An introduction; and a monster in Paris

Ok, so originally I typed up a massive intro that basically said every little interesting fact about me, buuut, safari crashed on my ipod so I said never mind! There's no way I'm typing all that again, besides it was way too long.

So, instead I decided to make my first post a movie review! Yay for movies!

Ok, so this review will be for...

 

 A Monster in Paris

or, en Francais, Un Monstre A Paris

 

 

This movie kind of just popped up out of he blue, In fact I don't even remember how we heard about it but it turned out to be a real gem.

 

 

The story is about Franceur, a giant flea, who becomes friends with a singer named lucille. The Voice cast Only has a few names I really recognised, like Danny Houston, Catherine O'Hara, and Sean Lennon as the flea, but all the characters are very well done and likable (the antagonist being the exception, of course.) The few songs in it are so catchy even my husband said they were stuck in his head!

 

Here is one;

 

 

As far as aspects to consider for conservative families, there was no language, I think the word "idiot" was as foul as it got, no adult innuendos, (although one minor character has a voice that would definitely be considered, "alternative", if you get my drift, nothing else suggests otherwise.) There is a chase scene but no blood or anything, overall it was very clean.

 

 

I think the general message for the film would be " Don't judge a book by it's cover", which also applies to the movie itself. It did very well in French cinemas but for some reason the US. decided not to release it in theaters here, it went straight to DVD, such a shame!

 

Overall a really cute and light movie, great for a kids Friday night, Bug loved it so much she watched it 3 more times the following week. I'm telling you, those songs are catchy.

 

moms' rating: 10/10

bugs' rating: 10/10

dads' rating: 10/10

 

Next Movie review will be (drum roll please..........)

 

STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS

Because who doesn't love Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch?

 

(Chris pine is ..ok, I'm just not a huge fan of blonde men, that and zach can do a irish accent and benedict is english so that earns them extra points)

 

 

 

 

Honestly, I just love saying his name, Benedict Cumberbatch.

 

 

 

"Francisco, Francis-co, Fran-cisco," -name that movie!

 

Til next time,

 

Lizzy