Journal bethanie's Journal: Entertainment Comes in Many Forms 10

Robin Hood
I didn't watch this one, but Kiddo and Hubby did. Hubby said it was *really* bad. I don't remember it being that way, but then again, I grew up listening to the LP vinyl story and was just psyched to see the full-length film, so my judgment may have been clouded. Apparently, it didn't hold Kiddo's interest very well, either. I think maybe for the next Disney flick we'll try The Rescuers, and see if that goes over better. Uh, I guess I'll give it 3 stars.

Bruce Almighty
Cute idea, weakly executed. Morgan Freeman was by far the best part of this, followed by that guy from The Daily Show. I guess I'm just not a Jim Carrey fan. Jennifer Aniston can be good, but unfortunately her character in this film is incredibly flat. She was obviously cast for her potential box office draw. Three stars because I didn't NOT like it, it just wasn't very good.

Ocean's Eleven (home collection)
Yes, again. Hubby laughs at how often I watch this. But dammit, it's good entertainment for an afternoon when you're pretty much stuck on the sofa.

Jackie Brown (home collection)
Damn, this is a good movie. Probably one of my favorites ever. Love the music, love the brilliant casting & colorful characters, love the story, love the dialogue... If you want to know my Southern California, watch a Quentin Tarantino movie. It's never really beautiful -- mostly pretty grungy, short concrete buildings and suburbs. And there are places that are just cheesy/cool, depending on your frame of mind. Like so impossibly over-the-top cheesy that you take your friends there to hang out and make fun of it AND yourselves. That's SoCal in my mind. Anyway, I love this movie. 5 stars, easy.

Wonder Boys
This one is my pick of the week. I've decided that I just plain like Michael Douglas, particularly in comedies. It's a fun movie -- spins kinda of out of control, but has fun along the way. Some smart humor, which I enjoy. Robert Downey Jr. is at his best when he's smarmy like this. This is one that definitely makes me interested in reading the book that it was based on. Four stars.

And for more entertainment, Squirt has officially regained and surpassed her birthweight as of last Tuesday (at just one week of age!!). I'm feeling particularly validated, because they usually expect breastfed babies to reach this landmark by TWO weeks of age. Guess my bodacious ta-tas are gettin' the job DONE! :-)

More good news comes from MY doctor -- I was released to drive as of yesterday (Thursday)!! This means that I am not going to be a prisoner in my own house (except when Hubby's around to give me a ride) for a full month as we had expected. It also means that, since I will be available to shuttle her to and fro, Kiddo gets to keep going to preschool through the end of the summer session, which will definitely help ease the transition -- she *loves* playing with the other kids (almost all girls) in her class. I'm glad she doesn't have to give that up just yet.

Hubby's birthday was at the beginning of this month. We didn't make a huge deal about it 'cause we were in the midst of still recovering from birth -- I had planned ahead and bought him a book. My folks sent him a really beautiful pocket compass, and he expressed a modicum of remorse that it would have been *really* cool if they'd gotten him a GPS locator. So I told him that he should get one for himself for his birthday, 'cause he's investigating the feasibility of setting up a Wireless ISP where we are, and it'd be useful. I also expressed enthusiasm for using it for some geocaching with the kids -- not that this will happen any time soon, of course. He was in bed last night getting a satellite lock there. Yes, I am married to a geek.

Finally, I think that a voice contest sounds like a lot of fun. Let's make sure we get a list of participants as soon as the contest is posted this time, shall we? Fun fun fun!! :-)