We saw some rather comical little snippets of this film here & there, so we decided a cutesy little Christmas Day film it would make.

Now I don’t mean to imply by the title that it was not funny, or not entertaining, it’s just that… well, the major plot centered around the Robinsons, a future-based family that’s all too quirky. And I mean that quite literally, they’re too quirky. The film had lots of laughs, and a decent-enough message, but the central idea of this damn family began to get irritating rather immediately. Like, immediately.

They went way too over-the-top with these peeps. If they had just toned it down like 3 or 4 notches on that family, it could have saved the film from “cutesy attempt” and rocketed it to “On my list of movies to buy.” Really. You know, that list that should totally mean something to you, btw.

As it stands, though, it’s never going to be more than marginally enjoyed once. I give it a C+, and I’m being a tad bit kind, too. You take your chances. If you love or can overlook overly-cutesy devices, then you'll probably get a kick out of it. If – like me – you get rather easily annoyed by silly, cutesy plot devices & ploys, get your laughs with Superbad or Wedding Crashers, or Shrek if you want to stick with animated features.



Friends arrive tomorrow!
I have a pair of friends – married – to each other – that are set to arrive here tomorrow for the better part of a week. This ought to be fun. We always have a good time together, and this is their first venture into our neck of the woods too, so we ought to have a fun time showing them around.

Only problem is, they’re going to be here for New Years, and they want us to do “something fun!” Only problem is, I have no idea what they mean but “something fun,” and I’m not sure that whatever it is we’ll have it around here.

Sh!t, part of the reason we moved where we did is that it’s a lot simpler, and we enjoy the simple things in life much more. We have some pricey material possessions, but they’re few and we take care of them for what they’re worth, but for the most part, give me a river, lake, trees, ocean, and I’m a happy hiker. Most of our expensive material possessions are to share in pictures & video these exquisite ventures we tend to take.

So hopefully their idea of “something fun” is a hike, followed later by a warm shower, a good barbeque steak, and a movie, followed shortly after by bed time.

‘Cuz that’s fun for me.

Peace.

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