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Harry Potter, beat it! You are nothing but a useless second hand magician living in a world of fairies and bullcrap! Now Lemony Snicket`s creation is a really good flick for children. First, it`s the choice of the actors - Jim Carrey as the main villain is superb, and his villainy character is much stronger than that Voldemort loser Rowling gave her hero. He is funny, and that`s the most important thing. Then there`s Jude Law as the narrator, who repeatedly offers the audience to leave in order to see a cartoon about the smallest of elves. There`s also Meryl Streep who plays the good aunt, and Billy Conolly (man who sued god) as the snake scientist. The plot is not particulary smart, of course, but it`s fun to watch at, and it`s more inventive that Harry Potter for sure. The Baudelaire children - the main heroes - can`t escape from their unfortunes by waving a stupid magic wand, `cos they don`t have one. Of course, this ain`t no Shakespeare, this even ain`t no "Lord of the Rings" but as a film for children this certainly is a very solid example of the genre.

"10 items or less" ir tipiska mazbudžeta indie filma, kurā ir sava tiesa gan no "Clerks", gan no visdažādākajām "road" filmām. Zīmīga šī filma ir ar to, ka tajā piedalās stipri augsta profila aktieri. Ar šo profilu pirmām kārtām saprotam, protams, Morganu Frīmenu. Jā - Frīmens pārmaiņas pēc starp daudzajiem lielajiem mega projektiem, vai tas būtu "Evan Almighty", "Lucky Number Slevin" vai "Gone Baby Gone" - proti, filmām, kas tiecas vai nu pēc tava maciņa vai kinoakadēmijas balvām, piedalījies šajā absolūtā mazbudžeta lentē, kas filmēta nieka divas nedēļas un vēlāk izrādīta nieka 16 kinoteātros. Vēl šeit piedalās (tiesa - ļoti sīkā lomā) jaunās paaudzes zvaigzne Džona Hils - viens no tā sauktās Džūda Apatova komandas, "Superbad" galvenā zvaigzne. Galveno sieviešu lomas atveidotāju Paz Vegu daudzi droši vien pazīs kā "Spanglish" zvaigzni, taču šo filmu man kaut kā nav gadījies noskatīties. Tas laikam arī viss, bet šādai filmai - nav slikti.