Christmas Movies- Reviews

Elf (Alex)- Avg. stars= 5 (first perfect score!)
Best part: "Snowball fight"- Alex
                "Elf tells the Hobbes his to do list: eat cookies... then we'll snuggle"- Julie
                "When Buddy is hit by the car" -Aimee
Miracle on 34th Street (Aimee) Avg. stars- 4
Best part: "The parade" Alex
                "The wife on the phone" And one of my favorite quotes ever: "Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to." Aimee
                 "When Santa gets gum in his beard" Julie
Nightmare Before Christmas (Julie) - Avg. stars- 4.83
Best part: "Christmas Eve" Alex
                "Jack in Christmasland" Aimee
                "The town meeting and when Jack & Sally kiss" Julie

Week Six- Christmas

Week Six- Christmas

Pick one movie that is primarily about the Christmas season.

Aimee's Choice: Miracle on 34th Street

Julie's Choice: Nightmare Before Christmas

Alexander's Choice: Elf

Some choices… (* denotes movies we own)

Elf*

A Christmas Story*

Home Alone

The Santa Clause*

The Polar Express

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas*

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Mickey’s Once (Or Twice) Upon a Christmas

A Muppet’s Christmas Carol*

Santa Claus: The Movie*

A Note About the Last Two Weeks...

You may have noticed the I have not written the reviews for the weeks "Remakes" and "Trilogies."  There is a very good reason for this... we are still watching them! I seemed to have been too ambitious with these categories. Also, we have run into problems getting all the films. I would highly recommend making sure you have all of the movies in the set before starting the week.
I will post the reviews as soon as we have them!

Week Seven- Trilogies

Week Seven- Trilogies

Pick a movie trilogy (3 movie set.) We will be watching the whole series during the week.

Some choices… (* denotes movies we own- number of movies in the set)

Aimee's Choice: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Julie's Choice: Pirates of the Caribbean

Alex's Choice: Star Wars- Episodes 1-3

The Pirates of the Caribbean**

Back to the Future

The Lion King**

Star Wars- Episodes 1-3***

Star Wars- Episodes 4-6***

Spy Kids***

Santa Claus*

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Lilo & Stitch***

Toy Story***

Chronicles of Narnia***

The Lord of the Rings***

Batman

Week Four- Remakes

Week Four- Remakes
Pick a set of movies- an original and a remake of a movie. (No sequels.) We will watch both movies.
Our Picks-
Aimee- Freaky Friday (1976/2003)
Julie- Father of the Bride (1950/1991)
Alexander- 101 Dalmatians (cartoon- 1961/ live action- 1996)

Some choices...

Freaky Friday (1976*/2003*)

The Parent Trap (1961/1998*)

Cheaper by the Dozen (1950*/2003*)

Willy Wonka (Charlie) and the Chocolate Factory (1971*/2005*)

Charlotte's Web (cartoon- 1973 & live action- 2006)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947*/1994)

Peter Pan (cartoon- 1953*/ live action- 2003)

Absent Minded Professor/ Flubber (1961/ 1997)

That Darn Cat (1965/1997)

101 Dalmatians (cartoon- 1961*/live action- 1996)

Father of the Bride (1950/1991)

From The Year You Were Born- Reviews

a bug's life (Julie)- avg stars: 4.16
Best Parts: "Heimlich. Tuck and Roll!" Aimee
                 "When they are proving they are warriors by going away from the
                  evil bird" Julie
                 "The Circus" Alex
Robin Hood (Aimee)- avg. stars: 3.83
Best Parts: "When Robin Hood and Little John are telling Prince John
                   his fortune" Aimee
                  "The beginning of the movie" Alex
                  "The parts when you can tell the movie is hand drawn.
                   (Heehee, clever.)" Julie
Spy Kids (Alex)- avg stars: 4.33
Best Parts: "When they fight their robots" Aimee
                 "When the mom tells the story at the beginning" Julie
                 "When the boat turns into a submarine" Alex

Week Three: A Movie From the Year You Were Born

Week Three- From the Year You Were Born

Pick one movie that came out the year you were born.

Some choices… (* denotes movies we own)

Aimee (1973)- Robin Hood

Julie (1998)- a bug's life

Alexander (2001)- Spy Kids

1973- Robin Hood, Charlotte’s Web, The World’s Greatest Athlete

1998- Antz, A Bug’s Life, Dr. Doolittle, Mulan, Prince of Egypt

2001- Atlantis, Cats & Dogs, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Monsters, Inc., Shrek, Spy Kids