Since the last time I posted to this thread, I actually did watch Artemis Fowl. While not as bad as I feared, it wasn't as good as I hoped. The movie essentially mashed the plots of the first two books into one movies, essentially making the movie (and any further installments) their own continuities. In fact, I don't see how they could continue to go along with the book series plots beyond vague nods to them. While the characters are likeable, many don't match up well with their book-verse counterparts. I'll probably watch the 2nd movie, should they decide to go ahead with it, but the growing inconsistencies between the books and the movies are likely to get Percy Jackson level of bad going forward.