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Artemis Fowl - Official Trailer
- Thread starter Spectromixer
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Yeah, I really don't like villains as protagonists, it's really not my thing. But on top of that I remember the kid just being so full of himself that I couldn't just get past the first few pages. It's like if they made a book with Draco Malfoy as the protagonist or something. The trailer looked fine though, the kid doesn't seem like such a tryhard douche in there.
Is this trailer implying Artemis actually knows how to fight? He's supposed to be horrible at anything actually physical in the earlier books.
The first book is if Die Hard had magic and Hans Gruber was the main character.
Big Agent Cody Banks energy.
Disney making up for its spectacular 2019 by taking the L over and over in 2020.
Disney making up for its spectacular 2019 by taking the L over and over in 2020.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh?
He's a more than competent director. If there's an issue with the movie, I can't imagine it being the director's fault.
And this is my first time seeing the name Ferdia. Cool name.
He's a more than competent director. If there's an issue with the movie, I can't imagine it being the director's fault.
And this is my first time seeing the name Ferdia. Cool name.
Slow day at work so I read the first book this morning (perks of working at a library). Pretty okay. Thought it was funny Butler's pistol was identified as a Sig Sauer in a kid's book. Also the library copy was a 2001 first edition so it had "Soon to be a major motion picture" and "Enter for a chance to win a walk-on role" at the beginning and end.
Trailer ain't great.
Trailer ain't great.
Growing up, I liked the first three Artemis Fowl books a bit more than Harry Potter, even if they lacked the polish. Trailer looks cool, glad they kept the Irish accents actually!
This feels like something that was made back in 2005 when Harry Potter Mania was in full force. What's the point of it now?
I've stewed on this trailer for 5 hours now.
Fuck Disney for this movie. First al the changes from the source and then just completely throwing away the fun story from the book. I hope this bombs worse than A Wrinkle in Time.
Fuck Disney for this movie. First al the changes from the source and then just completely throwing away the fun story from the book. I hope this bombs worse than A Wrinkle in Time.
I feel so bad for Colin Farrell. His career really never recovered after Alexander. Now he's stuck doing shit like this.
Looks generic as fuck and of course there's a generic rap song thrown in there too
Is Disney ever going to put in effort into their writing?
Is Disney ever going to put in effort into their writing?
I'll echo the positive quality of the first three books, and I'd even say the rest of the series remained decent despite it going to some odd places in the end and always focusing on a certain pixie who if probably getting a random reveal with no buildup.
This is just...robs everything in the series.
I think a major mistake was live action in the first place, as well as not trusting the audience with this generic, focus tested direction. The character Artemis itself is a huge barrier, but they could have focused more on Holly if they wanted a role model poster child to front the film.
This is just...robs everything in the series.
- Artemis is a straight up perfect good guy here, as opposed to being the villain who was all brains behind the scenes and that's all.
- The whole dynamic with his mother is lost as she no longer has to serve as the moral tether, all while pushing all the villainy solely on his father who had been attempting to move away from that life.
- No more Butler conflict with Artemis' methods over time and helping develop the kid's empathy. Just additional muscle to apparently someone who doesn't even really need it.
- Julius Root recast robs Holly the still relevant issue of sexism in the workplace. Sure, maybe there will be some light 'we women have it hard but are just as good/better if we stick together" thing, but there was something raw in how Julius was helping Holly how he could while making it very clear the system is by design against her. With by the end Holly being her own rescuer and having that empowerment in the face of terrible odds
- All the overly flashy stuff kind of robs the whole secret fantastical in a drab, dying world. Now we have space ships in plain view/day.
I think a major mistake was live action in the first place, as well as not trusting the audience with this generic, focus tested direction. The character Artemis itself is a huge barrier, but they could have focused more on Holly if they wanted a role model poster child to front the film.
There are people born and grown to adulthood since that chance was offered.
Yea no you lost me. I know I read the books long ago but I know they didn't have this vibe to them and that Artemis had a very unlikable shitty attitude about him which is why I liked him.
I guess that, now we've got a competent adaptation of His Dark Materials, another turn of the Millennium series had to take its place as the sacrificial lamb to the Hollywood Machine...
And the screenplay was written by Conor McPherson who's a great Irish playwright from what I gather. Really seems like there was a lot of talent involved, so the result is all the more disappointing
I guess there was a lot of pressure from Disney to make it family-friendly
Disney just taking the title and character names while tossing out everything else. Why even call it Artemis Fowl at this point?
It's the Golden Compass movie all over again, I'll basically just pretend this is a thing that doesn't even exist.
i really enjoyed the books and I see nothing here that interests me.
Like its been said before but this appears to really be an artemis fowl movie in name alone
dissapointing
Like its been said before but this appears to really be an artemis fowl movie in name alone
dissapointing
Really does scream mid to late 2000s YA fantasy adaptations greenlighted in Harry Potter's wake. Eragon, The Golden Compass, Percy Jackson, Cirque du Freak, etc. None of which were even successes anyway.
Since then we've had a second wave of YA more romance/sci-fi heavy after Hunger Games/Twilight, which also has come and gone with plenty of flops.
So this movie is at least 10 years out of date on release.
Do the books hold up on a reread as an adult?
If he keeps partnering with Martin McDonaugh he'll be fine
If he keeps partnering with Martin McDonaugh he'll be fine
Yup, straight trash. The only interesting part of this series is that the main character is an asshole.
This should have been Oceans 11 with fairies, instead its a knock off Die Hard.
The Cirque fu freak movie was such a crushing disappointment. It unfortunately fell for the Harry Potter AND twilight trap but ended worse than both.
CDF could easily be a show on a streaming service these days, but that's unlikely to happen. 😔
"I'm Holly Short, your ally"
That line is so blatantly edited, but not sure if whatever it actually is will be any better...
I occasionally go through a reread when I want something super light, and surprisingly the first few do. Artemis perhaps gets increasingly grating, but that's to be expected with the whole smarmy genius villain schtick.
It's also nice to recognize the non-subtle equality and environmental messages.
The sci-fi magic society thing was a bit different iirc at the time with a healthy dose of that heist/kidnapping angle, so I'd say it had a little more outside the main subversion.