The Last Mimzy

Posted by Katharine M. J. Osborne Mar 31, 2007

When I first saw the posters for "The Last Mimzy" I was a little underwhelmed. Then I saw the trailer and spotted of all people, Brian Greene, physicist and author of "The Elegant Universe" and "The Fabric of the Cosmos".

I automatically thought that he would be cameoing as himself, and it led me to believe that this movie would rise above all others in terms of respect for physics. I was excited (though the fact that Rainn Wilson from "The Office" was in it as well may have played a part but that's a whole other story).

In fact, Greene played a representative from Intel, and the movie was more science fantasy than science fiction. The movie was reasonably good, but I just set myself up for disappointment. I checked on IMDB to see if it was him and not just someone who looked similar, and found out that he's acted in another movie, and was consultant on the films "Frequency" and "Deja Vu" (kudos to the producers for hiring a physics consultant).

I thought it was a bit odd, though I was the only person in the entire theatre who ooo'd when Greene came onscreen. Besides, I'm one of the last people who should judge someone for being a jack of all trades.