![]() ![]() Although it's a movie meant for children, the animation of the magical creatures could certainly be improved, especially to heighten the sense of wonder and fear when appropriate. The animation turns most of the magical creatures into awkward cartoons rather than the gorgeous beings featured in the books' illustrations. A television series would better suit the story of The Spiderwick Chronicles by highlighting the individual plots of each book and incorporating more of the magical elements and creatures of the original series.Īnother element that 2008's The Spiderwick Chronicles missed out on was, in fact, the magic. This leaves some childlike wonder and the chance for exploration to be diminished, and the overall stakes feel lower. ![]() The most intriguing part of the original book series was the magical world that the Grace family stumbles across, which the film has to exclude parts of in order to develop the larger story. After all, a five-book series cannot possibly be explored properly in only an hour and a half runtime. ![]() ![]() While The Spiderwick Chronicles is faithful in the story elements it showcases, it also leaves out a lot of world-building and character development from its source material. ![]()
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