Movies: A Series of Unfortunate Scenes? An Example with Lemony Snicket

We just watched Lemony Snicket: a Series of Unfortunate Events. It is my interest to not only watch movies, but examine them. I have asked myself the question, can movies be redeemable? Like any artform, I expect to find some aspect of beauty, goodness, and truth in movies. Nothing less did I seek in Lemony Snicket.
As for beauty, yes. One might be put off by the Tim Burton-ness scenery and starkness at first in this film, but ever so delicately, the viewer notices a contrast to the otherwise coarse scenery. Note that neither the lighter images nor the darker ones possess an exact realism about them: the darks are just a little too dark, the lights a little too luminous. But this is what makes the beauty come out. For in seeing the dark so vividly, evil is shown to be real though lurking. And in seeing the light so radiantly, goodness is also revealed.
Yes, Goodness is there, too. Rembrant's portrayals of the saints weren't super-real; just like Greek sculptures, his paintings highlighted the virtue of man with features a little too radiant and perfect. You'll meet the Beaudaire children, if you watch this movie, with an understanding of what I mean. You'll also meet those who help them from the evil Count Olaf. Goodness is seen in the virtues of these characters, who, admist a few human weaknesses, always overcome evil with good.
So, we have some elements of truth as well. Good does overcome evil. Evil is dark and repulsive, while good is beautiful and endearing. Everything happens for a reason, even a series of unfortunate events.
Yet, I can't leave without saying, of course, that this film falls well short of a reliable authority for truth. There is one too many offhand uses of the Lord's name. The abilities of the Beaudaire children is falsely represented to come from within themselves. And there is the repeated Hollywood children's film mantra that "adults are not to be trusted with important kid stuff." If you are a parent, be sure your kid is trusting your appraisal of this film and the truth it does or does not depict. If you are like me and my wife, discuss the movie between yourselves and another couple sometime--it's a great break from Hebrew and can provide some interesting conversation, not to mention the wierdest movie you've seen for a while.
p.s. For a much better review of this movie and others, go to family.org and then to "plugged in." You can find reviews for hundreds of movies via an alphabetical index.