Narnia: The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe Movie Review
Narnia: The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe was an excellent movie which closely followed the book written by C.S. Lewis. Through an old wardrobe, a group of siblings walked into a magical world, where the “real world” stood still while they attempt to save a magical kingdom from an evil White Witch.
This movie includes all the great elements that make up not only a great kids movie - but a great movie altogether. You have the displaced children looking for an “out” and a magical kingdom waiting to be saved through the use of wits and bravery.
Narnia: The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe is one of those movies you can sit down and watch with your kids and enjoy as much as they did. Imaginations run wild when you get into a movie like this and, if you have not watched it yet, you will be glad you did.
1408 Movie Review
1408, starring John Cusack and Samuel Jackson, was one of those movies that started off a little slow. What I thought was going to be a long, drawn out character development quickly turned into interest and ultimately led to later suspense as we waited to see what was going to happen.
Considering the other options in the horror lineup in the past few years, 1408 was a welcome change and almost made me think “an updated Shining”. Several plot twists and different angles on what was going on kept you guessing throughout the movie even with several obvious foreshadowed events.
If you are tired of watching the normal cut-em-up, all gore movies that have been presented more for shock value than true, make you think horror - then this movie is a must see. The writers did an excellent job putting the twists in 1408 and the directors and actors definitely pulled it off.
Runescape Online MMORPG
Runescape is a Multi-Member Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) that allows you to play the same game online with your friends. While Runescape still has a long way to come to compete for serious gamers, it does have a nice flare to it - at least in the members worlds.
In the non-members worlds (free version) it seemed there were a lot more kids and thus a lot more childish antics - kids running around calling anyone a level lower than them a Noob (newbie, person new to the game used in a derogatory manner). The members worlds seemed a bit less childish although some did show their age.
Game play is pretty easy to figure out and the 20 minute tutorial to start the game does more than an ample job teaching how to play. The graphics were a bit low when compared to other, more adult MMORPGs but not bad overall.
I spent about a month over the summer playing with my son, step-son and brother-in-law and we had a good time playing. While I do not see myself playing much more without them, I did enjoy it overall.
The game is very addicting and once you make a few friends it is hard to stop playing - especially once you are strong enough to defeat the dragons. Overall, I found it very easy to gain levels and get strong enough to do tasks that others had spent months, or years, doing but also realize that I played for several hours a day with the kids.
Compared to other MMORPGs I find that the addicting factor is just as strong, the graphics are a bit weak, but overall a lot cheaper than the good ones as well with a free version available and the paid version (recommended for anyone planning on playing for more than a week) coming in very cheap at about $6/month.
Spider Man 3 “The Movie” on PS3
I have played several Spider Man games over the years and have not-so-fond memories of Spiderman and Maximum Carnage from the Super Nintendo way back when. Like most everything else, Spiderman 3 on Playstation 3 has definitely come a long way.
My brother-in-law brought this game over to my house last week and we played it steadily every day after I got off work. Even after beating the game, we continued to play as the “black suit” Spiderman and started the missions all over.
This game definitely has hours of playability but not much in the way of random happenings and no alternate endings so I could see getting bored with it after a week or two. All in all a good game but serious gamers looking for something to last past the point of beating once or twice should probably just rent it from Blockbuster for a week and call it a day.