Friday, February 17, 2006
An Evening With Inquisitive Jorge
Dina had a late-afternoon/early-evening meeting up in Portland today, after which she, the boy, and I went to see Curious George. During our conversations about whether or not we should do the movie or plan a different outing, "Inquisitive Jorge" (pronounced HOR-hey) was the code word used to keep our plans secret. (If the boy doesn't know what's planned, he doesn't pitch a fit if said plans fall through and we have to punt.)
A very good film, we thought. I found The Man in the Yellow Hat's wimpy characterization off in the beginning--I had always considered him to be confident and only a little overwhelmed by his novelty-seeking simian compadre. By the end of the movie, though, he had gained that confidence, so I'm forgiving the early mischaracterization as a character-developing necessity.
Go see the movie. Even if you don't have kids or a date. Even if you've missed the matinee pricing. See it two or three times (based on the previews we saw (Open Season, Barnyard, The Wild (all three of these films seem to be the same movie, only the settings and set of anthropomorphized animals have changed), and The Ant Bully, Phil will be watching this over and over on DVD rather than going to the theater for animated fare for the next year and a half).
A very good film, we thought. I found The Man in the Yellow Hat's wimpy characterization off in the beginning--I had always considered him to be confident and only a little overwhelmed by his novelty-seeking simian compadre. By the end of the movie, though, he had gained that confidence, so I'm forgiving the early mischaracterization as a character-developing necessity.
Go see the movie. Even if you don't have kids or a date. Even if you've missed the matinee pricing. See it two or three times (based on the previews we saw (Open Season, Barnyard, The Wild (all three of these films seem to be the same movie, only the settings and set of anthropomorphized animals have changed), and The Ant Bully, Phil will be watching this over and over on DVD rather than going to the theater for animated fare for the next year and a half).
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