Movies and Concerts

The buzz about Frozen has been so huge that it picked my curiosity and I ordered the movie through our library. Yes, it was a good film, but this is as far as I am willing to go with the praises. The ending was nothing new if you already know Shrek. The movie itself was nothing more than the drawing board for a big money musical on Broadway. The humor in the movie was light and it appealed to me. I like movies which appeal to the child in me and do not remind me that I am a grown-up. On that point alone I think the movie does deserve a five-star rating.

While we were at the library on Sunday, Ballet girl started talking about Charlie and the Chocolate factory. I was surprised that she knew about it. Turned out that during her music class some of the musical numbers were shown to the kids. Since we happened to be at the library, I picked up the book and we collectively picked up the movie. We saw it later that evening and it was very well received. I liked it too. I did not discuss the story but I think that if the kids choose to read the book as a read-aloud, we will discuss the characters and the consequences and the behaviors, and then we will watch the movie again. I will put it to a vote for next month's big read-aloud.

Update 6/17/2014: I purchased the DVD from Amazon for $3.96 and I was pleased to discover that Brasilian Portuguese is one of the language options and one of the subtitle options. Very beneficial. Lucky find:)

We also went to an outdoor concert by the community band. It was quite nice, actually. The music selection was very pleasant. The kids listened, played.