Īnother children's book series adapted into a potential movie franchise? Ugh!!! Directed by Eli Roth? Wha?!! A sequel wouldn't be a bad thing, but further depth is required and now that the ground work has been done, let's make some villain improvements. Black was fun and he is starting to branch away from his usual style of comedy and it's nice to see. It becomes this basic good vs evil in the final third after all the mystery conversations and exposition. I'm annoyed the filmmaker wasn't able to adapt this to its full potential, even just bringing the villain on earlier. The film being created by Amblin carries the studio emblem for family content, and this has to be one of the better options for new material.
I feel that modern films are neglecting the villains, when they should be embracing them.
The real issue is the lack of villain, and it tends to tread water with the core characters instead of providing us with something resembling a correctly plotted film. Black was an inspired choice and backed up by the very talented Cate Blanchett.
The original book is quite different, but the film version is fitting for the target audience.
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