One of the challenges of having 4 kids is getting them to agree on which movie to all go see.

One of the advantages is getting to take them to two different movies on the same day, which I got to do this week.

Two movies in one day - life's tough!!

In the morning, I  took the little ones to see The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lavagirl in 3-D.

Now anything in 3-D is an instant atttraction to my and my kids. Add the skills of Robert Rodriguez and we';re there!

The kids loved the movie. It had a cute story and cool effects. There's a good local review here

Someone mentioned that all the CGI was done on Windows PCs - that's cool.

In the afternoon the big boys and I got to see Serenity. We are Firefly fans - not that we ever saw it on the telly here, apparently Channel 7 showed it a few years back. I bought the series on DVD recently. And it has it's own wiki.

Anyways, back to the movie. Serenity would have to be the best movie I've seen all year - much much better than Star Wars III, or any of the others we've gone to this year. If you havent seen it, here's the first 9 minutes of the movie.

I hope this is the start of a series of movies. It's the Star Trek of the new Millenium

There is a lot of buzz in the blogosphere about this movie, but my favorite post is from Phil Richardson, where he compares Serenity to Queer As Folks. Phil - you are one funny dude!

[listening to: Burning Down the House - Talking Heads ]
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I took the gang to the movies today.

Bricey wanted to see Sky High, so that's what we went to see.

It was a movie, like those old fashioned Disney live action ones from my youth, which also starred Kurt Russell.

I liked it. The critics at THE SMH, on the other hand, didn't.

The main character, Will Stronghold, reminded me of my big boy Billy - starting High School, basically a good kid, a bit awkward, trying to live up to the weight of expetactions, son of super hero parents, his super powers not quite there...

Watching the film, it sure felt like a pilot for a tv series, so I wont be surprised if we see it on the Disney Channel soon. Time will tell.

Anyways, this is the first of the next batch of movies we will be seeing over the holidays -- bring it on!!!

[listening to: And She Was - Talking Heads ]
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