Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Movies, Movies, Movies!!!

My almost 3 year old son is a real Madagascar fan. It's noon and we've already watched it four times today. And I have to say, the movie is twisted. The animals are wandering through the rainforest to the tune of Louis Armstrong's It's a Wonderful World. During this segment, we get to see a hummingbird swallowed by a carnivorous flower. Some cute fluffy animal escape from a constrictor snake, only to be carried off by a bird of prey. The animals then rescue a cute little duckling that crosses their path and return him to the pond, only to see a giant alligator leap from the water and munch him in one bite.

I think the moral of the movie is nature sucks. Don't romanticize wild, wide open spaces because they're dangerous. Civilization is much cooler.

It's sort of like the message I got from The Hills Have Eyes. Stick to the main routes and don't go off exploring on any scenic detours. You only end up stranded and/or murdered by the locals.

All my husband got out of it was that nuclear testing is bad. Poor man can't get below the surface. He read Slaughterhouse Five as a sci-fi novel.