peterbreis If saying this is just a cheap assemblage of lazy clichés, then maybe I need to flag the spoiler alert!Nobody seems to have put in any effort into the acting, script, direction, 3D CGI, costumes or plot.This is simply a premise."They made a movie/s about a Museum, lets make one about a Library! Nope that's all we've got, so just collect together every single cliché you can think off and we'll go through them in rough order. Tick them done as we trudge through them."No pace. no development, no nothing'.I'd give it 2 but Sonya Walger's breasts get a bonus 1, it would be two if we ever got to see them.

Laakbaar This is a movie "made for TV". For those who do not live in an English-speaking country, what this phrase means specifically is that the movie was produced by an American television network for broadcast on American network television, which is supported by private-sector advertising. It was not made for release in movie theatres, and should not be seen as being of the same quality.This means that the producers and filmmakers were restricted by various broadcasting codes, a mass-consumer orientation and a very limited budget, and they were under no particular pressure to create a movie that would actually attract moviegoers to spending money for a ticket at the theatre.So this is a cheaply made Indiana-Jones romp that takes us from an imaginary library containing all the world's great books and artifacts to the Amazon jungle and Shangri-La in Tibet. A major role is played by pseudo-mysticism borrowing very loosely and without much accuracy from Christian, Mayan, Egyptian and Buddhist themes (or at least American pop television renditions of these themes). And of course there is a secret brotherhood (two actually -- one to protect the library, one to, um, conquer the world.) None of it is logical or realistic or believable. The cheap special effects are fake-looking. The acting and writing is all ham and cheese. The dialogue is ridiculous and even camp at times. I believe the relationships are not even meant to be believable. It's not really a movie for thinking adults.And yet I sort of enjoyed it. This movie is on the same creative level as Xena: Warrior Princess. Once you accept that it is brazenly stupid, anodyne, camp, unrealistic and essentially cartoonish, you can relax and just enjoy it for what it is. The movie equivalent of orange Kraft Cheese slices. Served on white Wonder Bread.Strangely, the movie includes performances by a handful of very well-known television stars, including Kyle MacLachlan, Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin. This movie is way beneath them, but I suppose the television studio has some kind of arrangement that gets them to participate in this.

speedingbullet You can not watch "The Librarian" without thinking about Indiana Jones, but this is NOT Indiana Jones. The best part is that they know it. This is a made for TV movie, produced by TNT. And it feels the part. At times it feels like a good adventure film and other times it feels like a guilty pleasure, fantasy/adventure show that is just so bad it's good and it makes you smile.Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) may come close to matching knowledge with Dr. Jones, but, unlike Indy, finds himself quite out of place in the wild and dealing with bad guys holding guns. However, rather than attempt to come up with a single character that could hope to rival the good doctor, the filmmakers cleverly decided to split him in two. The machete-wielding and villain-stomping is covered by Nicole No one (Sonya Walger). The two make a perfectly matched team who both get the chance to show off their strengths.I found the movie interesting and, most importantly, entertaining. I was never bored and I was pleasantly surprised. Not every movie has to be life-changing or groundbreaking, some are just fun. Judging from and A to an F, I give it a solid B. Maybe a B+. And I do enjoy a good B movie.

ctomvelu-1 A native and meek but brilliant librarian named Flynn (Noah Wylie) discovers there's more than meets the eye at his library. It actually houses a vast storehouse of magical and legendary artifacts, like Excalibur, which loves to poke at him. A mystical spear, broken into three sections, has to be found before some bad guys can put it back together than take over the world, and Flynn gets pressed into service to find the pieces, reunite them and bring them back with him. Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin run this rather odd library, and give Flynn his marching orders, which in this lighthearted adventure takes him into the heart of the Amazon jungle. He is aided in his search by a gorgeous and ultratough agent (Sonya Walger). The film, a mishmosh of INDIANA JONES and the Marx Brothers, is beautifully executed for a TV movie and loads of fun for all family members. Two sequels have followed, with Flynn slowly settling into his new role as a sort of a supernerdy James Bond. Highly recommended.