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Ramona and Beezus

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Last night I watched the adorable movie Ramona and Beezus starring Selena Gomez as Beatrice (Beezus) and Joey King as Ramona.  Jon had to work Farmer’s Market from 6-9pm and although I hadn’t been feeling good all day yesterday, around 3 pm I got hit with some lovely pregnancy side effects.  So I spent the evening at home on my couch with some Mac ‘N Cheese and a movie.

Luckily, I picked a rather “feel good” movie, which helped me to forget that I was spending yet another evening on the couch.  I suppose one positive thing about spending so many evenings curled up in my living room is that I am becoming well versed in many of the great prime time television shows on nowadays.  Seriously, there is something good on almost every night!  My favorites being So You Think You Can Dance, America’s Got Talent and Food Network Star among others.  So if you miss any episodes, just call me.  More than likely I can fill you in on what’s been happening.

Ramona and Beezus was especially cute considering that I remember reading the Beverly Cleary books as a kid.  It’s a heartwarming, funny story about two very different sisters and Ramona’s struggle to embrace her uniqueness and place in the family as a middle child.

I also really liked the movie because I recently saw an E! Special on the life of Selena Gomez.  (Like I said, I’ve been watching a lot of TV).  I didn’t really know much about her beforehand, except I kept hearing about how she’s going to be performing at the California Mid State Fair in August.  And of course she is dating Justin Bieber.  Poor girl, she says she gets death threats from jealous-with-rage tween girls.  Yikes!  But I love hearing stories of these talented kids, like Selena, who are so driven to become great actors, actresses and singing stars from such a young age.  It’s pretty crazy.

It was also just one of those all around family friendly movies where you don’t have to worry about the content.  Kids would enjoy it and adults would think it was sweet and entertaining.  However, I must admit that movies like this always make me wish that I was just a little bit nicer to my own little sister growing up.  Little sisters have it rough sometimes.

Flipped

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I love movies with intriguing characters and a good enough storyline that all the Hollywood pizazz isn’t really needed.  I watched the 2010 movie Flipped today and it was seriously charming to say the least.  I never lived through the late 50′s or early 60′s, but nonetheless this movie made me miss that era.

The story is told from both the boy and the girl viewpoints, shifting from one to the other in a “he said/she said” format  And without giving too much away, I think it was fun to watch every middle school girl’s wish actually come true between these two adorable kids.  Loved it.  [insert 1950's Doo-Wop here]

Never Say Never…one day you just might see this movie too

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I have never quite outgrown my tweens.  I’m not sure why, but this is a fact.  I’m currently twenty-four, married, work a full-time job and still get excited over the occasional teeny bopper boy-band, or in this case, Justin Bieber’s blue eyes and cute haircut.  Luckily, my husband agrees that if they are under the age of eighteen, me thinking they’re cute is not really a threat…it’s just a little strange.

But anyhow,on this rainy Saturday afternoon, my friend Danielle and I drove out to the Arroyo Grande cinemas to see the new Justin Bieber movie, “Never Say Never.”  I had expected the theater to mostly be filled with girls ranging from elementary to middle school and their moms, and I was right.  But just like the concert at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles last July, there was a good number of college-aged women and handful of men represented.  (If you didn’t get a chance to see my review of the Justin Bieber concert for the SLO Tribune’s blog last year, scroll down to the next post or click here.)

You must admit, that whether or not you personally enjoy this style of pop music or showmanship, America at large is becoming increasingly obsessed with child-talent and making overnight superstars out of them.  Justin Bieber is a prime example of this trend.

Overall, the movie resembled an old-school VH1 Behind the Music series with tons of concert clips, fan interviews, and footage of Justin on his tour bus, backstage and back home hanging out with his family and friends in Ontario, Canada.  The family home movies of him growing up playing drums, playing guitar on his couch at three years old, and performing in local talent shows was some of the most sentimental moments.  And for $12.50 we got to experience all this in 3D wonder.

When the movie started every girl in the audience started squealing and clapping and Danielle and I looked at each other like, “Oh my gosh, what did we get ourselves into?”  But the thing that really makes you want this kid to succeed career wise, and succeed in not getting sucked into the Black Hole of immorality that Hollywood is known for, is that his and his family’s faith in Jesus is evident throughout the film.  Clips of his whole crew praying before concerts in Jesus’ name, his mother sitting on his bed with him praying for full healing of his vocal chords the night before his sold out show at Madison Square Gardens, and especially Justin and his friends thanking God for their Hawaiian and Pepperoni pizzas at a local eatery.  C ‘mon, how can you not love him?

All I can say is that this movie was highly entertaining, and I not-so-secretly hope that someday my daughters will want to go to these kind of concerts so that I can continue to have an excuse to go too.