Two Movies

We watched two movies this weekend Ironman and Penelope, one in the theaters and one on DVD.

Ironman is a passable fun summer flick. Although the plot is highly predictable, its funny and ironic enough to be amusing, with enough special effects to make the two hours pass pleasantly enough, if forgettably. Not up to the level of the more interesting Spiderman and Batman movies of this genre, but far better than Transformers.

Penelope on the other hand was a much more interesting movie. Its a modern fable of a young girl born with pig nose because of a family curse. While its not as complex or moving as Whale Rider in terms of a coming of age movie, it rates about the same as Holes,so definitely worth watching. Local girl Reese Whitherspoon produced it and plays a minor role.

Pink Camelback

From our various hikes at the family reunion and Zion, it became apparent that having little camelbacks for the young kids would be beneficial. Cousin n x 1.6 km received a nice little one for his birthday, so this weekend we picked up a nice pink one for our girls. ME models it here.