Monday, May 15, 2006
Movie Weekend (don't let me Ferris Bueller it for you)
I went to two movies with the family this weekend. Both turned out to be worth watching and exceeded my expectations.
The first movie was "RV" on Saturday night. Celeste went to a "Princess House Crystal" party (think Tupperware -- a "party" where you go to buy stuff). The family where she went has 2 girls the same age as my girls. Their dad and I took the girls to the movies to get away from the party and let the moms home-shop in privacy.
The second movie was "Akeelah and the Bee" which we saw yesterday. This was the choice for our Mothers Day outing.
First, I want to be careful to not "Ferris Bueller" the movies. I remember when the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" came out. I heard everyone raving about it before I saw it. I went into the movie with really high expectations and ended up disappointed. Now I enjoy the movie when I see it in re-runs. At the time, I expected more than the movie had to offer.
Anyway, I don't want to Ferris Bueller either of these movies for anyone. However, with the first one I had just the opposite effect. I was not expecting to enjoy the movie RV -- even though it stars Robin Williams. The previews just did not appeal to me. It looked like it was going to be very cartoonish in a bad way. While there were certainly cartoon-like parts of the movie (ok, a lot of them), they worked. The most important thing to me is that all of us that went enjoyed it and laughed a lot.
I did expect to enjoy Akeelah and the Bee. However, I didn't think that the kids would like it. I was wrong -- every enjoyed this one too. It was a more emotional movie and it was fairly predictable. However, it was well done and both funny and sad at various points. My favorite character was Javier. He was an unrealistic 11 year old, but a fun movie character.
I asked Hayley, my 10 year old daughter, how she liked the movies. She scored RV a 100% and Akeelah got a 101% (it got extra credit). I would not personally rate them that high, but they were worth a view.
The first movie was "RV" on Saturday night. Celeste went to a "Princess House Crystal" party (think Tupperware -- a "party" where you go to buy stuff). The family where she went has 2 girls the same age as my girls. Their dad and I took the girls to the movies to get away from the party and let the moms home-shop in privacy.
The second movie was "Akeelah and the Bee" which we saw yesterday. This was the choice for our Mothers Day outing.
First, I want to be careful to not "Ferris Bueller" the movies. I remember when the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" came out. I heard everyone raving about it before I saw it. I went into the movie with really high expectations and ended up disappointed. Now I enjoy the movie when I see it in re-runs. At the time, I expected more than the movie had to offer.
Anyway, I don't want to Ferris Bueller either of these movies for anyone. However, with the first one I had just the opposite effect. I was not expecting to enjoy the movie RV -- even though it stars Robin Williams. The previews just did not appeal to me. It looked like it was going to be very cartoonish in a bad way. While there were certainly cartoon-like parts of the movie (ok, a lot of them), they worked. The most important thing to me is that all of us that went enjoyed it and laughed a lot.
I did expect to enjoy Akeelah and the Bee. However, I didn't think that the kids would like it. I was wrong -- every enjoyed this one too. It was a more emotional movie and it was fairly predictable. However, it was well done and both funny and sad at various points. My favorite character was Javier. He was an unrealistic 11 year old, but a fun movie character.
I asked Hayley, my 10 year old daughter, how she liked the movies. She scored RV a 100% and Akeelah got a 101% (it got extra credit). I would not personally rate them that high, but they were worth a view.
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# posted by - Rob @ 9:39 AM 
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At this point, I doubt Connor would sit through either of those movies. Trevor & Diana would probably enjoy them - but if we're going as a family, we are sticking to high-adventure with either explosions aplenty or magic or computer animations for Connor.
I'm thinking Over the Hedge will be a good one for Connor. I think we've already missed Ice Age 2, but we'll probably get it on DVD.
Harry Potter works for Connor because he enjoys watching the previous movies on DVD - especially the Quidditch.
And he likes it when things blow up for some reason. He really likes slow motion and rewind - there's a dubbed Japanese game show they show on dish called MXC - they rewind the falls & slips the contestants do, and Connor LOVES that - he's laughing so hard he's rolling on the ground.
If a movie was made where they kept rewinding the action for you - he'd be set.
Unless they do that a lot in RV, I don't think we'll be going to the theater to see it.
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I'm thinking Over the Hedge will be a good one for Connor. I think we've already missed Ice Age 2, but we'll probably get it on DVD.
Harry Potter works for Connor because he enjoys watching the previous movies on DVD - especially the Quidditch.
And he likes it when things blow up for some reason. He really likes slow motion and rewind - there's a dubbed Japanese game show they show on dish called MXC - they rewind the falls & slips the contestants do, and Connor LOVES that - he's laughing so hard he's rolling on the ground.
If a movie was made where they kept rewinding the action for you - he'd be set.
Unless they do that a lot in RV, I don't think we'll be going to the theater to see it.
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