Two movies in two days is a good thing, especially when you’ve been anticipating one and are pleasantly surprised by the other.
Frozen is an animated tale starring Kristen Bell that took me completely unawares. I loved it enough to want to pay money to see it in the theater again. The film more than exceeded expectations, because I had none. More than a cute winter tale, the film is a solid departure from the usual, often boring, kid flare. The story itself received no press. All the commercials I saw merely said it would be a fun xmas movie. It was, and it was a great musical with a solid storyline that invoked ideas of love, romance, and family.
The Desolation of Smaug is another matter entirely. The highly anticipated follow up to the first film in the Hobbit trilogy was a bleak disappointment. Sections of the film and the storyline were wonderful, but when you put it all together the story felt fragmented, stunted in spots, and worst of all, incomplete. I don’t like having to wait another year to see how it ends. Perhaps I won’t. Heck, who am I kidding. If a 9 yr old can wait for it, why can’t I?
Some Thoughts:
- This is one of those days when I sit back and think about how good life can be. I sat outside in the sun and stared through the sliding glass door at the Giants game and watched my team win before taking my eldest out for an evening with dad. Yeah, life is good sometimes.
- That being said, I did have to roll out Krampus on the 4 yr old. He is now terrified of being a naughty boy. Mean? perhaps. Righteous? Absolutely. The middle kid is still a mystery to me. I’m not sure what makes him tick or what makes him explode when the ticking runs out.
- The ticking ran out on my fantasy football season. Everything was set for me to have a solid 3rd place finish, but I made some bonehead starts and cost myself winnings in the process.