Let Down By This Weekend’s Movies? Try Something Totally Different
I’m one of the four people on this planet who didn’t read C.S. Lewis’ books as a child. I wasn’t averse to the tales, I just was attracted to other popular children’s stories, things like Dante’s Inferno, Ulysses, and the works of Tucker Max. As such, when the film of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe hit theaters, I didn’t really care. I have no doubt it’s a good movie; based on what I hear, it’s pretty swell. The sequel that just opened on Friday, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, has a similar effect. I don’t know much about it, other than it has a 50% “rotten” rating on the Tomatometer and that there’s about a 3% chance I’ll see it sometime. It appears The Tourist is even less popular despite everything it has going for it. These facts lead to the same conclusion:
