No, I’m not talking about the passing of Arthur C. Clarke; he was 90, he lived a fine life, wrote some good books and changed the world with the whole geosynchronous satellite thing; that’s cool.
I’m just cynically appropriating one of his most recognizable titles to get you to look at my recent Sympatico/MSN movies column about ten failed family films … you know, stuff like “Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat”, which cynically appropriate a recognizable title to get people to see a terrible Mike Myers movie.
Sorry. I’m a jerk.
I’d add ‘The Polar Express’ to that list. Supposedly a heartwarming family adventure, the movie’s glassy-eyed, soulless CGI automatons were creepy as hell.