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It is like if the mouse in Tom & Jerry, met up with the human versions of Jerry, and had a ball with Slapstick and Visual comedy. The Christmas-sy feel and music to it reminds me of Home Alone.  It must have spawned the later art that came after it.   Stuart Little and that Rat from Ratatouille would be happy seeing this movie. I haven't since this film since I was in grade school. I remember watching it via VHS over and over as a kid. It triggered a small trip to memory lane: sitting at the living room with the family eating some kind of corn chips or cheese crackers.  I remember being so fascinated and engrossed over this. Reading some of the "adult's" reviews about it now, it doesn't seem like they have the same sentiments. Sure in the grand archive of cinema, this movie probably makes a minuscule mark compared to some of the giants at the time, but  my experience as that kid some 20 odd years ago remain the same.    Nice to revisit t...

Haven't written something personal in a long while. I recently went to a close friend's wedding. Now I've been to weddings before but there's something different when you're much closer in age to the couple. Weddings I've attended before, they were fun. But the thoughts then went nearer to "This must be something what grown ups do." A change in time. Fast Forward a couple years. We're now the adults. The grown ups. Is this what grown ups do?  Life happens.  We make decisions. We made decisions. We still do. What are you trying to say? I am just glad. To have been able to participate in a milestone for other people.  This is a quiet time. I made a post here somewhere before. Something I thought of as a quiet kind of happiness.  This is one of them.

It's easy to box in as a fairly simple story. In the beginning, it seemed like a princess meets a commoner type of story; at the middle, it appeared as a coming of age film; at the end, it's really more an exploration, an adventure movie.  One does not always see a female lead in what Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn could have been riding in.  I guess we're in that time now. It's a good movie to watch with a daughter; or a niece.  Sacha would be a great model for young girls.  

There's always something you learn from other people.  Pat Riley I know of being a steady figure of the Miami Heat.   This time he talked about keeping Ego in check, and contributing to the team. The Disease of Me Chronic feelings of under appreciation (Focus on oneself) Paranoia over being cheated out of one’s rightful share Leadership vacuum resulting from formation of cliques and rivalries. Feelings of frustration even when the team performs successfully Personal effort mustered solely to outshine one’s teammate Resentment of the competence of another  “The most difficult thing for players to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice. It is much easier, and much more natural, to be selfish.” – Pat Riley

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids The Szalinski's are introduced. Rick Moranis is the nerd dad who's trying build his shrinking machine. The neighbor's are a jock type of a family. They just want to go fishing. The children of the families barely interact. Until, one of the neighbor's kids breaks the Szalinski's glass window. The story evolves on how the kids get shrunk by the machine and the journey from the lawn to the front of the house, to the cheerios bowl. And along the way, they meet a giant ant. Not giant, the kids just happened to be smaller than the actual ant. I remember seeing this a couple times as a kid. Now that I've had some distance to it and with young adult eyes, it does seem different. Mostly because I remember being so impressed by it. Now, It doesnt seem great compared to other movies. It's not bad. I appreciate still the value in it. What it is, is probably that the novelty has worn off. Or it could be that the movie is really for kids. Or ...

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