampires who roam the Land of Districts under the guise of a travelling acting troupe. The band is led by Count Olaf, a man claiming to have been an 18th century nobleman. Apart from him and Orlando, there's Olaf's girlfriend Esme, a Bald Man, two White-Faced Women, and Carmelita, a tween girl recently turned by Esme when the latter decided she wanted a daughter. They travel from town to town, kill people to feed, and occasionally steal a new vehicle and burn the old one to cover up their tracks.

The Count and the others tell Fernald that they're going to give him a probational period of sorts - he gets a week to learn to hunt, and if he doesn't, they're going to get rid of him. The problem is, Fernald can't make himself kill people. His thirst is strong and he can feel his organism starting to reject human food, but he cannot overcome his fear and disgust. Orlando helps him by hunting for him and feeding him their blood after they have fed themselves, but they tell him this cannot go on, and Fernald knows that eventually he has either to become a murderer or be murdered. In the Village of Fowl Devotees, where the vampires attack a bar, he fails to kill a local handyman and lets him escape. Everyone but Orlando is furious and wants to kill him, but then the police arrive, and Fernald risks his life to help the rest of the group escape. This pacifies the vampires, and they decide to give him more time to adjust.

Meanwhile, Widdershins and Fiona follow the trail of the vampires' rampage from town to town, hoping to catch up with Fernald and see if he can still be saved. They meet the handyman, Hector, who has seen which direction the vampires drove off to. After driving all day, they decide to stay at a motel, not knowing that Olaf's troupe is also staying there. At some point, while Widdershins isn't present, Fiona goes out of their room and runs into Carmelita. They strike a conversation, and Carmelita, happy to finally have someone her age to talk to, invites Fiona to their room. When Fiona sees her brother, she is overjoyed, but he immediately gets worried and tells her to leave. It is, however, too late: Carmelita wants a friend, and even though Olaf hates the idea, Esme is still fond enough of her toy - pardon, her child - to indulge her whims.

Luckily, Widdershins arrives and threatens the vampires with a gun. A scuffle ensures, and the whole family, including Fernald, manages to escape. For some reason, Widdershins is sure that a blood transfusion might help Fernald revert to human state. They try it, and it works.

The family returns home and wards the house against vampires ("but Stepfather, how do you even know all these things?" - "don't worry about it"), yet it turns out they've been followed. At night, Orlando comes and persuades Fernald to go out and talk to them. They try to convince Fernald to let them bite him again and go back with them, but eventually, unable to lie anymore, they break down and reveal that the other vampires made them distract him. Turns out that while they were talking, Olaf's troupe somehow broke through the protection of the house. Fernald discovers that his stepfather is grievously wounded and his sister is gone. Widdershins tells him that the vampires took Fiona away and urges Fernald to follow them. Fernald calls the ambulance for his stepfather and leaves to chase the troupe, who have by then picked up Orlando and driven away. He is attacked by the Bald Man and the White-Faced Women, but manages to defeat them.

Orlando, who is genuinely in love with Fernald, decides to risk incurring Olaf and Esme's wrath and help Fiona escape. Together they break out of the car and run towards Fernald. The sun is rising, and Orlando has to cover themselves with a jacket, because the sun keeps burning them. Furious Olaf and Esme, with Carmelita in the backseat, pursue them and attempt to run them over with their car. Fernald manages to push Fiona and Orlando away, but the car crashes into him, and he passes out.

He regains consciousness in the same small - and, honestly, shady-looking - hospital where his blood transfusion was performed. He is aching all over, and one of his hands has been amputated, but he's alive. Fiona is there, and so is his father, bruised but still standing - and Orlando, who has also been cured by a blood transfusion. Another person present, strangely, is the handyman from the Village of Fowl Devotees. He tells them that the car with the vampires exploded in the crash, but no human remains were found when the fire was extinguished. Perhaps they burned to ashes completely. Perhaps not.

Okay, says Fernald, what the hell. Why are you here? How did Stepfather know that the blood transfusions would help? What kind of hospital is this?

Widdershins and Hector share an awkward glance.

There used to be an... organization some years ago, they tell him. An organization created to battle supernatural threats. It was founded long ago by people privy to the secrets of the world. But it has been dying out for decades, and their generation was the last. Too many died, too many quit out of fear (Hector looks away, embarrassed), too many were seduced by the occult and joined the other side. But the few still remain - the ones who don't seek out the enemy actively, but still remember how to fight against it.

They call themselves volunteers.

And it seems no one can hide from what one is forever.

#the ending is kinda... nothing of that sort happens in the movie but i wanted this to have its own version of vfd #and it could probably be integrated more smoothly but i can't think of anything better at the moment #anyway! near dark! a good vampire road movie. highly recommend #asoue #a series of unfortunate events #fernald widdershins #captain widdershins #fiona widdershins #hector #henchperson of indeterminate gender #count olaf #esme squalor #carmelita spats #gella talks snicketverse #talk talk talk #snicketverse