(Movie)Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

[Ivy]

"I will take this time out to warn you, there is no cheer, happiness, smiles, or any other "Good" thing in the movie you are about to watch, but I do hope you'Enjoy'

Summary:
Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are three intelligent young children who receive terrible news that their parents have died in a fire and have left them an enormous fortune not to be used until the eldest child is of age. When they are sent to live with Count Olaf, a greedy distant relative, a wave of terrible, horrible, agony ensues. He loses his rights to the children, due to "child endangerment" and they go down a list of odd and "different" relatives, but each time, Olaf appears and reaks havoc, trying to regain custody of the children. However, everytime there's another relative that they get sent to. Olaf is dained a hero when he supposibly rescues the "stranded and hopeless" children after a Hurricane strikes; he kills one of their care-givers while doing so. Mr. Poe, the Bank Manager who is in charge of the Children's Affairs grants temporary custody back to Olaf. Olaf, who is a terrible-but famous actor, thinks up a dastardly plan to get the Children's inheritance early. Will his "evil" "coniving" plan succeed, or are there more to than meets the eyes of the Baudelaire Children?

Behind-the-Scenes look at the Characters:
Violet Baudelaire - The eldest at 14. She accepts the duty of playing the 'Mother' to the two younger children. She is very craftive, creative, and is renowned for her inventing abilities, which you will know if she's conjuring up an invention because he hair is always pulled back out of her eyes with a blue ribbon.
Klaus Baudelaire - The middle child, at age 12. He's highly intelligent, probably has read more books combined then every member on this forum. He is obsessesed with the pronunciation, spelling, and grammatical uses of words.
Sunny Baudelaire - The youngest of the three. She's an infant, her age never mentioned, and she speaks a language unknown to everybody but the other Baudelaires. She has picked up the nasty habit of Biting, and she's not afraid to express her anger in such an 'ouch' manner.
Count Olaf - Played by Jim Carrey - Is the "evil" uncle that the Baudelaire parents' entrusted the custody of their children to. His only concern is the "Enormous Fortune" the Baudelaire Parent's left behind and he and his 'horrible' acting crew (horrible can be used in two ways here), will think up any coniving plan to get the inheritance as soon as possible; but there's a problem, it can't be touched until the eldest Baudelaire comes of age. That's where the climax of the movie comes in...
Mr. Poe - The Bank Manager who is in charge of the Baudelaire's Estate and the "Welfare" of the Children. However, he is the stupidest and un-concerning idiot, who actually keeps putting the Baudelaire's in harms way, and is blinded by his actions. The children try on countless times to explain Olaf's plans, but Mr. Poe only thinks it's the wild-active-imaginations of young children.

This Is The Letter That The Children Discovered at the End of the Film, It was deemed, "The Letter That Never Came".
'Dearest children - since we've been abroad we have missed you all so much. Certain events have compelled us to extend our travels. One day, when you're older, you will learn all about the people we have befriended and the dangers we have faced. At times the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may, in fact, be the first steps of a journey. We hope to have you back in our arms soon, darlings, but in case this letter arrives before our return, know that we love you. It fills us with pride to know that no matter what happens in this life, that you three will take care of each other, with kindness and bravery and selflessness, as you always have. And remember one thing, my darlings, and never forget it: that no matter where we are, know that as long as you have each other, you have your family. And you are home.'

Terrible Facts We Don't Want To Know:
~Christy Carlson Romano was originally supposed to play the role of Violet.
~Jim Carrey's make-up and hair took three hours everyday to apply.
~In the film, Liam Aiken's (Klaus Baudelaire) character's home is burned to the ground. During the movie premiere, Liam got word that his own home was on fire, causing him to immediately return home.
~Tim Burton was attached to direct the film at one time and Johnny Depp was attached to play Count Olaf. When Burton left, Depp left as well.

And Finally the 'Dreadful' Review:
I wasn't lying when I say the "Dreadful Review", why? The movie was awful!!! For one thing, when I watched this movie, I was expecting it just to be based on the first movie. Instead, they took the Beginning of the First Book, Added parts from the Second and Third Books, Then went back the the First Book and used it' Ending. How stupid can you be? It's agaisnt the un-written laws of scripting and film-making to blend several books into one film. I would have understood if they used the First Three Books in order, you know, the way there meant to be known, but to take the Three Books and blend them and conscrew them to your liking, is just wrong. Wrong I tell you. Not to mention Jim Carrey took a nose dive to his career when he accepted a role in this movie. He was surrounded by horrible, unskilled, actors/actresses and not to mention the whole movie was filmed on a stage. The Actors/Actresses never filmed on a location. Everything was done with a Green-Background and CGI effects. Which is probably why the movie had some of the worst scenes and visual effects I've ever seen. This movie completely ruin the books and their concepts, it's no wonder that a sequel hasn't been written or even thought of!