Spiderwick Chronicles

I watched Spiderwick Chronicles today. It was a BRILLIANT movie, loved it a lot.

It was a great movie that kept me holding my breath most of the time. I'm a fan of fantasy shows so I enjoyed the movie a lot :D Something like Harry Potter and The Golden Compass, just less of the fan service and more of the novel content. Loved the special effects and the scenes, and the creatures were designed beautifully as well! Freddie Highmore, Charlie in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', plays Jared and Simon Grace, a pair of twins. That means he's playing two characters. This movie is adapted from the four book series: The Spiderwick Chronicles, so you can read more to find out. Generally, the movie is about protecting a book named The Spiderwick Guide, a guide to the darkest secrets of the world around us.

The general storyline is simple, really, the typical save the _____, save the world kinda thing, but its how they go about doing it that's important (: After browsing through the Spiderwick Chronicles novel website, I realised that they left out many creatures in the movie :< Here are some pictures and captions that describe the movie! Pictures obtained from http://www.spiderwick.com

 
This is Thimbletack. Both of them. Thimbletack is a brownie, as shown on the left. But when Thimbletack is provoked, it swells up like the hulk, and turns into a Boggart, as shown on the right. Brownies like to eat honey and will be appeased with that.

(*Boggart is used in Harry Potter as well, but unlike Spiderwick Chronicles, it is a shape-shifter that will take on the shape of the victim's worst fear. Actually there are many definitions of Boggart which can be seen on Wikipedia)

 

 

This is what the Boggart did to Mallory, Simon's/Jared's sister, when it was angry that his home got destroyed!

 

 

This is the Greater Bull Goblin, a larger Goblin that was chasing Jared for the Spiderwick Guide. For some reason, it reminded me of the Warcraft when I saw it in the movie. They can die when in contact with tomato sauce.

 

This is a Griffin, Arther Spiderwick's pet. It can only be summoned in this ...strange tense. But the first three words were "Griff, Grapp, Greep". The shape of the Griffin in here is also similar to that of Harry Potter, just that the latter names it Hippogriff instead. They are the same thing.

This is Mulgarath, an Ogre. It is a creature that every secret creature is afraid of, since it is a sly shape-shifter. His real look is like that though, and he's humongous. The way he dies is freaking funny...

 

This is Great Aunt Lucinda. She is Arther Spiderwick's daughter and also knows about the secret world as well. She stays in Safehaven now since nobody believes her when she says her father was abducted by fairies.

 

The End!