Fatherhood 681
Seriously, the ads were ridiculous, but listening to Arwyn gripe and grumble about “Another one?! Start the movie!” was actually amusing. Definitely worth seeing it on the big screen, though, since I’ve been a fan of the movie since I watched the original dub back in the mid-80s. It’s also one of the girls’ favourite movies and they’ve seen it several times, already. Apparently, it was set up by a movie distributor/whatever that focuses on older movies having their anniversaries and such. They’ve got Ghibli Fest 2024, with a whole bunch of Ghibli movies doing special, short-run releases throughout the year, and also have a bunch of other movies doing the same (Fifth Element comes out later this year and we’ll probably want to hit that one).
My shirt features Bandit from “Bluey” and says “It’s not a dad bod, it’s a father figure.” I love this shirt and so do many others; every time I wear it out in public I get people saying how much they like it. 🙂 Stacy’s shirt has a sparkly flower featured on it, while Kia’s features a shark and says “This is my happy face.” Arwyn’s wearing her overall shorts on top of… I think it’s a spring-themed shirt with flower designs or something. It’s pink. ‘Nuff said.
Mum told me you also watched the Transformers 40th anniversary showing too. Lucky you.
on the topic of old movies on the big screen, I recall 5 or 6 years back one of the local theaters was doing a Flashback film fest (a dozen or so old films each with 2-5 showings over a two week period) and one of them was The Dark Crystal. And early on I thought to myself, “Holy crap, I can see _pores_ on the nose of that puppet! How much detail did Henson put into these?”