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Gosh, I wonder what the royalties are on the use of Elfman’s EDWARD SCISSORHANDS on the Lemony Snicket website…
http://www.unfortunateeventsmovie.com
Saw the picture tonight and thought it was brilliant.
Ryan
I agree, great movie. Brad Silberling, the director, worked on “Moonlight Mile” in my town and he seemed to know how to run things. I wasn’t thrilled with the music in “Lemony Snicket,” but then again Thomas Newman has never really thrilled me. He has a style that lacks major themes, which I am a big fan of. One would think that Danny Elfman would have worked on this movie considering the crew: producer Scott Rudin produced Sleepy Hollow. Producer Barry Sonnenfeld directed both Men in Black films. Colleen Atwood designed costumes for this and most of Tim Burton’s movies. You’d think that they would have just gone all the way with hiring Danny Elfman to complete the Tim Burton experience. At least he was used for the promos, for which I hope Danny gets a lot of money.
Don’t forget Rick Heinrichs (Sleepy Hollow, Nightmare Before Christmas, Vincent, etc.) and Emmaunel Lubeski (Sleepy Hollow cinematographer) are also on board for “Lemony Snicket”
Seeing it later today. I’ll tell you how it was
I saw “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.” My analysis:
It was pretty good. Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, and Catherine O’hara were excellent. Even the child actors (which I usually loathe) were good. The art direction: beautiful. The costumes: Fab-U-Lous! The Cinematography: incredible! What didn’t I like? At times, pacing didn’t work (it would go from dull to exciting once in a while) and the score was mundane (it deserved something more Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands-esque). But for the most part I liked it.
My grade for it: B+
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