I am totally Enchanted

Does everyone else love this movie? We embarrassed the kids when we saw it at the theater by dancing around as we left singing "That's how you know." My movie-buying mother-in-law bought it for M2's birthday and we love it. Have I ever mentioned that in High School my favorite movie was "Can't by me love" and I was totally in love with Patrick Dempsey (Is that his name?) Well he sure has aged nicely, he's just as cute in this film as he was when I was a kid. I heard he's on an addictive prime time TV series I don't have the attention span for. Enjoy this film , it's rated G so it's totally kid-safe. If you're the "no magical stuff" kind of mom, then you'd be turned off by the title anyways and wouldn't even be reading my reviews to begin with, so whatever. have a great day.

HDTV? WTF?

I just don't get it.

I see this commercial last night, one of the ones that depicts the ongoing battle between cable television and satellite television. When I was a kid one of the big deals was that only on satellite can you get 350 sports channels and 280 movie channels in 300 languages. Now, it's HDTV. Apparently you can't get HDTV on Cable. I've seen this term, HTDV all over the place. So I ask my husband; what is HDTV? "It's the picture quality" he says. Maybe I got the short answer because we really were in the middle of watching something. I hope there's more to it than that, really. PICTURE quality? Who the hell watches TV for the picture quality? I watch for the story line. How can the same general public that loves youtube really be THAT concerned with picture quality? I don't buy it. Who the hell cares? Maybe there's like smell-o-vision involved or something? I just really don't give a crap about HDTV, it seems like the stupidest thing- all you have to do is aim your bunny ears toward Hollywood, and put a bit of aluminum foil on one of them. Picture Quality; Hmph

Family Film Festival

We occasionally have a family film festival. Normally I am a bedtime story kind of Mom. I love snuggling up and sharing a book with the girls, but there are days when I need to get work done on the computer, or my throat is sore, or I'm simply not in the mood to lay down and or read. Sharing a movie with the kids is fun. Sometimes we rent, sometimes we pay per view, and sometimes we watch one from our home collection. I'd say we have 4-6 movie nights per month. Usually every Friday and sometimes more often. I have even found a way to let them eat popcorn in the living room without driving me nuts.

When I was a id movies-on-demand weren't the norm. We'd wait all year to see the annual broadcast of The Wizard of Oz.

So what are your family film traditions?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

I love this movie. I love musicals. My kids love to sing, E1 is a way better singer than I am, in fact she is going to Portland with her singing group to perform next month and to New York in the late Summer. She's ALWAYS singing. You know how some kids run into their room and blast their Stereo. She goes into her room and sings. I can tell how she feels by the song that she's singing. And it's the tune, not the words that do the expressing.

Back to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

I get so much more out of it as an adult than I did as a child. I don't even think I liked it as a kd, so I was surprised that my kids liked it. Same thing with Herbie (not Herbie reloaded with Lindsey Lohan, although that one was cute, too.) I'm talking about Herbie the Love Bug.

Anyhow, if you haven't seen Chitty Chitty bang Bang with your kids, you might want to check it out for your next family film night. Watch the Costumes. Listen to the songs. Sing them. Discuss the relationships between the Characters. Compare the lunacy of the Baron with modern day and historical rulers. And while you're at it, go ahead and let them eat popcorn in the living room. Throw a sheet on the floor and tell them it's a picnic movie night, so you don't get popcorn everywhere.