Slow Fantasy, Intriuging Thriler

Evening readers...NOVA here with the 10th installment of The NOVA Report. As always, this post is brought to you by the good people at Jack Daniels, the whiskey in the square bottle.

This weekend, I watched two movies-- the Chronicles of Narnia and Inside Man. The former was a tremendous disservice to the novel, and the latter being an interesting thriller (with 48 mins left) that is worth your time.

My main beef with the Chronicle of Narnia is that it moves through the novel way too fucking fast. The beauty of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is that it was paced to the point that it introduced enough expositionary material that when the climax came, you knew everything. The movie version does the opposite-- it rushes you into the plot way too fast, and really does a shameful rendition of one of the better works of children's fiction. The kids who play the sons of Adam and the daughters of Eve are great, but the pacing of this movie is lame as balls. Definintely hovers in the range of "rent, not buy" and "catch on cable".

"Inside Man" is a great flick with 45 minutes remaining. There is a lot unanswered questions, but I did figure out the reason why Jodie Foster was introduced into the movie. I'll update you guys.

UPDATE: Finished Inside Man, and give it a strong recommendation. Everything at the end is pretty much laid out for you, but still a good watch.

Looking forward, me and the family are heading over the to the National Zoo tomorrow to see the monkeys and the panda cubs. Horray family time! Fuck yeah! Why waste your time at the gym when you can go out and chase your kid at the zoo? America! FUCK YEAH!