Member review

So I was watching the soundtrack to this film and thinking: 'This is good, I should do a review of both of the films. I've watched both after all and I have the first one on DVD. So maybe I should watch it for this review.' And so I did. The house with a clock in its walls definitely played

a role in my decision to watch this film. I'm having a bit of a Jack Black-athon right now.

Simply, I think it's an alright film. Nothing particularly groundbreaking, but that doesn't mean bad or unworthy of admiration. It has creative ideas with R. L. Stine having a magic typewriter giving the books he writes the power to almost create life out of the ink on the page. Though I felt that this ability should've been explored more, what is the strength of this power? What can't you create, Is the typewriter limited to only living things? What's it like being sucked into the book? Can getting out of the book and being forced back inside affect the story inside?

I notice that a similar idea was used in Alan Wake - it having the dark place - and SpongeBob: sponge out of water - that film (as mediocre as it is) having a reality warping book - and what can I say? It's an amazing idea. I'm sure that everyone at some point wishes their fantasies were some how made into reality, the stories we write and the way we interpret the stories we love shows multitudes more then we can say in words.

Another question is: can the readers interoperation of a work affect the work inside? If I open say "The night of the living dummy" and Slappy comes out would my view of his character affect the way he acts?