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AUTHOR's NOTE: This is a sandbox intended to be for a major revamp of the article for Artemis Fowl, with the WIS and RQ sections being mostly redone. I will not revamp the article until I feel that it is ready. Artemis Fowl, also known in certain territories as Artemis Fowl: The Secret World, is a 2020 American science fantasy adventure film based on the Irish 2001—12 novels of the same name by Eoin Colfer. It was directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Conor McPherson and Hamish McColl.

Plans for a theatrical release were cancelled as a result of the currently-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; instead, it was released on Disney+ on June 12, 2020.

Plot
Artemis Fowl is a twelve-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.

Why It Sucks
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 * 1) The main problem of the film is that is has a poor grasp of the source material, to the point where it can be considered an in-name only adaptation.
 * 2) * Artemis himself is portrayed as less villainous and more heroic.
 * 3) * The Aculos, the McGuffin of the film, has never actually existed in the books in the first place.
 * 4) * Artemis Fowl's mother is dead in this film, whereas she was alive in the books and thus played an important role to his character.
 * 5) * Julius Roots is portrayed as male in the books, whereas here the character is portrayed as female.
 * 6) * Mulch is now apparently a giant dwarf.
 * 7) It suffers from breaking the "Show, don't tell!" technique commonly used in storytelling, as it explains specific details to its audience rather than showing it, expecting them to simply believe the aforementioned details it spews out.
 * 8) * For example, Artemis is constantly described as highly intelligent and having done surprising things such as cloning a goat and naming it "Bruce" at the age of ten, but none of these are ever shown, and the next time we see him he acts as a cocky and arrogant mastermind above his school, even though he is never shown doing anything that would reinforce this superior attitude, and it renders him as unjustified and unlikable.
 * 9) ** The first time we ever see him in the film he is shown surfing, which absolutely lacks a connection to him supposedly being a kid genius; in fact, the first major (and only establishing) showcase of his intelligence only occurs nearly twenty minutes into the film, when after his father is captured and he has to use his big brain to find his father's hidden journal, reciting the Irish poem his father told him and then finding and taking the book from a shelf.
 * 10) * Another example of this is how his father is described as a workaholic who is normally away from home, which is supposed to play a role in Artemis becoming an isolated, self-centered loner, but then right away when Artemis returns home from school his father is seen there; the film basically wants its audience to believe one specific detail, but the opposite is then shown.
 * 11) Internal contradictions; for example, the father is described as being normally away from home, as stated, yet Artemis states the Irish poem his father told him every night every night before bed.
 * 12) Laughable dialogue, a lot of it tries to sound intelligent but ends up stupid anyway, such as, "It's not perfect, Holly. But it's ours, it's a light to guide us, but it's worth fighting for."
 * 13) * The dialogue is also quite rather generic at times, notably, "You believed in everything I told you about the Hill of Tara!", as well as the line that follows immediately after, "All I want... is to believe in you."
 * 14) Poor performances from the actors; for example, Judi Dench has a terrible Irish accent as well as a voice that sounds rather gravelly.
 * 15) Not-so-great casting choices for the characters, with the titular character appearing and acting less like a genius criminal mastermind and, as described by YouTube user Cynical Reviews, "more like the kid who'd get his lunch money stolen and his head flushed down the toilet."
 * 16) * The film basically whitewashes Holly Short, who was described as having "dark nut-brown skin of a coffee complexion" in the books.

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Redeeming Qualities
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Reception
The film received extremely negative reviews from critics and audiences, with criticism for its acting, screenplay, special effects and unfaithfulness to the source material, although praised the score. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds an approval rating of 8% based on 167 reviews, and an average rating of 3.70/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A would-be franchise-starter that will anger fans of the source material and leave newcomers befuddled, Artemis Fowl is frustratingly flightless".

On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 31 out of 100 based on 33 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Videos
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