Yet Another Geektacular Weekend

In some sad news, my mother ruined the ending of Serenity for my brother. I'm not sure what she was thinking, but she told him something serious. And that sucks.

Now, the good news.

If you're not watching Battlestar Gallactica, well, you're probably not a geek. If you are watching BSG and missed it on Friday, for the sake of all that's great in the world, find another time, TiVo or iTunes. The series is getting pretty tense, I really like where it's going. Friday's ending had me on the edge of my seat, salivating for the conclusion of Pegasus's appearance. I don't want to ruin it for anyone :)

I finally managed to go see The Lion, The Witch And the Wardrobe, this weekend. I was fairly impressed and pleased that it wasn't watered down for today's "politically correct" masses. Tilda Swinton is one evil bwitch!

Things I liked:

1. The little girl who played Lucy was perfectly cast. I saw, or read, recently that she was not allowed to set eyes on any of the Narnia sets until they were rolling film. The director really wanted to capture her wonder and awe at what she was seeing. Good thinking, because it worked like a charm.

She stole every scene she was in and deserved it.

2. The CGI animation was perfect. Not too much and not everywhere (LUCAS!). What needed to be CGI, was CGI, what didn't need to be CGI wasn't. The animals, in particular, were most convincing.

3. The end battle. Yes, it was an "epic battle", but it wasn't the focal point of the conclusion, nor was it so over done and lengthy that we forgot all the other wonders presented to us throughout the film.

Things I didn't like:

1. The boy cast as Peter. What a simpering little drip. He wasn't at all what I have, for twenty-something years, envisioned Peter to be.

2. Aslan. I can't put my finger on it, but, I didn't like the CGI for the Lion. Something felt wrong. There was also that little bit of ever so important suspense surrounding his death that was utterly lacking. I mean, really, he's resurrected five minutes later, gives Lucy and Susan a quick explanation and it's off to the battle? bleh.

3. The Professor's beard. Way too cliche and totally out of period/character for the battle of Britain.


That's that.

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