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puppetmaker) wrote2004-11-06 08:35 am
puppetmaker) wrote2004-11-06 08:35 am
Pixar had done it again
Cold this morning. I woke up and wondered if the heat was working. It is in the rest of the house which tells me that I need to bleed the radiator in the master bedroom again. Fortunately Caroline’s room was fine and she was toasty warm. The living room is fine for her to play in. The kitchen is a bit cold but I can solve that by running the dish washer.
In the cool used book category: Thanks to an individual on one of the many lists I am on, I am now the proud owner of the Brian Froud Goblin Pop-up book. It is a British edition which I never knew existed until this person told us about it. I went to Abe.com to search the used book section and found one at a very reasonable price (cover price). I had seen it once on E-bay going for absurd money at the time but I didn’t really know what it was at the time so I didn’t bid on it. I have made it a habit for any book I see on E-bay that I am interested in to check abe.com for a range of what the book is going for. Sometime (most really) I can find it on the used book website for less than it is going for on E-bay. Other times I find things about the same price but in better condition. A few times I have done better on E-bay than on Abe.com. But that at least gives me some idea what the book is worth on the open market.
My Doll Swap partner contacted me and her doll is off to her so that is another thing done on my big list of Things To Do. I want to try that doll pattern again since it can be adapted for other forms rather easily. But before that I have 2 projects I want to finish before the end of the month.
Art by the inch: Still working on that large project.
Novel: 1200 words yesterday. It is starting to roll and I am making some serious time for it.
Behind the cut is my review for “The Incredibles” which is slightly spoilerish
We went to see it yesterday. The “we” included Peter, Ariel, Caroline, and myself wearing our matching Incredibles T-shirts. Caroline sat through 2/3 of the film and would have made it to the end except there was the usual 15 minutes of commercials and previews. So for a 23 month old, she had a good attention span for the film. Ariel loved the teenager Violet. Peter could really get into the Dad’s point of view. I could sympathize with the mom. We have decided that Caroline’s, our perpetual motion child, new nick name is Dash. I do like what they did with Jack-jack the baby and that they didn’t bring him along on the adventure but found him a sitter.
Overall this is the most adult movie Pixar has done. There were themes there that would make no sense to the kids. Lots of jokes for the adults that were not dirty jokes but based on things that adults know having lived as long as they have. There are some scary parts that may be a little intense for younger viewers. This one is rated PG for a reason. It also introduces a villain who is a cold-blooded serial killer in no uncertain terms which is a first for Disney I think in their children’s films. They also don’t hide the identity of the super villain which would not have been a great reveal at the end.
There are some gut busting laughs in the movie. There are also placed for nervous titters. I was able to enjoy it with the kids in the audience rather than in spite of. It is one that I would recommend seeing on a big screen.
I am grateful for used book dealers.
In the cool used book category: Thanks to an individual on one of the many lists I am on, I am now the proud owner of the Brian Froud Goblin Pop-up book. It is a British edition which I never knew existed until this person told us about it. I went to Abe.com to search the used book section and found one at a very reasonable price (cover price). I had seen it once on E-bay going for absurd money at the time but I didn’t really know what it was at the time so I didn’t bid on it. I have made it a habit for any book I see on E-bay that I am interested in to check abe.com for a range of what the book is going for. Sometime (most really) I can find it on the used book website for less than it is going for on E-bay. Other times I find things about the same price but in better condition. A few times I have done better on E-bay than on Abe.com. But that at least gives me some idea what the book is worth on the open market.
My Doll Swap partner contacted me and her doll is off to her so that is another thing done on my big list of Things To Do. I want to try that doll pattern again since it can be adapted for other forms rather easily. But before that I have 2 projects I want to finish before the end of the month.
Art by the inch: Still working on that large project.
Novel: 1200 words yesterday. It is starting to roll and I am making some serious time for it.
Behind the cut is my review for “The Incredibles” which is slightly spoilerish
We went to see it yesterday. The “we” included Peter, Ariel, Caroline, and myself wearing our matching Incredibles T-shirts. Caroline sat through 2/3 of the film and would have made it to the end except there was the usual 15 minutes of commercials and previews. So for a 23 month old, she had a good attention span for the film. Ariel loved the teenager Violet. Peter could really get into the Dad’s point of view. I could sympathize with the mom. We have decided that Caroline’s, our perpetual motion child, new nick name is Dash. I do like what they did with Jack-jack the baby and that they didn’t bring him along on the adventure but found him a sitter.
Overall this is the most adult movie Pixar has done. There were themes there that would make no sense to the kids. Lots of jokes for the adults that were not dirty jokes but based on things that adults know having lived as long as they have. There are some scary parts that may be a little intense for younger viewers. This one is rated PG for a reason. It also introduces a villain who is a cold-blooded serial killer in no uncertain terms which is a first for Disney I think in their children’s films. They also don’t hide the identity of the super villain which would not have been a great reveal at the end.
There are some gut busting laughs in the movie. There are also placed for nervous titters. I was able to enjoy it with the kids in the audience rather than in spite of. It is one that I would recommend seeing on a big screen.
I am grateful for used book dealers.