You may recall that Bridget watched "Enchanted" almost exclusively several months ago. We have successfully added "Bee Movie," "Babe," "Toy Story," and "Stuart Little" to her repertoire.
Bee Movie -It's Jerry Seinfeld's humor all the way, so if you don't like that... you know what to do. The animation is mind-blowing. The story is strange, but really what cartoon story line isn't strange? Barry Benson Bee graduates from college and can't decide what job to take - a decision made more difficult by the fact that he keeps the job he picks for the rest of his life. He heads out on a pollen run with the Pollen Jocks instead of picking his job and he meets/is saved by human, Vanessa Bloom, a florist. Barry finds out about humans "stealing" honey from the bees, sues the human race, wins the lawsuit, all the flowers die, he and Vanessa steal a float at the Tournament of Roses, land an airplane together, save the world. See? Strange.
Tee Hee Hee:
Barry to Vanessa: "Why would you wear a ring on your toe? That's like putting a hat on your knee."
The Employment Specialist Bee, when asked what jobs are left: "Restroom attendant is always available. And not for the reason you think!" (I have no idea what that means, but it makes me laugh every time.)
One of the many jars of honey at the grocery store is a brand called "Ray Liotta Private Select." That is SO weird. And funny.
Ken, Vanessa's dumb boyfriend, (voiced by Patrick Warburton), has many classic lines, but I think my favorite is when he sees that Barry has set up a law practice inside Vanessa's flower shop: "THAT BEE IS LIVING MY LIFE!"
Adam, beeff, asks Barry if he's going to a funeral for a friend of theirs: "No I'm not going to his funeral! Everyone knows 'you sting someone, you die'! No need to waste it on a squirrel. What a hot head."
The Message?
Who knows what Bridget is getting from this show, but she does notice bees and especially Pollen Jocks when we're outside now. (Check out the Pollen Jock in one of our hyacinths!)
Babe - One of my all-time favorite kid movies EVER. My sisters and I quote this show relentlessly since Aaron (pesky little brother) was a big fan of it when he was little. I can't figure out how they did it, but they make all the animals look so real (I guess some of them are) and the voices for each of the animals is spot on. A pig, Babe, comes to the Hoggett Farm where he manages to become a sheepdogpig.
Tee Hee Hee
Everything that Ferdinand the Duck says and does is hilarious.
Mrs. Hoggett to Farmer Hoggett: "What are you babbling on about?"
Who am I kidding? I laugh through this whole show. And then I cry when he wins at the end.
The Message
Don't eat ham, bacon, pork (especially not right now) or duck. Don't trust cats.
Toy Story -
I bought this DVD because I am a sucker and the guy at the Disney store said something about it going into a vault or something. Bah! I'd better buy it right now! It was worth it. I'd totally forgotten about the first one. (Did we own the second one or something? How come I remember that one so well?) Andy's toys come to life and Sheriff Woody is their "leader." UNTIL! A flashy new toy, Buzz Lightyear, shows up. Mayhem ensues. (Bonus! I just learned that there is a Toy Story 3 in the works, due summer of 2010. I might have to lift my Tom Hanks ban for it.)
Tee Hee Hee
Love the opening scene where Woody saves Bo Peep's "flock" from One-Eyed Bart (Mr. Potatohead). Andy plops Mr. Potatohead into his sister's crib and says, "You're going to jail! Say goodbye to the wife and tater tots."
Bo Peep to Woody, "Remember, I'm just a couple of blocks away." Said as she's walking by some alphabet blocks.
Woody to the assembled staff, "Last month's Plastic Corrosion Awareness meeting was really great. We'd like to thank Mr. Spell for all his hard work."
The Message
Be nice to your toys because they are totally talking behind your back.
Stuart LittleBooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Sorry I ever recorded it. Too weird. House as a bespeckled father of a smug mouse? I think not.
Not So Much
"Little high, little low!" "Little hey, little ho!" Did I already booo this show? Because BOOOOOOOO.
The Message
Never get your child interested in a puppet mouse and ridiculous humans who take care of him.
10 comments:
beeff - LOL!
Hee! I'm so glad you understand my humor. :)
They do free movies once a week here at the local theater and I tried to take Abbey to The Bee Movie. It was all too overwhelming (the dark, the huge screen, the huge sound) so we had to go. But I seriously wanted to stay, I was really getting into it.
And Babe! We all loved that show, too. I love when the mice say "Pork is a nice sweet meat".
And Farmer Hoggett lives in my ward. That is all.
Loved the comments! I agreed with all of them, especially hating Stuart Little. Babe is one of my favorites too, Hoggett's lullaby is one of Josie's bedtime ones too.
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amen to all of your observations. babe and toy story are classics that i can and will watch a million times.
i just found toy story 2 at our local thrift store. it was vhs, but i HAD to have it. it is totally worth having in any form. good to hear about the upcoming 3rd installment.
Toy Story is awesome. It's one of those that surprises me by how good it is almost every time I see it.
So are you really on a Tom Hanks ban? Is it because of the Big Love thing? Or the Da Vinci Code thing? Or the hair thing? I've been wondering if I should do the same... I've always thought that people were silly with their banning of certain actors, etc, but maybe this time...?
My Tom Hanks ban is in effect for any of his future projects for the following reasons:
1. Bad hair... BAD HAIR
2. Another Da Vince Code movie
3. Big Love
4. Hating on Mormons in the media
5. Smugness at awards shows
It's so sad because I really liked him, but after the story lines he had to have approved on Big Love, I just can't support him anymore. Him and Carl's Jr. in Draper = banned.
I haven't heard about Tom Hanks hating the Mormons. Too bad, I liked him.
Yeah, Stuart Little=totally bizzar. how do you spell bizarre? Wasn't there a song that used to say "Bee-zahr bee-zahr"? OR was that my French teacher? At any rate, I love your commentaries.
Christmas means carnage!
So I just looked up all this Tom Hanks bruhaha and I told Matt we have to also ban Tom Hanks from our house. He said, "Oh well...we still have Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig." I said, "WHATEVER YOU SAY, DEAR!!!"
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