Talkie Zoo: GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

OK, so it's a Jack Black film and doesn't hold completely true to the original classic. But, Gulliver's Travels (PG; 2010) is a humorous look at what might happen if a modern day Gulliver encountered the tiny people of Liliput.

The beginning of the story shows us Lemuel Gulliver working in a mail room for a large publishing company. He's been in that job for 10 years, so it's pretty much dead-end for him. Every day he pushes what look to be point of care carts loaded with mail to the various offices of the company. And, every day he goes to the travel editor's office, even if he doesn't have any mail for her, because he has a huge crush on her. He decides to tell her his heart, then at the last minute chickens out and instead tells her he is a writer.

She sends him to investigate the Bermuda Triangle and write a piece on it. He goes alone on a boat, wrecks it in a storm, and winds up on the island of Liliput. From there, the classic story is kept to pretty well with a few adventures which only Jack Black could encounter.

It's a funny film, even if it will never be a classic itself.