Dinner and a Movie

Last night, we went for dinner at Morris East, a new downtown hipster hangout that opened last summer. The main feature of its kitchen is a fancy wood-fired oven, which is used in the production of the resto's central offering: artisanal pizza (the kind with a very thin crust and posh toppings, like arugula and goat cheese). We quite enjoyed it. Fun atmosphere, tasty food, efficient service and reasonable prices. I'm sure we'll return.

Afterwards, we headed over to the cinema, as I've been anxious to see Prince Caspian, the latest Narnia film. As is to be expected, it looks great - it's wonderful how, with technology now, they can really do justice to the fantasy genre. All the magical creatures of Narnia were well-represented in this film; the visualization of the chivalric mouse Reepicheep was particularly good! Performances from the human cast were fine too, with the actors who played the Pevensie children in the last film returning for this one. The adaptation from the novel was quite credible, with perhaps one exception (a scene involving the return of the White Witch, which I felt was unnecessary). By the end of the movie, the stage gets neatly set for the next installment in the series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. All in all, it was solid and respectable enough - though I felt that there was a little too much emphasis on big, macho battle scenes. I'd have liked more magic and wonder, and less in the way of sweaty men with big swords running around yelling "yaaAAAarrrrRRGGhhhh!"

But that's just me. ;-)