I dunno if I'll go and see this. The book was a bit of a disappointment. Seemed like a number of interesting concepts and ideas strung together with an extremely conventional plot. None of the characters particularly stood out to me, either.
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So 19th-20th century kids with superpowers? I like the concept so I will keep an eye on this
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What should I expect from this one? Hell, what is this all about in the first place? LOL
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I saw the movie yesterday. It's excellent. :) There were a few differences between the book and the movie, but I thought it was pretty faithful. ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
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From the tone of his comments, it's probably something he didn't even consider (of course, most of his movies are severely lacking in minority characters).
The book actually does have something of an explanation. There are other Homes for Peculiar Children in the world. The one the book focuses on is in Wales, and the children there are kids from the British Isles, and in a few cases Europe, from before WWII. In that context, it makes sense that they'd all (or at least, to stretch a point, the vast majority of them would) be white. Too bad Burton made some mostly incoherent comment about Blaxploitation films, rather then actually cite a fairly reasonable explanation. Even so, it wouldn't have hurt anything to stick a few minority kids in the film.
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Saw the film, hated it. Butterfield suddenly lost the ability to act, because he was so bland and dull through most of it. Hell, that's the best way to describe the film: bland and dull. Not even Samuel L Jackson could save the film, and he's barely even in it.
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Oh yeah, the editing. I'm no expert on editing, but the scene transitions felt so jarring and awkward, and some scenes were just arranged weird.
Like, Butterfield's character gets introduced at his job, he awkwardly greets someone and knocks over some paper towels, and then he gets called away for a phone call...but then it cuts to him in the car with his co-worker randomly or something? (my memory may be faulty, I was busy seething with rage at how much I hated Butterfield's acting). Plus, there's an entire scene right after this that should've been the opener, by introducing the main character, his grandfather, and the idea of Miss Peregrine's home in the form of a flashback to his childhood. It was so awkwardly placed that it fucked up the story progression.
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Well I saw it and quite liked it - Asa did a pretty good job I thought, and I found the monsters really freaking effective.
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