I Found Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) among our personal family DVDs and
realized I hadn't watched it; although I did read the book sometime
ago. I think the movie is very true to the book, and one think I had
difficulty understanding in the book was the manipulation of time, which
was much more clear in the movie. The ogres and Mulgarath, (Nick
Nolte) are just despicable, and their green blood is gross. Freddie
Highmore plays a dual roll of twin brothers. (I was confused at first
until I looked up the casting. Their sister is portrayed by Sarah
Bolger. Jared, one of the twins, finds a book written by his
great-great uncle after the move into the Spiderwick mansion. There is a
warning placed on the book to not read it under threat of death. He
reads anyway, and sets off a series of events with trolls and Mulgarath
wanting the book, and willing to kill to get it. The children's mother
(Mary-Louise Parker) doesn't believe in the beasts, and thinks it is
just her son's anger coming out. Her son is angry because dad has left
the family. Spiderwick is very well done. It is exciting, but also has
good story, and characters with interesting powers and motivations.
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