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We semi-spontaneously went to see The Princess and the Frog tonight. We'd agreed to go at some point this weekend, but sdavido really liked the idea of going on Xmas, and since tomorrow's a short Friday that could have gotten complicated... so we went tonight instead.

Would definitely recommend it, if you like animation (which I think most of you do). Good story, nicely executed. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect, but I'm really glad that we went. It was nice to have a chance to go to a movie together, too... it's been a while. On the whole, a nice evening.

Who wants to see Up? It looks really cute... I'm tentatively thinking of Sunday night 5/31 (while joecoustic is here, yay!), at 7:35 in Revere. Let me know if you'd like to join us... :-)

Went and saw Ghost Rider tonight. I thought it was a pretty good comic-book movie - reasonable plot, good effects, and not as creepy as I expected. sdavido said there were a few deviations from the "real" story but he thought it was reasonably close. In all it was a fun way to spend an evening, particularly since we got to spend some time catching up with a non-LJ friend afterwards. We haven't gotten to do much socializing lately.

Went to see One Night with the King tonight, with my mother and her friend L. (sdavido was out of town at a conference.) For those of you who haven't heard about it, it's not about Elvis (sorry!); it's a dramatization of the Book of Esther. They added a few embellishments (I guess they felt it needed more dramatic tension), but the basic story is all there. On the whole I thought it was quite well done, though somehow I had never pictured Achashveros as a hunk...

We went to see Zoom tonight with aunt_becca and R. It was entertaining, in a kids-movie kind of way, but the movie has absolutely nothing to do with the book it's based on (I think Sky High was closer to PS238, from which they supposedly took the idea)... but if you're looking for something light and cute, you could do worse.

Yesterday I got caught in the rainstorm while running errands (around 2 pm). It came on very suddenly... when I left my car in the parking lot it was sunny out, but when I was ready to leave the Butcherie shortly thereafter it was pouring. Torrential rain. I put a plastic grocery bag over my head for lack of other protection but the rest of me got throughly drenched walking the block-and-a-half to the car. The rain was so intense you almost couldn't see across the street, and the water in the middle of the street when I crossed (not just where it dips down to the sidewalk) was almost ankle-deep. Unreal... I've never seen rain like that. I wound up giving a ride home to a stranger who was leaving the store at the same time, just because I couldn't see anyone walking home in that. Then I finished my errands (of course, it cleared a few minutes later), but when I got home an hour and a half later my clothes were still soggy. Ugh!

Today we were invited out for lunch to a birthday party. So naturally I made a dessert. (New recipe - a fudge-nut pie.) Came out well... nice and intense... but by the time we got to it everyone was pretty full so most people just took a few bites. Oh well. Good recipe though, I might make it again.

Tonight we went to see Cars and really enjoyed it. I thought I would, because I like Pixar movies and I like cars, but it was even better than I expected. Nice message, gorgeous scenery, a lot of cute touches. But when we left the theatre I really wanted to go for a drive... :-)

Went to another movie tonight. (This is unusual, really!) My mom and Aunt S. (who's visiting from Ohio - she came in for Shavuous) decided we should have a "girls' night," so we went, with my mother's friend L., to see Keeping Up with the Steins. It was actually much better than I expected. Judging from the few reviews I'd seen I had been expecting it to be lame and/or goofy. It was actually very cute and rather sweet. If you're in the mood for something light, you might want to check it out.

Tonight we went and saw the new X-Men movie with ladysprite and umbran, who we don't get to see nearly often enough, so that was a treat in itself. The movie was good on the whole though there were a few moments that made you blink and shake your head. I won't get more specific as I don't know who's seen it, but if you have seen it feel free to comment. If you haven't seen it yet and are planning to, though, be sure to stay through the credits...

As many of you will have noticed, we had snow Friday. ( Read more... )

Tonight we went to see The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with a few (non-LJ) friends. I thought it was good, but not amazing. I haven't read the series, so I could only judge it on its merits as a movie. SD- knows a lot more about it so he commented about what they left out, but that always happens when they adapt a book. From what he said they mostly stuck to the story, though. But I wouldn't say it was a good movie for little kids - some of scenes were fairly violent (thus the PG rating). I'll be curious to see whether they film the rest of the series.