OH…MY…GOD!  Have you seen this movie?  I just watched it last night and cannot get over how delicious it was.

In my past life I would have had all the books read before the first movie came out but for the past year and a half all I have been able to read are snippets of parenting books whilst running after a toddler.

I had read a couple of reviews that highly recommended the movie so I was expecting it to be good but man was it good!  I was immediately entranced with the scenery and the acting and was pleasantly surprised what a superb  job Kristen Stewart (Bella) and Robert Pattinson (Edward) did.

Last week I had read a brief description of the movie in a magazine and it mentioned that Stephanie Meyer, the book’s author, was Mormon.  So I was kind of interested to know what a Mormon was doing writing a book about Vampires.  Of course if you are Mormon you can still write whatever you damn please but it just intrigued me is all.

So when the movie started my mind couldn’t help but try and figure out some hidden religious meaning to it.  When Edward tells Bella that his family “is different, we learn to control our thirst” it hit me.  A 17 year old vampire that refuses to suck the blood of a human, no matter how tempting, is a metaphor for teenagers to remain abstinent from sex! Right?  I haven’t read anything to back this up but I am sure it is true.  For people that have seen the movie or read the books do you think I’m right?

I had the misfortune of seeing this movie last night thanks to a free advanced screening I was invited to.  I’ve been so caught up in saving money and getting things for free that I blindly jumped at the chance to have a much needed long overdue date night with my husband.

From the description of the movie and the fact that Gerard Butler had the leading role I thought it would be a movie that DH would like and something that I wouldn’t at least hate.

Well, we both hated it.  It was basically a bunch of action, things blowing up, people killing each other, ridiculous depictions of the future in technology, and pornography, with a little bit of dialogue and plot (if that’s what you can call it) mixed in there.

It was actually quite disturbing to watch and to think that some people actually enjoy this kind of stuff.  I don’t know if they will have to take out some of the gore and porn when it is released but to think that anyone enjoys watching people being blown up and body parts splattered everywhere is a mystery to me.

My advice is don’t see it, don’t let your children see it, don’t let your spouse see it, or even your friends.  Just don’t see it.

Ever since we went to Disneyland a couple of weeks ago Eva has been obsessed with Tinkerbell. We watched the fireworks and she was enthralled when Tinkerbell flew behind the castle and spread her pixie dust. We rented the movie as a special weekend treat and she LOVED it! I think we will be needing a Tinkerbell costume this Halloween!

Little E’s favorite movie is Hairspray. Does this make me a bad mom? The original was one of my favorite movies as a teenager but come one she is only 2! She just loves all the dancing and singing but it’s getting to the point where I think I might have to put it up for a while until she is at an age where I can better explain all the racial stuff. You know like when the song says “Nice white kids lead the way and once a month we have NEGRO day! ” Ya I think she needs to be a little bit older to understand the concept of the movie before I can be letting her watch that all the time.
I am glad this is one of her favorites though because I love it too. Seeing John Travolta and Christopher Walken dance around on their balcony is just too funny. Plus my favorite movie quote ever is when Queen Latifah tells her son to “Be prepared for a whole lotta ugly comin’ at you from a never ending parade of stupid.”

‘Aint that the truth.

Last night we snuck out of the house to see a movie (Thanks Mom). We ended up seeing Marley & Me because I always wanted to read the book but never got around to it. After getting through the first half hour, which I mostly already saw through previews, it turned out to be a great movie. I came home last night and hugged my dog a little bit tighter. This movie embodies that love/hate relationship we all have with our dogs and how that relationship changes when you have kids, and then grows even stronger as the kids grow older. It‘s not just a movie about a dog though it really is a movie about marriage and kids. How your marriage changes and grows stronger through time and how when you first have kids you say to yourself “What the heck did I get myself into?” But as time goes on you get better at being a partner and a parent, actually you just get better overall.
I am still in that beginning stage of parenting where I am still trying to figure this all out and this was a good reminder to me that….Yes, things do get better.