The Enchanted Tale of Film you're about to read is very unpleasant and somewhat depressing. It is also not very enchanted. This is Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and it is the writer of ETF's dismal duty to review the film based on Lemony Snicket's books, which recount the Baudelaire children's miserbale journey. If you'd rather read something else, I'm sure the writer of ETF has some material that's more desirable. However, if you're up for a film about three clever orphans on the run from a greedy count, then you're welcome to stay. If not, this would be an appropriate time to click on something else or simply leave the computer or cellular devise where this blog is being shown.
Once upon a time, there lived three children: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Beaudelaire. Violet is good at inventing things, and knows "there's always something." Klaus loves reading the books in his home's library, and remembers everything he reads. Sunny, the youngest, has a set of sharp teeth that she loves to use for biting. One day, their banker tells them that their parents have died in a fire that's now destroyed their mansion. With nowhere else to go, the orphans are sent to live with a Count Olaf, who will stop at nothing to get the children's large fortune. For reasons not being said here, the children are sent to live with one guardian after another, with Count Olaf following them wherever they go. Will the Baudelaire children be able to stop Count Olaf and find home again? 
The film has a Tim Burton/Neil Gaiman style to it. Looking at the children's clothes, they wear darker shades of clothing, especially violet. It makes them blend in with the look of the film but makes them seem different from what they're like. This look is also particularly obvious in Count Olaf's house. There is such an appearance on the in and outside of the house that lets you know that something is definitely wrong. There are few places untouched by this effect in the film: Uncle Monty's house and the Baudelaire Mansion. Those are the places where the children are happy and feel safe. The rest of the world seems to be but an unfriendly and woeful place. 
In the film, (and also in the books,) the children are thrown into the midst of people who see them as inferior. We really don't know why. It could be because of jealousy at the children's wealth, or it could be to make those people feel better about themselves. Some of the orphan's bad treatment is shown in the film's deleted scenes, and there's still plenty of it in the film. In this way, both the people and the places that the children encounter are somber and hateful. "At times the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may, in fact, be the first steps of a journey." Even though the Baudelaire children faced so many bad things, they had only experienced a small part of the world, and a small portion of their lives. It's true that some people will endure more misery and woe than others, but in different ways, we are all fortunate.
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