I watched this Monday afternoon with my daughter, and again Tuesday night with my husband, which in itself is a feat because he doesn't normally like to watch animated movies.
Any way, both times that I have watched this, I've had mixed feelings. This is suppose to be a kids movie right? Or am i wrong? If there is anyone that hasn't seen it, here is the basic story line.
Carl is an adventurer and follows the adventures of Howard Muntz, adventurer extraordinaire. He meets Ellie, another adventurer at heart when they are kids, the fall in love and get married. There adventure of a lifetime is that they go to Paradise Falls in South America, (you know it's like America but South), a land lost in time, just like their hero, Howard Muntz. In the first hour of the show, Ellie finds out she can't have kids, and then it shows them saving money to take their adventure only to have their dreams dashed to bits when Ellie dies of old age. Okay, that is not something I expect to find in a kids movie.
Anyway, if you took your kids to see this, did you have to explain about the scene in the doctor's office when Ellie is crying, or when she is laying in the hospital bed and gives Carl her "My Adventure Book"?
After that the movie is pretty good. I love the dogs, "Squirrel". And the fact that they have collars where you can understand them is fantastic! So all in all it is a good movie, "Squirrel", but I'm not sure all in all it is a kids movie.
Just my take, I know it has been out a while, but just watched it. Anyway, later!
Love, L
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Fancy
That song Fancy that was originally recorded by Bobbie Gentry, and then re-recorded by Reba McIntire came to mind as she watch the roach crawl across the cabinet. Her new hobby was torturing them every time she saw one. Sad, but true... she hated where they had wound up and she wanted nothing more than to have her high stress, mediocre paying job that was two hours drive time one way, back... Well maybe not, but she didn't want this.. That was for sure..
What did she want? To enjoy life more than anything and right now all she did was worry. Worry about things she couldn't really control, not where they were currently living. She stood looking out the window and sipping the steaming cup of hot coffee. What did she like to do these days? Nothing it seemed, because it all came back to how could she earn money. Nothing was fun anymore. She used to love to write, but now all she did was ghostwrite for pennies. Her stuff never had her name on it. She loved dogs, but all she had now were her pets. Her beagles were gone. Her best friend was gone.
Her friends lived at least an hour a way or farther. She didn't really have any close friends where she lived. Her daughter, one sister, a niece and a nephew on her side lived close, but that was it. She traded emails with a few friends, but no one called. That was probably her fault. She had lost all joy and happiness from her life. The joy was back, she had turned back to God, and it was almost as if she had been saved all over again. She walked on clouds for months, and then something happened. She lost the happiness or maybe she was just a little sad.
Her destiny was hers by choice. She didn't regret most of the choices she had made, but she might have waiting on one if she had known how hard things were going to be without the income. However, the stress was taking its toll and she probably would have had a stroke or a heart attack if she had stayed. So what was in their future?
She dreamed of a house with no roaches, floors that were solid and didn't give when you walked. She dreamed of a nice big yard fenced so her big dog could run without fear. She dreamed of room to have any kind of animal or as many dogs as she could afford to feed. She dreamed of getting her teaching degree and teaching kids. She had experienced that for a couple of months and it had renewed a dream from her past of being a teacher, now she wanted that again. She wanted to hold a newborn pup in her hand and smell the puppy breath. She wanted to run and play with the dogs, and she wanted to be noticed for her writing, not for someone else to take the credit.
So today as she stood, looking out the window, she made her mind up, no matter what, or what it took, this year was going to be different. No more struggling to make ends meet, to pay bills or avoid answering the phone. Today started a new direction, and that was one of making her dreams come true. It was writing, sharing her stories, and telling about God, and what He had done in her life. It was using her talents to help others. It was living life with no more regrets.
She refilled her coffee cup, smiled, smacked the roach... and headed towards the computer room.
What did she want? To enjoy life more than anything and right now all she did was worry. Worry about things she couldn't really control, not where they were currently living. She stood looking out the window and sipping the steaming cup of hot coffee. What did she like to do these days? Nothing it seemed, because it all came back to how could she earn money. Nothing was fun anymore. She used to love to write, but now all she did was ghostwrite for pennies. Her stuff never had her name on it. She loved dogs, but all she had now were her pets. Her beagles were gone. Her best friend was gone.
Her friends lived at least an hour a way or farther. She didn't really have any close friends where she lived. Her daughter, one sister, a niece and a nephew on her side lived close, but that was it. She traded emails with a few friends, but no one called. That was probably her fault. She had lost all joy and happiness from her life. The joy was back, she had turned back to God, and it was almost as if she had been saved all over again. She walked on clouds for months, and then something happened. She lost the happiness or maybe she was just a little sad.
Her destiny was hers by choice. She didn't regret most of the choices she had made, but she might have waiting on one if she had known how hard things were going to be without the income. However, the stress was taking its toll and she probably would have had a stroke or a heart attack if she had stayed. So what was in their future?
She dreamed of a house with no roaches, floors that were solid and didn't give when you walked. She dreamed of a nice big yard fenced so her big dog could run without fear. She dreamed of room to have any kind of animal or as many dogs as she could afford to feed. She dreamed of getting her teaching degree and teaching kids. She had experienced that for a couple of months and it had renewed a dream from her past of being a teacher, now she wanted that again. She wanted to hold a newborn pup in her hand and smell the puppy breath. She wanted to run and play with the dogs, and she wanted to be noticed for her writing, not for someone else to take the credit.
So today as she stood, looking out the window, she made her mind up, no matter what, or what it took, this year was going to be different. No more struggling to make ends meet, to pay bills or avoid answering the phone. Today started a new direction, and that was one of making her dreams come true. It was writing, sharing her stories, and telling about God, and what He had done in her life. It was using her talents to help others. It was living life with no more regrets.
She refilled her coffee cup, smiled, smacked the roach... and headed towards the computer room.
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