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.
I couldn't finish it. The directing and editing was so bad, making each scene last much longer than it needed to. So boring.
My biggest problem with this is that L did not hold the phone correctly.
Watched this again as an adult. Still holds up.
Felt a bit short, but always fun to watch Paul Blart!
Very fun movie. Story was lacking, but the last scene was great because it connected with the Despicable Me movies. I hope they do another one with young Gru!
Great performances, but there wasn't really a story.
THAT WAS SO AWESOME! It's what I wanted the first Purge to be like. The story is actually progressing. Hope there is a third one!
It felt like the ending to a really long movie, but not a movie on its own.
Nevertheless, I loved it. I'm glad it was three films instead of one. Sad that there isn't more.
It's an end of an era.
Was full of too many explosions... the SFX were not that great. Especially Chris Evans' giant head on a tiny body.
Agent Carter was sort of useless... she kissed him right before he was about to jump on a moving plane? Then she stands in a car that's hanging off of a ledge... not very smart, Peggy.
Almost fell asleep. But it was nice to see the origin of Hydra after Agents of SHIELD mentioned it.
Bane sounded like an old British fool trying to recite some Shakespeare to a crowd who only wanted to make a ruckus.
Ending was great though.
Beautiful movie. Inspiring as well. The whole time I wondered, why isn't he taking pictures of his journey? But that was the point, to just live.
Wasn't what I expected, but certainly impressed me. Rhys Ifans is amazing.
I could not finish it.
The story, inspiring. But the movie, was not as great as it could've been. A lot of things were shot that were unexplained.
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.
a bit too gory, but enjoyed the story
SO CUTE. The characters who don't speak have the most sass!
