Look away, look away - A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)

It seems that this year will be a very good year for those who love Tv series. In fact, on the 13rd of January a brand new one started its journey (a three season journey): "A Series of Unfortunate Events", based, as the 2004 film starring Jim Carrey, on the novels by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) and developed by Mark Hudis and Barry Sonnenfeld.

The first season has 8 episodes (two episodes per story): The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window and The Miserable Mill. Except the last one, the other three have the same plot of the 2004 film, even if in this TV series the characters are more detailed and the order of the events is different (I think that's because the whole story has to continue).
Also, the two adaptations has in common the participation of the actress Catherine O'Hara: here she portrays Georgina Orwell, a "special" optometrist (who compares in the last episode), while in the other version she was Justice Strauss.

Now it's time to mention the masterful performance of Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf: when I watched the film, I thought that Jim Carrey was perfect for that role and that nobody could do better than him. But I was wrong: it's not easy to portray a character that was already well-played, in particular if we consider that, watching the new adaptation, the "old" scenes comes in our mind forcing us to do a comparison. I did a comparison and I'm glad to say that there are two winners, because we can see two Count Olaf perfectly credible (P.S. the "Stephano" played by Harris made me laugh a lot: click here if you're curious).

The Baudelaire children are a bit different: I noticed that in the film they often worked as a team, while in this TV series is a bit different: Klaus, for example, helped her sister Violet thanks to his countless readings. Here, instead, when they are in trouble, Violet often finds the solution on her own, supported by Sunny's ability (I love the fact that there are subtitles when Sunny "speaks").

Other differences are the narrator, who gains more space in the story than what he had in the film, and Mr Poe. The narrator is visible from the very start (and not hidden in shadow) and has is own background: telling the story of the Baudelaire, he seems detached as someone who tries to recount in the most impartial way. Mr Poe is more irritating, dumb and indifferent than in the film. We meet also his wife and his two sons.

Lastly, the locations have a dark atmosphere and even the "happy" places (as the Justice Strauss's house) seem strange. Also the theme song, sung by Neil Patrick Harris, is a bit creepy - and it changes a bit in each episode.

I really like this TV series and I can't wait to watch the second season!! If you want, tell me your opinions in the comments! ^-^

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Bye for now

Yours, Silvia