Popcorn vs Kernel

5 Popcorns = Must see!
4 Popcorns = You'll probably like it.
3 Popcorns = Go in the morning when there are cheaper ticket prices.
2 Popcorns = Maybe rent it.
1 Popcorn = Wait for a friend to rent it and watch it with them.
Kernel = Don't see it at all. Ever.

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)






Directed by: Tim Burton

Written by: Ransom Riggs (novel) & Jane Goldman

Starring: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, & Samuel L. Jackson




To start off, I’ve never read the book.  And to be honest, now after watching the film, I don’t want to.

Jake’s grandfather just died.  But he didn’t just die; he was murdered.  In an attempt to reconnect to his late grandfather, Jake follows his grandfather’s directions and goes to a small island near Wales.  While there, he discovers that all the stories that his grandfather told him were true.

The story is great for a book, but not a movie.  Or maybe they put too much of the book in the movie.  It just felt overwhelming. 

Also there’s the subject about the loop.  In the film, Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) has to make a loop so that way her and the children stay in the same day forever.  I felt that there needed to be more explanation as to why they stayed in a loop.  In the film they just explained that they would never grow older, but that didn’t seem like a good enough reason.  Maybe I missed something.

The CGI was cool though and the powers the children had.  But it just wasn’t as exciting as I thought.  It just seemed too complicated for me to concentrate on. 

2 popcorns.

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