I took my daughters to see the seeker this weekend.  The story is about a young boy, Will Stanton (played by Alexander Ludwig), who after coming of age, learns that he is the Seeker, the last of a line of the "old ones", immortals on the side of Light fighting the Dark, the Rider (played by Christopher Eccleston),.  The job of the Seeker is to find the 6 signs that will allow him to defeat the evil.

The story arc was decent  with only a couple of jarring holes in the script, which may be due to leavings on the cutting room floor, such as the sudden introduction of Merriman Lyon (played by Ian McShane) driving up and giving Will and his brothers an invitation for his family to come to the manor for some holiday cheer.  How did Will and his brothers know the man?  I don't know about you, but I've told my kids that if a stranger drives up in a car and tries to give you something, RUN!   
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Another hole I found is when Will finds his twin brother, Tom, stolen from the cradle by the Dark and kept in a crystal ball, only to be released when Will defeats the Rider.  The brother appears as a fully dressed teen, (Alexander Ludwig with a different hair style).  I couldn't help thinking of the original "The Parent Trap" with Hayley Mills.    Tom doesn't have any lines, obviously in awe of finding his brother, that or he is a complete idiot (why would the Dark consider teaching a kid kept in a crystal ball since being a baby).  Now I haven't read the book, but I think I would have preferred Will stepping through time, somehow diverting the abduction of his brother, maybe having one of the immortals taking Tom to another family and instructing Will about a future reunion to avoid a time paradox.

While the movie is entertaining, it's not going to be one that I'm going to rush out and buy the DVD when it's available. 

I was thoroughly disappointed with the latest Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie.  I urge you, if you haven't read the book, read it first before you go see the movie.  I even consider this to be worse than the original DUNE movie that was so hard for everyone to understand if they were not familiar with that book series.

David Yates was determined to make it the shortest movie in the series, when the book was the longest of the series.  I truly feel sorry for anyone who hasn't read the books.  So much was left out of the movie that I can't possibly see how there will be any continuity with the next two movies.  It felt as if the director skipped every two chapters and decided to film a scene.  I can only hope that an extended DVD release will contain all the cutting room floor material which may improve the outcome.  

One scene I found distracting is David's use of an extreme camera angle to accentuate the size difference between Hagrid and Professor Umbridge as well as what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to make Hagrid look bigger in relation to the props.   Another scene used a cheap fire overlay on Sirius when he was talking to Harry in the fireplace as opposed to the previous movie where the embers themselves were used to form Sirius's face.  The movie actually departed from the book story line by having Cho Chang being the betrayer of Dumbledore's Army in the movie whereas in the book it was Cho Chang's friend Marietta Edgecombe, never mind that the coins weren't used in the movie.  I had to go back and re-read the book just to set things right in my mental picture of the storyline.

Please dump David Yates NOW!  Sheesh, maybe it's just me being a Yank, but I honestly don't think I've ever seen any of his other movies.  Please bring back Mike Newall for the final movie, at least he has a better track record.

I saw Ant Bully this weekend with my two daughters (5 & 3) and was generally pleased with the story line and was just right for the age bracket of my kids.

The animation and visuals  were ok, though I think Monster House had a better overall quality and attention to detail with the capturing of the little nuances of real life. 

The voice talent to character design was well matched and featured many big name voices including Julia Roberts, Nicholas Cage, Lilly Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Ricardo Montalban, Gary Sinese, Regina King, Larry Miller, and my personal favorite Bruce Campbell (I'm a big Evil Dead Fan).