First off, I hope you all had a Happy Christmas and would like to wish everybody a Happy New Year. For those looking for a family activity during the festive season then a trip to the cinema might be an ideal event. The popular children’s story adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels hit cinemas this week, starring funny man Jack Black as Lemeul Gulliver.
Mr. Lemeul Gulliver is lazy and unambitious who’s going nowhere fast as a mail room worker in a New York newspaper. His career takes a change though when he tries to impress the woman of his five year crush, travel-section editor Darcy Silverman, by claiming to be an experienced travel writer. His fib though gets him sent to the Bermuda Triangle where he ends up being washed up on the shore of Liliput, the island of the Liliputians.
He befriends the inhabitants, who are ruled by King Theodore (Billy Conolly), particularly one in Horatio (Jason Segel). He feeds them lies to order to earn their respect and adoration, such as claiming to be President Awesome of the island of Manhattan, but it’s not long before his lies unravel and it’s up to Gulliver to try and save the day.
There isn’t much character development and the plot is played at a fast pace but it’s fun and creative which makes it ideal for kids. Being primarily a children’s movie, the humour is light; such as Jack Black adorning a dress or repelling cannonballs with his stomach. It is a loose adaptation of the book made suited for modern times so those who know the story shouldn’t expect something too similar but should take it for what it is and be entertained.
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