sophia enjoys a day among the hoi polloi.
Wouldn't have needed so many damn plagues if he'd just built up a political base.
One year ago: Modern technology is a boon.
Two years ago: A day in pictures!
Three years ago: We cannot enjoy Canada enough.
Four years ago: Babylon 5 dreams.
My one word review of Chicken Run: "Hilarious."
If you've seen any WWII POW camp movie, you know this tale: a bunch of chickens are being held captive by Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy (boy, Aardman -- the production company -- is so good at coming up with essential Britishisms). Ginger keeps coming up with escape plans, which fail for one reason or the other. Hens who don't produce eggs get taken away to chopping block, so Ginger really wants to get her fellow chickens out. And then, in the form of a miracle, Rocky the Flying Rooster arrives flying and promises to show them how to fly.
We've got the Nick Park-fu. Talking chicken-fu. Very funny meta-jokes: for example, when Rocky (Mel Gibson) shoots onto the scene, his first word is "Freeeeeeeeeeeeeedom!" If you don't get that joke, it's from "Braveheart." And there's a joke Darin says was obvious from the second one character appeared on the scene but which totally took me by surprise.
There were lots of parents with kids there, and I think kids will enjoy this movie. Who can resist a talking chicken. But there's a lot of stuff there for adults too -- not the least of which is a good script.
Support good movies -- go see Chicken Run!
We went out to breakfast with Fernando yesterday, and mid-breakfast Fernando said, "You know, we could go see Chicken Run."
After the hilarity during the first forty-five minutes of Gladiator, I decided I'd rather skip it. But I figured I would drop the boys off and I would hang out with Her Royal Pookieness for an hour and a half. But when we got to the theater, Sophia was copacetic and I decided to risk it.
(How out of it am I these days? I was shocked, shocked I tell you to see that matinee prices have gotten to $5.50 and regular prices are at $8.50. Yes, I know, they're more expensive in your neck of the woods. But I haven't been at the theater much recently.)
There were lots of kids at the theater. There was even one group that had a baby in a car seat -- I was carrying Sophia in the sling, because I didn't think the car seat would fit on the seat, and I'd figured it was better to have her in my arms anyhow.
I nursed Sophia for a little while at the beginning, and when the previews started, she seemed a little interested in the light and sound show. But by the time the movie started -- after 40, 45 minutes of previews? -- she had conked out. She stayed out for the whole movie, only waking up once and not being very noisy about it.
It was a good baby/movie experience.
I think seeing a movie in the theater is an incredibly important part of the experience, but the movie has to be really worth it (especially these days) for me to want to get my ass in gear and brave it with Pookie. And both Darin and I have agreed that there have been very, very few movies in the past four months that we felt we were missing out on. Upcoming, I'd like to see The Patriot. Ummmm...and maybe Gladiator again (without interruptions). But I don't feel I've missed out on much else.
Do you like to see movies in the theater? Or have you given up going out to see movies, preferring to watch them at home on video or cable?
Also in the Forum:
- Got any questions about digital cameras? Ask Fernando.
- There are a lot of creepy actors out there.
- "A couple three" -- is it actual English?
The answer to Thursday's question: According to the New York Times (mostly because I'm too lazy to paraphrase right now): "The head of the Justice Department's campaign finance unit has recommended that Attorney General Janet Reno appoint a special counsel to investigate Vice President Al Gore's political fund-raising activities during the 1996 presidential campaign, government officials said today."
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