City of Ember

City of Ember is a movie based on the book "The City of Ember" by Jeanne Duprau. The movie is produced by Walden Media (Chronicles of Narnia) and is similar to Narnia in that the cast of children stars are relatively unknowns. The story is this; we've messed up earth so our leaders send us to live underground for 200 years while the surface recovers. Somewhere along the way society forgets where they came from. Kinda like "Wall-E". But their little battery powered underground compound is breaking down and they will soon be consumed by the darkness, so its up to two kids, Lina and Doon, to uncover secrets and clues that will lead to salvation. Having watched the preview about 15 times, I had NO idea that was the plot. I'm actually really glad I did decide to go see this though, I really ended up liking it. If you like movies like "Chronicles of Narnia", "Stardust", or "Spiderwick Chronicles"; this fits essentially into the same genre. It wasn't a blockbuster by any means, but an entertaining story and interesting concept. It borrows some themes from other work like Plato's Allegory of the Cave, but is fairly unique at the same time. I'm interested in checking out the book now, and its 3 subsequent books (The People of Spark, The Prophet of Yonwood, and The Diamond of Darkhold). Here's the preview if you want to take a peek.