The Spiderwick Chronicles

For the most part it's an enjoyable romp through the mythology that the spiderwick Chronicles created. But then it decides to take a turn toward an agenda that is pushing the story of mental health and post to do with people that have emotional problems. Which is a great topic and absolutely one that should be addressed, but not one that this particular series was focused on.

The music was well picked, the actors were chosen very well. And for the most part you're going to like even the smallest of characters. But the idea that this story has anything to do with this source material is completely lacking.

Im sick and tired of remakes and all that bull First you cant tell me it's good when Ive seen the original movie and read the books STOP RUINING CHILDHOOD THINGS Let alone no offense but this whole culture appropriation thing It's clear in the stories they're not people of color Dont get me wrong its not that I have a problem with it its more so it feels like they're not appreciated don't make remakes and make a whole new movie something that is not some sloppy second's remake Its like these writers dont have the time of day to give people of color there own movie something fresh something new.

The Bad: It's pretty bad, the writing is bad, most of the story is predictable, special effects are questionable and a ton of unnecessary forced dialogue.

The main (Spiderwick) characters are VERY unlikeable and don't stick out. They gave the teenagers no likeable traits!

Timbletack is also very ugly I don't know why his design is this bad.

The ending was bad!

The Good: The dialogue is laughably cringe which makes the show kind of funny.

The cast they chose to play the characters are quite good even though the writers butchered the characters with AWFUL dialogue.

Conclussion: Don't watch the show it isn't worth the 5 hours+ of watching just to see some bad CGI, cringe writing and way too many long forced dialogue for this to be 'enjoyable'. It's overall just a mediocre show.

The original book is my favorite fantasy story ever, it is full of wonderful creatures and was made to make people dream. It was the book that made me like fantasy and I got so excited to see more creatures than we saw on the movie. I expected to see a lot more since the série format would allow to explore the universe a lot more than in the movie. Well let's just say I was soooo disappointed, I wondered during the whole show when we would see hobgoblins, elves or mermaids... the only fit scene was the unicorns one. Wanted to see a show about fantasy, got a show one mental health played by annoying people.

I really wanted to like the show- but Daniels and Cottrell are terrible actors. They couldn't even hold a gaze for effect.

How could they convince audience to believe they're here to save the day if they couldn't show confidence in their stride and speech.

Daniels is lanky and soft spoken. He could not match the right emotions with appropriate facial expressions. Cottrell could not carry a scene because he is too conscious of how he sounds and looks. His gaze is loquacious. He looks away frequently during intense moments.

After watching 5 episodes, I could surmise, the writers and the directors are completely disengaged and oblivious to the supernatural.

I blame the director(s) especially because he or she failed to allow characters to shine.