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[netmouse]

Today's plan:
* continue to catch up on email and online tasks

* rest (still getting over bad bronchitis)

* play hookie and go see Aquaman at the cheap theater with Brian

* take spider plants and bags and some books to Hannah Penn for students End the era of baby spider plants taking over my life. Except there are still some at YCDS. hmm. But not in my house!

* rest some more

* stop in at the Goodridge Freedom Center event tonight.

* fold laundry and watch a movie with Rosie

(recommendations for movie?)

Comments

Bumblebee, Spidr-Man, Roma?

[lsanderson]

The New York Times critic loved Bumblebee, while saying how it was different than the other Transformer movies by having silly things like a plot and characters that you actually cared about. Everybody's been raving about Spider-Man. Roma is on a lot of people's Oscar Best Film pick. (I've not seen any yet.)

Re: Bumblebee, Spidr-Man, Roma?

[netmouse]

Thanks for the thoughts! I really do want to see Bumblebee, but am not sure it is Rosie-appropriate. Brian and I have been to see the new Spiderman, and thought it was great fun, but also not for Rosie yet (she's 8).

Aquaman was our in-theater splurge for the day. It was visually spectacular, but predictable, But spectacular! But long. So I did not get to deliver spider plants yet.


I was hoping for suggestions of something appropriate to watch WITH Rosie, at home - like, something on Amazon Prime or HBO, or available to rent on Google.

Re: Bumblebee, Spidr-Man, Roma?

[studentbane]

Agreed on Spider Man. I loved it, but it's not for Autumn yet.

I assume that you've already been through the Miyazaki classics? Toto, Kiki, etc? What about Song of the Sea? Autumn is also super in to Mune, Guardian of the Moon. It seems to be a moderately standard adventure plot, but fascinating world building. I haven't watched it all the way through, so I can't comment on all aspects of it, but it hasn't been traumatic to her at least. Sing is kinda vapid, but has some well performed pop music across a few different sub-genres and is fun and bouncy and uplifting. Has she seen the original Wreck-It Ralph? (Not the 2018 sequel, which was meh.)

A little further out there, some of the classics of our childhood/adolescence: The Muppet Movie, Labyrinth, The Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal.

Re: Bumblebee, Spidr-Man, Roma?

[netmouse]

Brian bought Labyrinth and the Dark Crystal for her to watch sometime, but we haven’t gotten them out yet. I honestly don’t remember either one very well.

She has seen the first couple seasons of The Muppet Show, but not, I think, the movie. We have a lot of Myazaki but I don’t think we have Song of the Sea. Right now Rosie is into Miraculous Ladybug which is a show.

we watched IronMan 2 last week and then this week she re-watched Empire Strikes back. She’s reading the Jedi Academy books right now.

[spikethemuffin]

Well, the day is done, but I imagine you got Sing?

[netmouse]

We haven't got it but we have seen it, yes.

We ended up watching Iron Man 2.

[spikethemuffin]

It has its teachable moments. I wish they had done more with the mom engineer character. I hope the bronchitis goes away with all speed!

[spikethemuffin]

Well, damn, I somehow read this as you hadn't seen it. Valkyrie need coffee... badly.

[spikethemuffin]

Also, I realize you don't subscribe to my LJ (smart girl, you) but http://aiweirdness.com/post/175608335057/nails-by-ai is a thing of general amusingness. Happy plus-one-month-plus-one-day birthday.