…by the title, you know where i’m going with this. so, i’ve been a bad, bad blogger. i have commited myself to blogging once a day for the next month. i didn’t want to start on april 1st for obvious reasons. so, instead, i’m starting today. we’ll see if i can actually make it. i’ll need support, so cheer me on and get me through this. whew! ok, so for the first in a series of either super boring or super interesting blog posts, ha, i’m going to provide an awesome and very interesting and compelling article for the movie i saw over the weekend. so, on saturday, i took the kids to go see “how to train your dragon”.
typically, when i go to these movies, i fall asleep pretty quickly. maybe it’s the rush of peanut m&m’s followed by the sugar crash. i don’t know. but, i didn’t fall asleep through this one. i was awake and alert through the whole thing. funny, though, jemma fell asleep through the middle part, and then woke up and said, “dad, this is a good movie, huh?”. i thought that was cute.
anyway, for me, the movie was a little predictable, in that, you sort of knew the kid would get in trouble, and then save the day in the end. but, having said that, it was super enjoyable. the kids loved it, especially andrew. there were some folks with a real small kids that got scared. there are some violent parts, and it could be pretty scary for a small kid. but, you kind of have to figure out how your kid is with things like that. jemma thought it was a little scary, but it didn’t seem to phase andrew at all.
i really dug the 3d effects too. i’m kind of a sucker for that stuff and i love all the new 3d movies coming out now. i am convinced that this is the new movie format for the future. although, we may read this blog 10 years from now and laugh. that’s ok. i’m not above laughing at myself.
i also like the scottish accents. not sure why they chose a small island in scotland, maybe having to do with folklore? i don’t know. but, i liked it.
for what it is, i give “how to train your dragon” 4 stars out of 5. it’s a great afternoon with the kids, or maybe grab a kid from your friends as an excuse to go see it.
lastly, but not least, today is jemma’s birthday, so give her a shout out. she’s 6 today. Yay!
that’s it for now. maybe i’ll post tomorrow, maybe i wont. we’ll see.
cheers,
jerry frazier
