The Artemis Fowl book is about a highly intelligent sociopath of a child who kidnaps and ransoms a newly discovered to humans species of intelligent life. The Artemis Fowl movie is about a highly unintelligent sociopath of a director who murders beloved book properties.

Speaking as someone who read the books, they did not read the books... I'm not convinced they've read A book...

"Justin Timberlake gets friend-zoned and becomes an incel." I didn't think I would ever hear that sentence.

I feel like this series is gradually becoming less of a “quest for the best” and more of a “mission for the mediocre.”

Impressive that IHE can talk so fluently and with such articulation without his lips moving, let alone the fact his head is sat on the coffee table beside him.

Artemis fowl fans: this film is nothing like the book! Percy Jackson and Alex Rider fans: *first time?*

I uh auditioned for Artemis fowl. Apparently I was too old.... *thank god*

There's bastardizing the source, like the Percy Jackson movies, and then there's literally invalidating the entire premise of the book franchise, as Artemis Fowl somehow managed to do. He's supposed to start off as this diabolical spoiled rich brat, but then evolve into this genuinely well-meaning kid as he questions his own actions, and it becomes readily apparent that he wasn't *born* evil, he's just misguided from a lack of parental direction from his upbringing in a completely dysfunctional crime family. His father is missing, and his mother is bed ridden and doesn't even recognize him, at times mistaking him for his father, and at other times seeing his face and screaming for help because there's an intruder in the house. He starts off believing in fairies and magic FROM THE BEGINNING, almost as if it's a desperate escape from an otherwise painfully cruel and boring world. Now, if you were to run that rough one paragraph summary through google translate and back, then badly plagiarize it while wearing a blindfold, you'd still have something more coherent than this movie. They couldn't even get Holly Short's character correct, almost entirely undercutting her story about being the first female Fairy on the LEP (Fiary Police) and being under tremendous pressure- You'd think in woke 2020 they'd at least take an opportunity to sneak something in about sexism in work force, but I suppose that's too difficult of a subject for children to understand. "All children are 1 dimensional cardboard cutouts who are not capable of questioning themselves and experiencing emotional growth!" -Disney

The artemis fowl film is a conplete bastardisation of the novel. Its basically completely different

"I like a bit of vore in my Troll movies" -IHE, 2020

It warms my heart that like the top 10 comments I've read were just people defending the integrity of the Artemis Fowl books over the dumpster fire of a film lmao

"If you had to watch this with your kid you wouldn't necessarily want to end it all." I think that's the most Alex has ever praised a movie he didn't like.

The calming voice of IHE on a rainy morning is like a cup of tea and a warm sweater.

For a series called Quest For The Best there isn't really much competition here as to which movie is the best Crazy World is so much better than all of them it's not even funny

The way Cyborg is positioned in front of the mike stand makes him look like a robot Ariana Grande.

"If you had to watch this with your kid you wouldn't necessarily want to end it all" - IHE They should put that on the back of the DVD!

You reading out the plot of the movie confused me because I was like “that’s not Artemis Fowl” but then I realized that it was the movie and not the book. Fr though this movie felt like a fever dream and an adaptation of a fan fiction instead of the actual book.

Why tf are the crotch shots so dark now? Those are some of my favourite parts

*Percy Jackson Fandom:* (walks in with chicken soup) Heeeyy, how you guys doing? *Artemis Fowl Fandom:* m o r e t y l e n o l

Shaggy doesn’t sound like a stoner anymore.

Just keep in mind that Scooby Doo is canonically the avatar of an Elder God manifesting as a talking animal.

It's great to see that Wakaliwood is still making movies, there's something so genuine about them

“In the movie they resurrect him because fairies are magic and can do anything” Fun fact: In the book they resurrect him and it’s actually an important moment thanks to character setup and a definition of the rules of this universe. In the movie, they cut that all out.

Quest for the best: "Oh, sweet!" Sees Scoob and Artemis fowl on the list: "Oh no."

Watto is the best written character in star wars. His arc for money and eventually going poor is just written beautifully. A truly fascinating character who has been through tragedy.

It's fine for Directors to have creative freedom with a film and adaptations aren't completely beholden to their source material in many cases. That being said, the extent that Kennith interacted with the books was him pissing on them and seeing the word "fairy" while he did it. It's even worse than Percy Jackson. If you're going to reflavour the story then fucking do a good job at least. Artemis is the bad guy in the first books, the reader (these books were aimed at young adults btw) understands that, and can still enjoy Artemis's character and understand his motivations. Kennith thought that people wouldn't be able to connect with Artemis? What utter bullshit, the books sold millions of copies. They sucked the character out of these Characters making them watered down facades while removing all motivation and agency from them and trying to tell 2 books worth of story at once. It really can't be hard to retell a book in movie format, just tell the same fucking story, and hit the key points. Feels like so many directors have their heads up their own arse that they have to inject their shitty visions on to stories that have proved themselves good and already work.

Quote from Kenneth Branagh regarding the Artemis Fowl adaptation: "It was a decision based on a sort of inverse take on what I saw in the books, which was Eoin introducing Artemis gathering a sense of morality across the books. He said that he had him preformed as an 11-year-old Bond villain. It seemed to me that for the audiences who were not familiar with the books, this would be a hard, a hard kind of thing to accept." THEN WHY DID YOU MAKE IT AUGH

May we all never forget that the McElroy Brothers successfully strong-armed their way into Trolls: World Tour

"Justin Timberlake gets friendzoned and becomes an incel" -Alex 2020

Don’t worry to say they didn’t do justice to the book is an understatement. They completely ruined it and flipped almost everyone’s personality completely on the head. And didn’t add one of the main appeals of the books (artemis being the bad guy). The movie is a travesty to the fandom of the books

My favorite superhero is "The man who can climb anything" his power is he can climb anything and his motivation is... He can climb anything quality superhero

On Artemis Fowl: "You can just tell by the way the story is structured that it's not meant to be told this quickly" Yeah spot on there mate, I haven't watched it but from reviews it seems like they've gone for the second book plotline, with the first book character development and technology. Also, as revealed at the end of the last book, if anyone in the book is telling the story of Artemis Fowl, it would be Holly. Like, the last few lines of the last book are her saying the first few lines of the first book out loud. And I can't believe they bastardised the Butler vs the Troll fight (from book 1) like that. Well, I can believe it, but I'm not happy about it. "It just annoys me when they take these books that people care about and then they just shit all over them." Yeah tell me about it, Artemis Fowl was my favourite series age like 12 & 13, I hate seeing what they've done to them

Artemis Fowl being so shit really hurts when I loved the book so much when I was younger.

I didn't know Alex only had one leg, this is so sad

“Justin Timberlake gets friend zoned and becomes an incel” is an Oscar worthy story point

Matthew Lillard has been the only really good Shaggy since Casey Kasem died as far as I know. RIP, the true legend deserved better.

It was a pretty fowl film

I cant wait for the 2nd phase of the Wakaliwood Cinematic Universe

Can't say I'm a fan of the "interview with a crotch" format.

Crazy World is amazing, better than most movies these days.

What is Artemis Fowl doing on a video titled “Quest for the Best”? Even having it in the same sentence as the word “best” is a war crime.

i honestly thought Artemis Fowl was worse than the Emoji Movie

"I like a bit of vore in my Trolls movie" - Alex "I hate" Everything

Hi I Hate Everything! My boyfriend and I love watching your videos and I was wondering if you could review this horrible movie I saw recently called ‘Vivarium’. My mum and I watched it together and by the end of the movie we both felt so angry and depressed. I was furious with the ending and with the whole movie really. I would love to watch one of your reviews on this movie!!! Maybe you could explain in depth something good about the movie that I missed haha. Thank you. Big fan!

Scoob is literally just set-up for the HB Extended Universe and bleeeh.

Your voice is so depressing its mesmerising

Every time it zooms in on the cyborg figure it looks like he’s got one of those big cartoon ponytails

I just want to say that the Artemis Fowl book is nothing like the movie. Its a lot more interesting, funny, beter explained and generally better written.

"Fun" Fact: Artemis Fowl was made for $125 million. And none of that shows up on screen. IT'S FEEDING TIME!

"An there's a nice vore bit" is the best sentence IHE said in a deadpan voice ever

“The Quest for the Best - Artemis Fowl” *HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*

Love you man, I hope you never stop making videos

I read the Artemis Fowl books *because* I saw that trailer for Artemis Fowl. I really enjoyed them, but then, after I finished the series, I revisited the trailer. It seemed totally not canon and inaccurate. For example, Artemis finds out his father is captured by the Russian mafia. In the movie, he’s captured by the fairies? Then the movie came out. What a terrible representation of the book. For anyone considering reading the books, the movie does not accurately represent the movie. This is awful. The books are great.

Artemis Fowl being "based on the book" is under the assumption that it actually follows the events on the book in any capacity instead of completely throwing them out and changing most of the relevant characters.

Thanks for your efforts in spite of annoyances like the recording mishap. Your videos are always great and I appreciate them.

I was waiting for your vid on Artemis, great vid

“Italian mobster shoots a lobster” -Joe Strummer

The Artemis Fowl movie is completely different. Instead of being a school boy who just finds out his dad is a criminal, he's a kid who posions someone so that he can give them information in exchange for an antidote, in the first chapter. He's not a nice person. In the first book, he's not trying to save his dad. He's just trying to make a bunch of money. The movie still uses his plan to get out of the time stop, except it never explains it so it's not satisfying at all.

"Justin Timberlake gets friendzoned and becomes an incel. 2 1/2 stars."

Thanks for posting! Love you very much

thanks for the hand, knee and sock shots alex

Honestly can't wait for you to get back to ripping 13 Reasons Why to shreds

"Capone" rides on the tails of "The Irishman", it's like if they made a whole movie about The Irishman's act 3. It's just a long-ass act3 but they won't show you acts 1 or 2.

These videos during quarantine are heaven sent, thank you IHE 🙏🏾

I remember reading Artemis Fowl when I was like 12

The point of Artemis Fowl was seeing the perspective of the villain- the first book is by far the most interesting. The fact that they just skipped the plotline of the first book is criminal. Not in a good way.

IHE's videos are a perfect mix of quality and passion.

I love the new angles he gets in Crazy World. Also the action again is shot spectacularly.

I forgot how the "Quest for the best" works, so when I saw Artemis Fowl in the title with "Quest for the best" next to it I thought you lost your mind xD

If you got a chance I'd highly recommend reading the books for Artemis Fowl. I read them in middle school and they're still my favorite after many years. The story is much more fleshed out, mature, you fall in love with the characters, and it has amazing world building. The movie did the whole everything dirty. Idk why they even bothered to make it and had it had a theatrical release, it would've been an embarrassment to Disney. The movie stinks.

I was just rewatching your videos when I saw this!

I just watched the Artemis Fowl movie, all of my enjoyment came from me remembering the book

We need more Wakaliwood on this channel

"Trolls are real." Oh my Goooooooood.

Artemis fowl has been my favourite series for a good 8 years, which is also how long I’ve been waiting for a movie. To finally get THIS.... it hurts my heart. Going to go reread the series to make myself feel better

Don’t forget the greatest strength of Trolls World Tour. It has the McElroys.

Also Artemis in the book discovers fairies through a world spanning quest, leaving a black market at the beginning with a key piece of the puzzle which he quickly cracks to discover many secrets of the fairies. It is a very good scene cementing Artemis as being a genius, arguably one of the most important scenes.

"Justin Timberlake gets friendzoned and becomes an incel." Man, 2020 just doesn't stop giving

Watching the rest of this review, it really does bother me how you have Thomas The Tank Engine's disembodied face on your coffee table the whole time

Can we appreciate how awesome the poster for crazy world is

wakaliwood is the hero the film industry needs

Ihe: *mentions Greece at the start of his vid* Every Greek person: γεια σας

I actually quite liked Trolls: World Tour. I hated the original and my expectations were very low for the sequel, but I thought it was actually quite good. Not a masterpiece in storytelling or character development by any means, but very funny. I laughed quite a bit and they definitely improved the annoying humor so that is was less annoying and more just random funniness.

IHE IS BACK BABY

Yess I knew staying up until 4:30 am would be worth it

artemis fowl fans: wow my favourite book series is getting a movie! eragon/percy jackson fans: 😬

Ok but the bit in the trolls trailer with the third arm coming up is genuinely funny

Hi Ihe I love your vids and really enjoy watching them you’re one of the only people on KZfaq that I actually like, I agree with your trolls world tour rating and enjoyed this video. Keep up the good work

Yeah I feel like the idea of the inevitability of death idea that they tried to portray in Capone, Martin Scorcese addressed as a topic far better in The Irishman

Fun fact: No Amish person has ever been cyber bullied

The way IHE does the Tom Hardy guttural voice made me laugh cry, and every time I think of it I chuckle.

trolls world tour was actually really fun. i liked it a lot

I don't understand. Why this video is titled "the quest for the best" when 4 out of 5 movies are terrible-to-moderate at best?

I legit surprised IHE actually praised Trolls of all films lmao

Just ordered a copy of who killed captain Alex, and a wakaliwood shirt. Glad this video reminded me that I've wanted to do that for ages.

Artemis Fowl should be been a Search for the Worst. That’s by far the funniest IHE content.

I just really miss the old Scooby-Doo movies. I don’t know if it’s because they were better or because of nostalgia or both but I really miss them. And the new ones just aren’t the same.

You remind me of my friend Simon. I like Simon a lot.

I’ve tried watching this movie several times and every time I fell asleep at around halfway into it

I'm happy that you got a sponsorship so you can have the money you deserve from your content 😊😊