Zathura, Spatula? Whats the relation?

First of all, a very happy bday to Jim. Today's his bday, though its already late in the day. Better late than never, as I would say. In anycase, I went to One U today to meet up with him and whoever else was present. Yong Ting, definitely a permanent fixture in most meetings with him. Sad to hear that she would have to leave for Australia as early as January. Never the less, I was no less amused to see her around this often. I mean, 3 times in 3 weeks at one U? Heh, their frequency of outings never fails to surprise me.

Played a game of pool at next to the bowling alley on the top floor. This time there was no smoke to get in the way of our game, just my messy shots and lousy aim. Either way, score one, lose one. Lost in a rather sucky manner. The worse way to lose in a game of pool....sinking the 8 ball prematurely.

Watched Zathura at GSC. For the first time, we were brought to one of the cinema's on the upper deck. Technically though, the upper deck was more of an extension to allow people to get in from the top and make their way to their respective seats downwards...think lecture theater and you can't go wrong. Remember all those late classes and sneaking in from the back? Its kinda the same.

Anyways, Zathura....from the makers of Jumanji, does not stray very far from the formula presented by the said movie. The aforementioned formula goes like this, picture some squabling siblings ready to tear each other apart. One stumbles across a mysterious magical board game. Out of curiosity, they start the, seemingly, harmless game. Now....when the last time any of us played a board game? I can't remember seriously....been playing videogames mostly....Heck! That's an idea!! An enchanted videogame!!Oh wait...could have been taken up by those cheesy cartoons of the 1980s....sheesh...think there was one about Nintendo games...one with a giant Gameboy if I remember correctly....

Oh my, that change in thought is certainly more interesthing than the movie itself.... Thus, demonstrating tha family orientated direction of the movie. Relatively "clean" stuff...no violence (save for domestic violence), some mild foul language (like "shut up" and most recent edition, "you dick!"). But yes, all seems relatively clean for the kids, with some frowns on the negative points mentioned.

That being said, Zathura seems to tie in very loose story...too loose for my taste...The most annoying thing is Danny the "screaming kid". He is way too whiny and "screamy" for my liking. In trying to potray the innocent lil' brother who only wants recognition, he often comes off as annoying. There are cute points in his books, since the audience was mildly entertained by some his antics.

Wow, ok that seems quite enough for a review. Seems like a large part is focused on the movie...bleh...oh well. Can't find other stuff to talk about. Thats it for tonight.