{"id":3,"date":"2008-02-24T22:09:32","date_gmt":"2008-02-25T03:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogue-cavern.net\/blog\/?p=3"},"modified":"2008-02-26T22:42:53","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T03:42:53","slug":"spiderwick-chronicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rogue-cavern.net\/blog\/2008\/02\/24\/spiderwick-chronicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiderwick Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not having a chance to read the book series before seeing the screen adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles<\/a> I went into the viewing with zero expectation and no predetermined notions of how the movie should be.<\/p>\n

The storyline revolves around the experiences of the children of Helen Grace (Mary-Louise Parker<\/a>) a newly divorced mother who inherits her uncle’s forest secluded mansion. The daughter Mallory (Sarah Bolger<\/a>) and the two twin sons Simon and Jared (Freddie Highmore<\/a>) find themselves fighting a fantastic battle against goblins, trolls and a mighty ogre after unwittingly calling their attention to a book full of secret information regarding all types of mystical and magical creatures.<\/p>\n

The storyline is engaging but short. As I understand it the book series consists of five novels and to condense that into a 90 minute movie means a lot must have been left out of the movie. The computer generated graphics for all of the mystical creatures was par for a movie these days without nothing really standing out either good or bad.<\/p>\n

If you like fantasy films you will probably enjoy the film however if you are a fan of the books you may be dissapointed by the lack of substance in the film.<\/p>\n

I give The Spiderwick Chronicles<\/a> a 6 Rogueys out of 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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