I have not had an opportunity to read the "A Series of
Unfortunate Events" but I would agree with Mary Green on
one thing. Jim Carey is Jim Carey in life and on screen
and he is so "out there" that he often appears out of
control. I took my sweet little nieces to see "How the
Grinch..." without previewing it and was so repulsed by
the, dare I say, "bastardization" of the Dr. Seuss story
and Carey's maniacal, sinister, performance that I felt
assaulted. Evil is one thing but Carey's routine when I
watch him in interviews leads me to believe that if he
isn't acting then his portrayal of being mentally unstable
is not an act. Of course, after I read the books, perhaps
he may be just the one to play the part.
Angela Wilcox
media Specialist
I. Ellis Johnson Elementary School
Laurinburg, NC
awilcox@scsnc.org
On Fri, 23 May 2003 21:01:03 -0300
Mary Green <tmgreen@WARWICK.NET> wrote:
> I just recently read A Series of Unfortunate Events and
> while I'm thrilled
> that yet another children's/young adult novel is being
> made into a movie, I
> am a little disappointed in the choice of actors to play
> Count Olaf. I find
> that Jim Carey is Jim Carey no matter what role he plays.
> Even the Grinch
> became Carey, rather than Carey becoming the Grinch.
> Kids and teens do seem
> to like him though and, hopefully, that will help draw
> attention not only to
> the movie but the books as well.
>
> Mary Margaret Green, LMS
> Maple Hill Elementary School, Middletown, NY
> tmgreen@warwick.net
>
> Maggie Rohde wrote:
> -----
> > Darn. Tim Curry would have been my #1 choice. He did
> the reading
> > in the audiobook of SoUE#1.
> >
> >
>
>
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