Chatter Of The Squirrel

Movie: The Da Vinci Code

Crappier than the book.

Dan Brown is an over-hyped and undeserving second-rate storyteller.

News: Mystery of the Crooked Bridge

Finally, the mystery is explained.

After all the speculation and the debating, finally I read one take on the story that is reasonably believable. Although I have always had strong faith in Einstein’s wisdom, even this faith was somewhat stretched when I hear stories of the bridge in our local papers.

But now, a story that makes sense and restored my faith in Einstein.

Movie: The Hollow Man II

It’s a piece of shit.

Don’t bother. You’ve seen all the invisible man special effects in the first Hollow Man already, especially the part where the guinea pig turns invisible fleshy layer by fleshy layer.

This time, you just get to see a lot of people getting shoved about by an invisible force. Or rather, you just see actors slamming themselves against the wall, to act like they’ve been shoved by an invisible force.

Pathetic.

Movie: 16 Blocks

16 Blocks. New movie from Bruce Willis.

A tired, aging, alcoholic cop fights impossible odds to deliver a witness from police custody to a courthouse.

Almost sounds like Die Hard, Die Harder, Die Hard3 all over again. But a lot less John Wayne. And Bruce doesn’t do as much running with his character’s gimp leg. And no C4’s were employed in the production of this movie.

Still, the suspense is pretty good. A few interesting plot turns.

Bruce plays the part of the tired cop perfectly. The slouchy, apathetic demeanor…

“Life’s too long. And people like you makes it longer.”

Quite an OK watch.