Pregnant Again

Not me, silly. It's Tori Spelling. I blogged about her back in September. So we're old friends. I will bet thousands of dollars that she has a girl this time. That's how it is in Hollywood, they all have a boy and a girl. It's a good thing we moved away from there.

The Water Horse

This film was adorable. I didn't really find anything offensive in it. Maybe some foul language, maybe?

I am sure there's a financial connection between the fact that the Discovery Channel is showing all sorts of things about the Loch Ness Monster during the same time this film comes out. It always works that way. How often is the Loch Ness Monster ever mentioned? I think I've gone a year or more between hearing or using the term and now suddenly it's all over TV and there's a movie coming out.

I think a prospective filmmaker would do well to figure out what's going to be on TV if they can't afford to PUT it there simply to hype up their movie.

I think it was very sad how angry and mean the military man was. Maybe that's why I think military people are crazy sometimes. Movies always portray it as such a mean element of socialization. Why would anyone want to put themselves through that?

I think the scenes where the kid was riding on the back of "Caruso" (his name for the water horse) were impossible. The thing clearly (and logistically) had slippery skin. How are we supposed to believe that that little boy was able to hold on tight enough to go zipping through the water like that? It looked like fun, exploring the wonderful world of sunken ships and hidden ancient monuments and everything but seriously, I just couldn't get past the fact that there was nothing to hold on to and they were going very very fast.

Also, there's a scene where the beast rams into an underwater gate (which I'd like to verify historically, it sounds interesting) and the beast in unscathed. I just think he should have cut himself or something. It didn't seem real enough.

And I wish we'd seen more of a love affair between the lovely widow mum and the groundsman. Boy, he sure was a hottie.

Not a Review

I just had to note that I found a blog by Nichole Ritchie's man, describing the feelings of coming home with his new baby, Harlow. Such sweet Sentiments.

The Golden Compass

I think all they hype about this movie making kids want to kill God was ridiculous. It was fantastic. The whole Ice bear fighting scene was very well done, I normally hate fast-action fight scenes because to me it's just a mass of killing and mean-ness. This was a one-on-one fight, though and while I expected Lyra to TELL her friend that the bad ice bear killed his father, She didn't, so maybe that will come out in a sequel. Santa got my daughter the books for Christmas (so many levels of humor there) so I should try to read them. Nicole Kidman was wonderful as always. We didn't get to see much of her, but the film was excellent. It's one I'd like to own.

Here's something very few people will notice- Lyra wears an amazing pink/purple toned knitted sweater. Apparently it's made from twine and strings or something. I looked it up online, it's totally one-of-a-kind. That means I can never ever have one. That means I can't even make one. How unfair is that? I want one more than ever.

Anyhow, I don't think the movie will make anyone want to kill God. I don't think God can die anyways. I think the movie does show how giving too much power to ANY authority (the magistrate in this movie appears to represent a government AND a religion) can be a bad thing.

I don't think kids will get THAT from this movie, though- they're more interested in the concept of having an animal attached to them all the time. Especially my purse-dog-loving 11 yr old.