It seems like they did a lot to set up the franchise for future films, but failed to include key parts from the books.
The film failed to show the "criminal" and "mastermind" parts of Artemis Fowl. He's supposed to be broken from his mentally ill mother, but she had already died long before the start of the film. His father is in the picture in the film and tells him pretty much everything. Aside from primary school and antiquity knowledge, you can't really see how smart he is because every piece of knowledge is handed to him by his father. In the books, he does everything on his own because he's a genius.
It also failed to show his obsession with becoming more rich. In the books, he demanded gold in exchange for Holly, but instead he wanted them to work together to save his father? The criminal and mastermind thing about the boy is how he finds the existence of this other world and manipulates them into giving him gold.
They introduced some fairy rules, but didn't go into any detail...
They completely didn't explain surviving the time stop. That moment in the book was the climax. All life was to be wiped out, but Artemis & friends survives -- how?? The film didn't even mention this.
Juliet is Butler's niece... making that bond weaker than a brother-sister bond. Who really cares about their niece that much? It was more like "oh crap I gotta protect her or my sibling is gonna kill me."
They also revealed Butler's first name immediately... the reveal of his first name was a sacred and an important moment in the books.
Holly and Artemis' relationship... I think they sort of did okay with this. They showed some humanity in Holly throughout the film so that it wasn't unbelievable that she'd trust Artemis. Even though in book 1, their relationship is really captor-victim and Artemis is pretty cruel to her.
Some practical effects were really cool, but some of the CGI was weird. The goblins were well done.
Mulch was probably the best part.
They spent like 20 minutes on the troll scene when they could have added some more scenes to flesh out everything.
Maybe it's fun for the little kids, but the reason why the Artemis Fowl series is so good is because Artemis is a manipulative, genius arsehole that will do anything to get what he wants. He'll play you like a fool and make you do his bidding regardless if you come from a completely different world with insanely advanced technology. This film makes Artemis Fowl just another kid who is kinda smart and was born into the right family to eventually become the "chosen one."
I know I shouldn't be comparing it to the books, but I think they really failed at even establishing the character of Artemis Fowl. They changed parts of the character that just made him... not Artemis Fowl.
It's sad that this film was 20 years in the making and this is what was created. Hopefully someone comes along in 10 years to make a better one.
My biggest problem with this is that L did not hold the phone correctly.
Sobbing.
Excited for season 4!!
It has been a fantastic season!
Oh, man. The amount of douche in this show...
Watched this again as an adult. Still holds up.
The ending had me in tears. :')
Great finale. Middle of the season was a bit average, but this finale changes things!
Hilarious episode!! Kept pausing to laugh and rewatch.
I couldn't finish it. The directing and editing was so bad, making each scene last much longer than it needed to. So boring.
why did he do it? only papa blossom knows.
whoops hes dead.
Rip and Gideon???? Hope they actually explore that further.
Wow, I can't believe this was episode 13. This whole season has been amazing. Way better than season 1 with the whole "we're gonna take an entire season to defeat Vandal Savage" plot.
I'm loving single, lonely Ray. The whole Kendra shebang was forced because Ray is meant to be foreveralone.
I still think Sara and Amaya have more chemistry than Nate and Amaya.
I was sobbing during the cafeteria scene because they all came together and everything, but like nothing happened? I mean something did happen, but I thought we would get a clue as to what happened. Really confused, don't know if all of this was worth it.
I used to hate Laurel and really wanted her to die. But these past few episodes have made me like her. Then they killed her...
This episode brought back some of the characters/dynamics that made the show so great in the earlier seasons. That was nice, but it won't last forever.
I wasn't sure from the trailer, but now I am!
Looking forward to more.
Love all the characters! A lot of new technology was stuffed into the pilot, but the choreography of the hand gestures was pretty amazing. I look forward to watching more.
The female empowerment is strong! I'm all for equality but I don't think it contributed to the story or the character. She's Supergirl -- anyone that thinks she's anything less than a man makes no sense. It would make sense if this was a show about a regular female human... Nonetheless, it's good that there are messages about female empowerment at all.
Not as good as the Flash pilot in terms of story and SFX. Hoping that the pilot being leaked will lead to improvements on the episodes that are in production. Would be cool if it crossed over with Arrow and The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow!! But would be weird because none of the other shows ever mentioned Superman.
This is hilarious. Love seeing the mother side of things.
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. But Josh Gad as Olaf made it 100% better.
Loved it. Lake Bell is so awesome. But I felt like the movie could've been a bit longer.
awesome duo. the washroom scene... hilarious to the max.
SO CUTE. The characters who don't speak have the most sass!
First season and they already confirmed that Cyrus is gay. I love this show. Can't wait for season 2.
I love this. Way better than I expected. Didn't think I'd like it at all.
Freddie Stroma as H.G. Wells is so cute! I hate him in unREAL which is why I thought I'd hate this show, but he's so different in this. His smile makes me giggle.
It's light and suspenseful at the same time. I lost it when he was crying while watching the news.
This is going to be a fun adventure!
Wow! Just WOW! Excited to see a season 2 (if there is one). It will be very interesting.
Wow! They went there! So glad we didn't have to wait until a season 2 or something.
No In Memorium...
Jimmy Fallon did not mess anything up, but he didn't make much of a presence either. His opening monologue was supposed to be the most important, but he wasn't able to deliver it because the teleprompter broke. So basically he was barely a host.
Best part was probably the Stranger Things part.
Hahaha. This is great and Ben is the cutest.
Only the last minute was part of the crossover... didn't even watch most of the episode since I'm not caught up.
