not enough laughs, but otherwise a harmless way to kill an hour and a half.
poorly-done cartoon animation, but faithful to the novel; suitable for young children
Mary Lou Jepsen—who designed the XO Laptop’s breakthrough reflective LCD screen and her new company, Pixel Qi, are reinventing the LCD again, and their display, if it lives up to its promises, could be the other way forward. In fact, she told me that she predicts that “in 2010, LCDs designed for reading will overtake the electrophoretic display technology [the e-ink used by Kindle and Sony] in the ereader market.”
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over-long and episodic because it was originally a TV mini-series of three episodes. the story tries to be several things and doesn’t succeed in any of them. for example, it is good that the protagonist, arronax (dempsey), is given a couple internal problems from the very beginning: recurring nightmares, and a father who is terribly disappointed in him. but these themes are not satisfactorily developed. nor is anything else in the film. not recommended.
this fantasy fable, in theaters now, is by the same writer as the movie “stardust.” highly recommended, except perhaps for very small children, who will be frightened
cool graphics and design in the service of a flawed and unsatisfying story that starts like jules verne and ends like “final fantasy.”
set in new york, this ebook, which comes free with the sony reader (and is also available free for kindle), is the final novel in the trilogy that started with “caught stealing” and continued in “six bad things.” if you enjoyed the denzel washington movie “man on fire,” you will enjoy this. recommended if you don’t mind violence and bad language.
SPOILER ALERT
the end is reminiscent of “blood diamond” with leonardo dicaprio
couldn’t get into this short (184-page) feminine novel, but I’ll try again in the future.
