Missive from the T.C.

So, Carolynska and I went out the other night to a late show of "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," which comes highly recommended if you like the sort of escapism where the people who know dead languages are the best-looking people out there. As a medievalist, this tickles me to no end.

That said, one of the early scenes in the movie portrays Nicholas Cage giving a lecture. I'm always amused by lecture scenes, particularly the infamous example in The DaVinci Code where it seems all you need to do to give a lecture is show slides entirely unrelated to one another, ask the audience for their assumptions, and then zoom out on the slide to demonstrate how you have tricked them. How brilliant!

Anyway, going back to National Treasure, I'm not sure where there are lecture halls in which a video of those asking questions is projected on a screen behind the speaker.

This, however, brings me to my question. I'm sure you notice cinematic portrayals of, if not academics, your particular profession (I can't think of any movie paralegals, sorry, Aidan). What are some of the best? Or the worst?

I don't see many movies, so I can only think of the professor in Spider Man: 2 (I think) and, of course, Indiana Jones.

What can you guys come up with?

PS: Caelius is back! Yay!

PPS: We saw the preview for the next Narnia. I'm excited.

PPPS: Tomorrow night in Toronto!