Twilight and New Moon

A few weeks ago, we played host to J1 who came to stay for the weekend, he was a delight and we'd look after him again like a shot. One evening while he was here, Little Fink asked if they could watch 'Twilight'. We said, 'yes' so we set up the dvd player and they sat upstairs on my bed and watched it. I didn't think anymore of it - Little Fink had read all the books and J1 has 2 sisters that have read all the books.

I have arranged for Little Fink, Marsha and a school friend to come with me to see the next film in the series, New Moon, today, so last night I thought it would be a good idea to watch the first movie. Mr Fink and I settled down after Little Fink had gone to bed to watch.

The film was very good, about the blossoming romance between an out of town high school girl and a 17 year old vampire and the struggle they have to be together against all odds (and his struggle to not bite her!) I was very impressed, the blood and violence minimal but the intent was clearly portrayed. The romance was handled very well, tender and caring with a little kissing and rising passion, but nothing too uncomfortable for pre-teens. We did get a little worried at one point where the first kiss happened, in the heroine's bedroom, it all got a little heated, Mr Fink and I looked at each other and wondered if we had made the right decision to allow J1 and Little Fink to watch the film together out of our sight, but the film makers handled the moment very well and propriety was restored. Phew.

I'm really looking forward to taking the girls to the cinema this afternoon and have a feeling I may be borrowing the other 2 books in the series from Little Fink tonight!

Definately no zombies

Mr Fink and I were sitting in the living room last night.

"I've got a new film, would you like to watch it?" Says he.

"Has it got zombies in? I know what you're like for zombie films." says I.

"Nope, no zombies." promises Mr Fink.

"Ok then, as long as there are no zombies, I won't be able to sleep if there's zombies in it."

"There's no zombies, you'll be fine."

We watch the film - 90 minutes of a paranormal investigator, locked up in the spookiest hotel room in the world with every nasty thing happening to him you can think of.

"Right then, off to bed." says I.

"I'll be up in a minute, just got to put this computer away."

"UP IN A MINUTE! You don't think I'm going up there by myself do you? I'm shaking in me boots."

"I dunno what you're worried about, there wern't any zombies in it."

DOH

The Results of the Indoor Olympics

I knew there was going to be trouble for me last night when Little Fink and LMI were preparing for their sleepover and told me I had to come down in the morning with a white T-shirt and white socks, ready for their 'Indoor Olympics'.

Anywhoo, I was rudely awakened at 9am with a cup of tea and a request to hurry up as it was starting. First we had to pick straws for a bye, to play the winner in the final. Then we played several Wii games, of which I was hopeless all the way through. Little Fink beat me hands down at tennis and LMI nearly burst a blood vessel trying to do the boxing - I had to call it a day on them to save the furniture from damage!

The final results were, Little Fink and LMI joint first and awarded the kimono of righteousness and the baseball cap of winningness. I came third as was awarded the bronze (plastic) cricket bat of failure. (to my shame.)

In the afternoon, I, Little Fink, LMI, Marsha and Goober went to the cinema to see WALL:E. I really enjoyed it but felt there could have been more visual gags and a bit less story. Hey ho.
Now I'm looking forward to Madagascar 2 and Hellboy 2.

Sex and the City

Last night I went out to the pictures with some of my girlfriends. We went to see Sex and the City. Now I've seen probably 5 or 6 episodes of the TV series, enough to know I could watch it if there was nothing else on, but not religiously like Dexter or Doctor Who.

What was the film like - it was brilliant - it was so good that I have been remembering bits of it all day. For a film which is about self obsessed air heads played by self obsessed air heads it is really good. without giving the game away i can say that all four ladies were believable, like able and the characters were allowed to not take themselves too seriously. I laughed out loud at this film, I applauded when one of the ladies stood up for herself and I felt the pain as one was going through a break up. I was very surprised that they were as good as they were.

In the end I respected Carrie. Praised Sam for being brave and honest. Loved Charlotte like you would a younger sister and wanted to be Miranda (especially in that last scene - whooo weeee yessir.) strong enough to carry on.

Girls, grab your girlfriends, go see this film. It won't matter if you've never seen the TV series, they give you enough background to start you off. (Leave the men at home, they'll only cramp your style and block your view of the hot bod of Dante. Rowr!