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impyI'm about to go nap for a bit before having my ritual cry over The Family Stone and the nomming of the jam thumbprints while I read my Sweet Valley goodness. I have to see if any of the batteries work for my AG army pics though.
Watched Brave. I... don't get why people were so snippy about it? Did I just read all the backlashy things? And were all those written by people whose parents never meddled? Because I'd lowered my expectations considerably given how many people would say "It's good but..."
So, I'll add my voice to the "good but" camp. The blasted movie is so dark that in the climactic scene at the end, you can't see a damn thing. I'd say it's our TV, only watching it on the computer has the same problem so... yeah. Really dark movies are getting to be impossible to see. At first I thought it was just me, but neither Mums nor Widget could see a thing either. :/
That aside, I really liked it. Loved, possibly. I was expecting Mérida to be some horrible snot and while she had her moments, she wasn't completely out of line. Her mother was very good at talking at her the way mothers get to be after awhile, both kind of ignoring the other one ignoring them.
If I had to nitpick something aside from the literally too dark to see anything problem, it'd be Mérida being foolish enough to ask for the spell to change her mother. Not her mind, or her view on marriage or any other thing, no, she asks for it to change her mum. Like that won't have serious consequences. :P
Otherwise, dude. Thumbs up. Now I need a Mérida to keep Punzie company as my chosen Disney princesses.
Watched Brave. I... don't get why people were so snippy about it? Did I just read all the backlashy things? And were all those written by people whose parents never meddled? Because I'd lowered my expectations considerably given how many people would say "It's good but..."
So, I'll add my voice to the "good but" camp. The blasted movie is so dark that in the climactic scene at the end, you can't see a damn thing. I'd say it's our TV, only watching it on the computer has the same problem so... yeah. Really dark movies are getting to be impossible to see. At first I thought it was just me, but neither Mums nor Widget could see a thing either. :/
That aside, I really liked it. Loved, possibly. I was expecting Mérida to be some horrible snot and while she had her moments, she wasn't completely out of line. Her mother was very good at talking at her the way mothers get to be after awhile, both kind of ignoring the other one ignoring them.
If I had to nitpick something aside from the literally too dark to see anything problem, it'd be Mérida being foolish enough to ask for the spell to change her mother. Not her mind, or her view on marriage or any other thing, no, she asks for it to change her mum. Like that won't have serious consequences. :P
Otherwise, dude. Thumbs up. Now I need a Mérida to keep Punzie company as my chosen Disney princesses.