where: UA EMERY BAY STADIUM 10 in Emeryville, CA
when: Saturday, December 25th, 2010
show: 2:00 p.m.
costs: $11.75 Ticket + $5.75 Zap Pack + $4.25 Original Pretzel = $21.75
auditorium: 3, with the 3-D screen
seat: 6th row, 11th column
synopsis/overview: A mail-room clerk, Lemuel Gulliver ( Jack Black ), lies about himself to impress the Travel Editor of their publishing company, Darcy Silverman ( Amanda Peet ). On assignment in the Bermuda Triangle, he finds himself on the uncharted island of Lilliput, which is inhabited by tiny people.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Mail room guys; 2.) Elevator; 3.) "You peaked"; 4.) Fluff piece; 5.) Storm; 6.) Inverted whirlpool; 7.) Captured; 8.) Lame ass; 9.) Rescue; 10.) Improvised fire-fighting; 11.) Royal banquet; 12.) House; 13.) Stage show; 14.) Courtships; 15.) Voice mails; 16.) Forlorn; 17.) "Speaking in -eths"; 18.) New general; 19.) Blefuscian Armada; 20.) Welts; 21.) Foosball; 22.) "Home, sweet home"; 23.) Friendship lagoon; 24.) Courting doctrine; 25.) Gulliverized; 26.) Traitor; 27.) "I'm not an option, I'm a lady"; 28.) Duel; 29.) "Island where we dare not go"; 30.) "Everything Gulliver told me was a lie"; 31.) "Darcy of Manhattan"; 32.) Doll house; 33.) Tea time; 34.) Skeleton; 35.) "It's all because of you"; 36.) Parachute; 37.) "One true love"; 38.) "My word is my bond, this time"; 39.) Duel, part II; 40.) "You've committed an act of valiance"; 41.) "Enough with the kidnapping"; 42.) "War, what is it good for"; 43.) "There's no small job, just teeny, tiny people"; and 44.) Newspaper clippings.
favorite scenes: The Rod Foosball Table Game with Lilliputian players.
The performing arts theatre.
audience reaction: The audience liked this movie.
recommendation: I liked it enough. Go see it with your little brats.
spoiler alert! Why are the Lilliputians English-literate? He fell down on sand, without hitting his head on a rock or some other hard thing. So, why did he pass out? I can just imagine how bad his breath smelled to the Lilliputians who never gave a thought to making him a toothbrush and some toothpaste. Ah, where's his bathroom ...? Why do the Lilliputians and the Giants employ human architecture? How can they build Gulliver-sized structures so quickly? How did a Lilliputian come to know about a hippopotamus? How can they make an electric generator without prior knowledge of electricity? And let's not even get into the complexities of metallurgy and mechanical engineering required in building the "robot". I wonder if some of those Lilliputians sprawled themselves over the unconscious Darcy's breasts or dry-humped her crotch? Those billboards with photographs ... how ....? When the Lilliputians gathered around Gulliver, I couldn't help but wonder if whether or not the teeny, tiny people had something similar to Odor-Eaters insoles. I don't know if this is a spoiler or not, but the last scene shows an article dated, "June 20, 2011 -- June 3, 2011." There's a name typo in the Ending Credits: Doiminic Evans ( data wrangler )--or is this a typo?
fyi: I loved the ICE AGE Squirrel & Acorn Short before the movie.
Amanda Peet's character's last name in this movie is, Silverman. Here's a fun fact: Jack Black and Amanda Peet co-starred in 2001's, SAVING SILVERMAN. Coincidence or not? You decide.
Back when my family lived in an apartment in Matina, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, I discovered the simple boyhood fun of pissing on hot coals. But I hated the stench of the steam created as my urine doused the coals.
word of advice: Being small has its own advantages.
tidbits: I wore a brand new pair of sneakers today for the first time. And, of all days, it had to be a rainy one!
I wanted to overnight stay in Bakersfield, CA. But I changed my mind because of the day-long rain.
