Mr. Popper Deserves Better

[leia131]

Hey Hollywood?

The next time you think to yourself, "let's update a classic children's book, and by update I mean strip it of everything that made children love it in the first place and instead insert sap and slapstick, and make it into a movie with Jim Carrey!" Do me a favor, and don't.

Comments

[jurisfiction16.livejournal.com]

Jim Carey needs to GO AWAY and stay away from 1.) books turned into movies and 2.) remakes. I'm looking at you, "The Grinch," "Lemony Snicket," and "Simon Birch" (aka, "A Prayer for Owen Meany").

But really, why all the remakes/adaptations? We have thousands of aspiring writers in Hollywood and New York--are you really telling me that none of them have original plots that are any better than just remakes that are remaking things that are fine in the first place?

That last sentence was sloppy because I'm angry and I can't emote and write beautifully at the same time. There is only room for one. It is my curse.

[leia131.livejournal.com]

I don't have a problem with Jim Carrey, as such, I just... Have you ever read Mr. Popper's Penguins? And have you seen the ads for this new movie? I do not understand why they feel the need to make old books 'hip' or whatever.

Part of the book's charm is that it's set in a time where he has an icebox instead of a refridgerator, and people are still out exploring the North and South Poles. You lose that, and you lose a lot.