Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

DCfan I haven't seen this movie for like a good six years back in my school days. But I will try to summarize it as much as I can.Good costuming and effects.Good acting.Good plot.All in all good in every way I would highly recomand it.

Prismark10 The Spiderwick Chronicles is a family adventure but although an adaptation of a series of books it lacks the wonder of the Harry Potter films but is a decent solid adventure in its own right.A newly divorced mother Helen Grace (Mary-Louise Parker) moves with her children Mallory (Sarah Bolger) and twins Jared and Simon (Freddie Highmore) into an haunted old house in upstate New York that was once owned by her great uncle, a naturalist Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn) who vanished and his now elderly daughter ended up in an asylum.Jared discovers a book written by Spiderwick that has a warning which is ignored. The book is a field guide explaining that the estate is inhabited by various mystical creatures such as goblins and fairies.The evil Lord Mulgrath wants to destroy the book but the house has various protection including creatures that protect the book from falling into the wrong hands. The Grace kids embark on a magical and dangerous adventure.The film is economical and set at a brisk pace but it is no more than middling despite some indie sensibilities the film has such as John Sayles as one of the screenwriters.

kdnor2011 The Spiderwick Chronicles doesn't break any new ground in the fantasy genre. It's no Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, it's just a simple fantasy story about three kids encountering magical creatures. Yes I have read the books, and yeah it isn't as good as Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, or even Lemony Snicket's. It's just a really fun fantasy movie.The film takes all five books and fits them into an hour and a half movie. Now the books are incredibly short, so for the most part this actually works really well, but they cut out pretty much every single part of the fourth book, which may tick off some book purists. Also it rely's way too much on CGI. I've said it before, I like CGI, CGI is fine with me if it isn't completely abused. And it isn't bad CGI, but it is noticeable, and I feel that the film should have had at least a little bit of practical effects on the magical creatures.I don't really have any more problems with it. It doesn't talk down to it's audience. It follows the books really well. The young actors do a really good job, especially Freddie Highmore, who plays two characters who are complete opposites. I love home invasion stories, so the fact that they changed the end battle from a junkyard to the house. And it's just a really good fantasy adventure. It has all the magic creatures we expect, goblins, ogres, brownies, trolls, even sprites.Like I said, this film doesn't revolutionize the fantasy genre, it's just a fun adventure that brings you into a magical world of faeries.

Jean Lucero (lucero-j) Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.I've made up a theory: People who have read books that are turned into movies will be more harsh to judge the films unlike people who see movies without reading the book. I think this theory is right. I was disappointed by Harry Potter 5 at first, but watching it now for a year later and nearly forgetting about the book, I found it the best in the series.The same might as well go with this film. I was disappointed. If you don't know, this film is based on 5 books. However, the movie ignores the 4th book, which is probably because of budget issues and/or limited running time. Still, I can't help but complain. There could've been more creative production designs to see, more action, and more magical creatures.Apart from that, I felt that the film was well put together, especially the fact that they skipped a lot in the books. The special effects are very good, as well as the action scenes. I also may feel this film pushed the PG rating. It certainly is not as intense as Harry Potter 3 but there might be about 2 to 3 scenes that could make this film a PG-13 rating.