500 posts.
I need a nap.
Thankfully, for you, I not even thinking about doing a '500 Things You Don't Know About Me" post. I mean, truly, I love y'all too much for that.
So instead? A PSA for your holiday viewing pleasure.
We're not big 'go to the theatre and pay half our life savings for two hours entertainment' kind of people. Honestly, we are big NetFlix fans, and so every time a movie comes out we want to see I just run over there and save it to my queue. Then, once it comes out on DVD it comes to me without a second thought!
Brilliant!
And all this wonderfulness is due to the fact that sweet Mary from Owlhaven was doing a giveaway for a free Netflix trial Membership a few months ago, and I won! We have thoroughly enjoyed the heck out of it, rotating about 9 movies a month through our queue.
Whew! That's alot of movies....
That being said, there are so many wonderful looking movies out this Christmas season that we wanted to see. at Christmastime. Cause, like, they're Christmas movies. Y'know?
Unfortunately, we live in the land of small town rural nowhere USA, where there are no 10-plex theatres to choose from. We have a 4-plex. Well, we do until tomorrow night. It's closing.
Ho Ho Ho. Merry Christmas.
No movies for you.
I probably should have realized something was up when they started running new movies through in just one week. Here today, gone tomorrow ... You missed it? So sorry. Feel free to drive tow and a half hours round trip to the nearest movie theatre.
So when I read in the paper that our little $2.50/seat matinée place was closing this weekend, I dragged hauled forced begged asked the kids if they wanted to go see Enchanted. Jonathan's response was an immediate and resounding "Why?!". Kati, well, she let her brother do the talking.
Too bad, so sad. Get in the car. We're going.
I have to tell you that this was a great movie! Totally and completely family friendly and safe for all ages. It was cheesy as the day is long, which is what makes it so enjoyable. A perfect combination of real life and both 2D and computer animation, with musical numbers and songs galore.
Amy Adams is precious as the naive Giselle, James Marsden (of Hairspray and X-Men fame) is hysterical as the cheesy Prince, Patrick Dempsey ... well, he's Patrick Dempsey- what else is there to say, and Susan Sarandon is as evil and wicked as the day is long as the StepMother Queen out to destroy Anyone who stands in her way.
The true test? It illicited laugh after laugh from both the 13 and 15 year old, as well as everyone in the theatre. At the end, there was a standing ovation. Rather weird since the screen really couldn't take a bow, but nonetheless ...
This one is now safely tucked into our NetFlix queue for future viewing.
If you have a chance to see it in theaters during the Christmas season, run. Don't walk.
To see if it's playing at a theatre near you, check out Fandango.
And now, just to whet your appetite ...
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