ARTEMIS FOWL: MOVIE REVIEW

 Artemis Fowl is a bestselling book series that instantly rose to fame after being released. Written by the Irish author, Eoin Colfer; the ten-books series revolves around criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II and his various other family members. The first cycle - ( books 1 to 8) are about Artemis Fowl II himself and the second cycle - (books 9 and 10) concern Artemis's younger brothers Beckett and Myles. 

The story starts when the antagonist-of-his-own-story Artemis, and his trusty bodygaurd Butler kidnap fairy Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police Recon (LEP Recon) in an attempt to ransom her for fairy gold. This book goes on to introduce other important characters which appear in the series[ Foaly, Trouble, Commander Root, Lieutenant Cudgeon, Artemis Fowl I and Angeline Fowl, and many others]. 

But we are, or rather I, am not here to talk about the books. So, lets talk about the movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl2r3Fwxz_o

click this link to view the trailer☝

I have to admit, when the trailer was released, I was pretty excited. I mean, one of my fav books turned into a movie...…come on. Also, I wanted to see who would play the part of Artemis Fowl. And Ferdia Shaw did a good job bringing the character to life. But casting aside, some parts of the trailer...did not sit well with me. For example, the scene when Artemis has a talk with his father, or when he sees the news on his disappearance. Artemis also finds out that his father  was suspected to be a criminal. And Artemis was shocked. But, he should not have been. Okay, I get. The page-to-screen transition process is a little tough, but Disney completely changed the storyline. I mean, ARTEMIS HIMSELF IS A  CRIMINAL MASTERMIND FOR GOD'S SAKE. And the Fowl's have been on the wrong side of the law for a long time. Another scene that disturbed me was when Holly shakes hands with Artemis. She does not do that in the books. At least not in the first one. In fact she hated him.

But, when I saw the movie, …..WOW. Disney literally turned Artemis into a protagonist, a good guy. But he is the bad guy. Why Disney why? The movie has so many elements its hard to understand what is actually happening.........so basically........it was not good.

There are, of course, some good page-to-screen transitions for example

The Maze runner trilogy. They were amazing and so was the casting.

And of course, our own Harry Potter. 

If only the other transitions were as good...
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But the books are amazing, and I would recommend everyone to read them.

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