Member review

Artemis Fowl is a movie based on the books written by Eoin Colfer about a child genius and magic fairies. I personally consider this movie as a disrespect to a great series.

But before I get in to all of the tragically terrible inaccuracies, one thing I did like is that the characters had Irish accents rather than American, seeing as the original is set in Ireland.

Now for the things I didn’t like: the film changed a lot of things, from the characters, to the story itself. I thought most of these changes were bad; a few examples of unnecessary character changes would be Artemis Fowl himself and Commander Root. The film also lost a lot of the humour that had made the books so enjoyable, as much of the witty talk was removed, probably due to time restrictions. A ton of characters didn’t feel like they did much, in my opinion, Foaly being an example. Finally, I found that the intro and outro didn’t feel like they fitted the story.

The thing I’d say I found most memorable would most likely be the outfits the LepRecon wore which looked like something from a cheesy bad kids TV show, topped off with a bike helmet and goggles.

I feel that if the movie had been closer to the original and had maybe been made into a TV series it would have been a lot better. If it had been done like this the characters would have had more time to develop and the story wouldn’t have been so rushed. Instead, it felt like a phenomenal story was annihilated for an American audience, with multiple books mashed in to one bad movie. The whole thing just felt like Disney making a happy family story that wasn’t believable in the slightest.