Again, reading Terry Pratchett is good medicine. And I mean reading it. I've tried watching some of the movies made from Pratchett's work and they are -- and a whole -- generally unwatchable. I know Pratchett has a fear of Hollywood (which I can understand) but I have concluded, after watching many British sci-fi/fantasy movies, that they can't make one watchable. At all. I promise I've tried. I really, really love Pratchett's stories, so I thought watching some of the films based on them would add to the experience. No. Especially not after seeing the golem in "Going Postal." I could have made a better golem suit, frankly. The Michelin Man would have made a better-looking golem.

But back to Moving Pictures. Love it. Just love it. Pratchett's penchant for satire is displayed no better, nor is his background in the material satired matched in any of his other books. He hits everything a cinema history buff would have, leaving us to imagine how he would have lampooned the likes of Norma Desmond, George Lucas, and other Hollywood characters richly calling for a good mocking.

But it's all done gently. We recognize what he's doing, and just fall into the soup with pleasure.