Crood Humor

So we heard a lot of good things about this latest movie, "The Croods," so after piano practice (and after school), we decided to run out and see a movie.  The price was affordable at our favorite theater - three of us and a tub of popcorn under $20.  It's so great to go out together to see a current movie and such a reasonable price.  Down at the Mall of Georgia, this would probably be a $50 investment.

The movie itself was okay - Madison enjoyed it quite a bit, giggling at parts throughout.  The bit you see above was neat, with characters seeing the amazing night of stars above.  The details and animation was incredible - each year that goes by, the computer animation gets better and better.  In some cases, even if the movie is not that great, it's amazing just to watch.

Still, the big thing was being together as a movie.  It was so nice getting out to see a movie together. There really hasn't been anything for the three of us to go out to see together in quite some time, so that was sort of the genesis of the idea.  The movie's been out for a few weeks, but we finally found time to go and check it out.

Prehistoric cartoon movies (and by that, I mean movies like "Dinosaur," "The Land Before Time," "Ice Age," "Ice Age 2," "Ice Age 3," "Ice Age 4") all seem to have the same story:

1.  Some geological thing happens (earthquake, volcano, comet, and/or large cracks in earth)
2.  People have to move from point A to point B to be safe, or be together.

My general problem with these movies is the unsettling thought that, "Okay, these characters are now at  point B.  Great.  Now who's to say all that stuff that happened at Point A isn't going to now start happening at Point B?"

Which of course is why there's a sequel.  Already, there's talk of a sequel to "The Croods."  So my challenge to you is this, writers:  Can we not have a prehistoric movie that doesn't have earthquakes, volcanoes, comets, and/or large cracks in the earth?

Not to say we didn't enjoy the movie. It was okay - there were a few moments where we were laughing out loud.  But we wouldn't put it up there with "Brave," "Wreck-It Ralph" or "Madagascar 3."

Anyway, we enjoyed our family time together - it was nice to take our spots in the theater with a big tub of popcorn between us.  We saw some previews for upcoming movies - I think there are a few cartoons we'll be seeing this summer based on what we saw.

The rest of the day was somewhat typical of a Thursday - Madison was at school all day.  Can you believe she only has a month or so left of kindergarten?  In about a month, we also have our recitals:  music and ballet.  It'll be a pretty busy time, actually.  Of course, we have birthdays too - Ye-Ye and Mommy have birthdays in May.  But right now, it's kind of quiet - and that may be a good thing.  Daddy and Mommy rested a bit today, although Mommy was catching up with payments and bills, and Daddy was doing a bit of writing for future skits.  We'll be working a bit tomorrow, but we'll also be taking it easy too.

That is, unless there is some sort of earthquake, volcano, comet, and/or large crack in the earth.