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DVD Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
If you spliced Charles Addams, Dr. Seuss, Charles Dickens, Edward Gorey, and Roald Dahl into a Tim Burtonesque landscape, you'd surely come up with something like Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Many critics (in mostly mixed reviews) wondered why Burton didn't direct this comically morbid adaptation of the first three books in the popular series by Daniel Handler (a.k.a. "Lemony Snicket," played here by Jude Law and seen only in silhouette) instead of TV and Casper veteran Brad Silberling, but there's still plenty to recommend the playfully bleak scenario, in which three resourceful orphans thwart their wicked, maliciously greedy relative Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), who subjects them to... well, a series of unfortunate events. Along the way they encounter a herpetologist uncle (Billy Connolly), an anxious aunt (Meryl Streep) who's afraid of everything, and a variety of fantastical hazards and mysterious clues, some of which remain unresolved. Given endless wonders of art direction, costume design, and cinematography, Silberling's direction is surprisingly uninspired (in other words, the books are better), but when you add a throwaway cameo by Dustin Hoffman, Law's amusing narration, and Carrey's over-the-top antics, the first Lemony movie suggests a promising franchise in the making. --Jeff Shannon
DVD features Packed into the two-disc special edition of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is over two hours of serious behind-the-scenes features, deleted scenes, and interviews with the production staff. The most generous of these is A Woeful World, an in-depth overview of the production design with extensive commentary from Oscar-nominated production designer Rick Heinrichs. Kids who've read the books will enjoy seeing how creative minds transform the world of the books into a movie. "Costumes and Other Suspicious Disguises" is one of the most fun extras with footage of Jim Carrey comically ad-libbing as his different characters during the on-screen costume tests. The special features contained on the single-disc editions are also quite good, but most fans will find it worth it to pay the few extra dollars for this edition because of the insights it gives into the production. --Dan Vancini
A Message from Count Olaf
Dear Adoring Fan of Count Olaf,
Perhaps once every thousand years, a talent emerges that completely changes the way movies are made, orphans are orphaned, and heartthrobs throb. Often this talent has only one eyebrow, as is the case with one of the most cherished and admired actors scheming today. Surely you can you guess of whom I think.
No, you fool! I am referring to the One...the Only...the Unbelievably Handsome Count Olaf!
Or, as I like to call him, Me.
If you’ve already seen my performance in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, you must still be speechless. But if you haven’t, you are in serious danger. Just teasing. But you could be after I send one of my gifted henchpersons to your home!
So why not get my movie on DVD? This major motion spectacle has everything. Me, acting! Leeches, attacking! Orphans, almost falling off a cliff! Of course, if you are familiar with books by Lemony Snicket, you know that they include all of these things too, but most of what he says is lies, and the rest is completely boring.
There's never been a film that demands repeated viewing in quite the same way, with a diabolical genius writing you a letter that says, "I DEMAND REPEATED VIEWING!!!" Plus with DVD extras, you’ll get at least 20% more Olaf for your money. And... just for you, for an unlimited time only, I’ll throw in Aunt Josephine free with purchase.*
So, noble Amazonians, put down your hunting spears and exotic headdresses, and prepare to bask in True Greatness. Or, as I like to call it, Me.
Of course you may have my autograph!
Count Olaf
*Count Olaf will not be held liable or accept blame in any way for any and all liability, loss, damage, or personal injury (including death), without limit and without regard once Aunt Josephine is thrown in, due to the unpredictable behavior of hungry leeches.
Stills from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Click to Enlarge)
Violet, Count Olaf, and Klaus
Aunt Josephine
Count Olaf and Aunt Josephine
Directing Jim Carrey
Klaus, Mr. Poe, Sunny, and Violet
Count Olaf
Olaf Ascending
The Baudelaire Orphans
All Things Snicket
See a complete list of all Lemony Snicket's creations, including books from the Series of Unfortunate Events, calendars, and more.
The Essential Lemony Snicket Books
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ominous Omnibus, Books 1-3
The Situation Worsens: A Box of Unfortunate Events, Books 4-6
The Dilemma Deepens: A Box of Unfortunate Events, Books 7-9
The Slippery Slope: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 10
The Grim Grotto: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11
A Library of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-10
Behind the Scenes with Count Olaf: A Series of Unfortunate Events Movie Book
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
The Puzzling Puzzles Activity Book
More from the Movie
Original Movie Poster
Soundtrack
Wall Poster
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Computer & Video Games
Review(s): DVD Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
A great visual film and the direction is great it reminded me off a Tim Burton film
A fun film from start to finish. i have not read any of the books and I enjoyed the film and almost everything about it. The directing was really good and the visuals where really good it reminded me of a Tim Burton film. The acting was good and again Jim Carrey can carrey the whole movie and the supporting roles are good with Meryl Streep as a halarious aunt. The movie falls in the story side it drags on at times and is a little slow at times but then some times it good. the movie is original anmd at times funny which make the film memorable and good.
Good Looking, Slow Going
The previews for this movie had really made me want to check it out. My wife had read the books and found them to be entertaining, so my hopes were high. I must say in advance I am not the worlds biggest Jim Carrey fan. That being said he does a good job in this movie and I enjoyed his take on Count Olaf. The movie is wonderful to look at. The sets are great, and the costumes are superb,and all the actors do a good job with their characters as well. What's the problem then you may be thinking. Well the problem is in the fact that the movie has no direction. No place to go. The story never really takes off. These adaptations of books that one can read in a short amount of time being made into 2 hour movies has been dreadful. This movie if being judged on style alone would get 4 stars. There is just no substance. If you were one of the people that thought the Cat in the Hat was better when strecthed to 2 hours, then maybe you will enjoy this. No doubt some children will find it to be entertaining. Although I would warn parents with younger children that you may want to view this first to see if your child can handle the themes. (The movie starts with the death of the parents.) Not a bad movie to waste some time with, but it could have been much better.
Look elsewhere for an entertaining yarn
Many adults, such as myself, enjoy taking time out from their stressful daily lives to sit back and enjoy light, fantastic, some might say "children's", stories. Good, relatively clean fun that stays away from the overload of sex and violence streaming through the television tube. Stories that, like a nice bath or a relaxing walk through the park, take us to another place for a while and remind us of times when our lives were simpler and full of innocent wonder.
Adults that enjoy the Harry Potter series, Clive Barker's Abarat, and older films such as Dark Crystal, are recommended to stay far away from this film. It is a poorly executed, boring, overly long, film that does not transport you to that youthful place of wonder, but back to the video store disapointed yet again.
A real shame that what could have been an entertaining franchise went off-track on its first installment.
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