City of Ember

I have a short review of the movie up on Scott Nehring's site. Couple of things about this movie I did not comment on in the review:

Ember is built to shelter a remnant of humanity from a nuclear holocaust. This is not mentioned in the movie (my kids, who are fans of the books, told me). Seems like such a 1980's kind of worry. Kind of dates the author.

This movie is one of the most agenda-free kids movies I've seen in a long time. No ideology, no worldview, no moral, nothing. The only lesson learned is that when the lights start failing in your giant cave home, it's time to look for a way out.

The movie, though mediocre, gave me a plot idea, which I was going to share here, but perhaps I'll turn it into another of my extremely popular short stories.