Keebles World

You know you're getting tired of doing a challenge when you forget to post, and that's just what I did yesterday...completely forgot, so I've got some catching up to do! First up, Wednesday night. I went the way of the jungle and finally did the Tarzan series. I have seen the first one, but not the other two, so I didn't know how the night would go. The first movie, Tarzan , is pretty good. The background animation is really good considering the generation it comes from and the characters are OK. Tarzan's hair has always bothered me for some strange reason and Jane's facial features border on the creepy, but otherwise, the story is good and so is the music (although it gets really loud sometimes...must be a Phil Collins thing because I noticed it on Brother Bear too). There are practically no special features on the disc, which is kind of a shame because I would have liked to see the Backstage Disney stuff on this movie. Oh well, maybe with the next ed...

I'm sure most of you saw in the news about that idiot dentist that killed the beloved lion in Africa. I'm not a fan of cats, big or small, but I would never kill one and that kind of killing for fun is just stupid! I hope they throw him under a third-world jail. All I kept thinking all day long is "wouldn't it be just if the dentist was turned into one of the lion cubs that will now probably be killed by the other lions since their dad is no longer around to protect them?" or better yet, if the punishment fit the crime? That act of stupidity decided my movie direction for last night... Brother Bear If you haven't seen Brother Bear, I don't want to give away too much of the plot, but basically, a boy who kills a bear that he thinks is responsible for the death of his brother, gets turned into a bear and unknowingly befriends the cub of the dead bear. It is a surprisingly really good movie considering what generation it came out of and I've alway...

On Sunday night, I decided it was time to switch back to the full-on animation and I decided to start with Chicken Little . During Disney's "crap" years, this was by far the best to come out of the camp (even if it did pretty poorly at the box office). The story is really very good, the CG animation doesn't bother me at all (a feat unto itself), and the amount of one-liners in the movie make my dead-pan heart quite happy. I am NOT a Zach Braff fan at all (well, except for the fact that he inspired one of the best F-U songs ever written, Mandy Moore's Nothing That You Are), but he alters his voice enough that I don't feel his "vibe" at all. As a character goes, Chicken Little is one of my top five Disney characters of all time...he's just another one of those that I can relate to. As with all the movies of this generation, there are way too many special features on the disc, including the all too familiar "Walt would totally embrace thi...

Gonna have to split the weekend up because I did have a full weekend at home for the first time in weeks, so I got a lot accomplished Saturday and Sunday. Friday, I only managed to make it through one movie because I was at my Sister's house most of the night going through her closet clean out rejects. Ever since I lost a ton of weight and got rid of all my fat clothes, my closet has been pretty skimpy. She did give me clothes when I was at my lowest weight, but that stage didn't last long so I've pretty much been living with two pairs of jeans and about 10 T-shirts. But now I have a completely full closet again (although they are all too nice and I'm scared to wear any of them!). I grabbed the first movie at the top of the stack sitting in front of my TV for Friday night and it was Hannah Montana: The Movie . There was a time, pre-pastie Miley, when I actually really liked to watch Hannah Montana. It was cute and funny and she seemed so wholesome and innocent. ...

Well, it took me most of the week to get my stitching mojo back, so there is not a lot to show for this week. I barely touched Cinderella Castle. It went from this: To this for a total of 2.47 hrs (which is kind of deplorable for what little I got done): I finally decided that the lack of mojo was because of Cinderella Castle and I needed to work on a project that motivates me (which means a HAED), so back to Alice and the B's it was HAED's just flow better than other projects for some reason. I left off here: and finished here tonight: I didn't quite get done with her face, but I did get close. If I have a good stitching week this upcoming week, then I should get done with Rapunzel and start back on Aurora. That's what is so great about this project, there is a princess in practically every page of this chart...no boring background stitching like Maleficent. I love seeing their faces appear with every stitch. I really want to finish some of my WIPs b...

What is up with all the drama lately? Now it's Disneyland drama...the Halloween Party tickets finally came out (at least to passholders and Disney Visa Holders) and they go upwards of $84 a ticket!!! That's almost $20 more than Disney World's Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party ticket price and you get so much more at MNSSHP than you do for MHP. All I can say, is it BETTER be worth it! I did manage to get ours for $77 a piece thanks to my Disney Visa discount, but still. Because I had to get our tickets, that meant that I couldn't pay off my half of the trip as planned and I'm not happy about that. Plus, with all the flight changes that Delta keeps doing, I'm about to snap. Luckily, I spoke with two very nice agents at Disneyland Travel yesterday and asked tons of questions and kept both of them on the phone forever, and they were ten times nicer than any agent I ever got at Disney World, so hopefully that's a sign of things to come! But on w...

Sorry I missed yesterday...my hot water heater busted at home and there was major drama at work (again). I did watch my Disney movies though and it shouldn't take me too long to get caught back up. I'm still living in DCOM-land and started Monday night with Geek Charming . This is one of my favorite non-musical DCOMs because, not only does it have a good message, but it really is a compelling storyline and, despite her near anorexic frame, I think that Sarah Hyland has the potential to be a really good actress. This movie is a few years old and I don't know if she's still that skinny (I don't watch Modern Family), but I did often find myself shaking my head at her tiny arms and legs more than I paid attention to the movie. Normally, I don't watch it that closely because I'm usually stitching, but my stitching mojo disappeared at some point during the weekend and I'm having trouble getting it back, so this time it got my full attention. I still lov...

As I mentioned in my stitching post, it wasn't a good weekend for getting things done, especially for stitching, but also in the Disney movie viewing department. I managed one Friday night, one Saturday, and I was able to clear out a few Sunday. Friday I started with another 2 movie combo pack, Davy Crockett. The first movie, Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier was one I had seen many times as a child, but not in a very long time. I have an aunt who always loved westerns so, whenever I was at her house, that's what we always watched. I hated them back then, but I've learned to appreciate them as I've gotten older and really did enjoy watching Davy Crockett in action. Of course though, it doesn't have a very happy ending and I did cry quite a bit, but it wasn't like I didn't know it was coming (since Davy Crockett was at the Alamo and we all know what happened to those poor guys). There was also a short on the disc, The Lone Chipmunks, and I m...

For July's ORT jar pic, I went with a Muppet theme since that's the series I watched last that has been on mind the most. I don't have a lot of Muppet collectibles, but I do have a couple: Stitching-wise, this weekend was a complete bust. Friday night was screwed because of work. Saturday I spent the day with my T-Boo and worked on his computer, so a really great day, but again, not a good stitching day. I did take Tartan B with me to his house, but it didn't make it out of my backpack. Sunday, I didn't have the mojo at all, but I did try. I started the day with Sleeping Beauty Castle and actually managed to finish it for a total of 56.37 hrs. Forgive the pattern underneath, that's my ironing board cover. I'm still not happy with either the colors or the backstitching, but I'm hoping that when it's framed and hanging beside Cinderella Castle, I'll be able to see it in a better light. I tried to work on Rainy Wedding, but I really di...

As predicted, I only got through one disc last night... Fun and Fancy Free . Since I finally broke down and upgraded by Ichabod and Mr. Toad DVD to Blu-Ray, this movie made up the other half of the combo pack (although I already had it on a stand-alone DVD). Of course, all the offerings on it I have seen before (some numerous times), but it has been a while and I actually didn't stitch just so I could watch them. It is basically composed of two shorts, Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk and a rather long, but fun opening sequence to the entire thing with Jiminy Cricket (who shows up again during Mickey and the Beanstalk). Bongo, as a cartoon, really isn't that special, but there is just something about that music from the 40's and 50's that has always appealed to me. It might be because a couple of my grandparents played their old records a lot when I was little, but that kind of music has always been like comfort food. It's probably why my favorite Disney c...

Last night was Disney expensive flop night. I started with The Lone Ranger . For all that is bad about this movie, it has it's good points too. Johnny Depp, once again, took a normal character and turned him into something weird. As gorgeous as Armie Hammer is, there is just something about him that I absolutely cannot stand...it might have something to do with the size of his ego or the things he says in interviews. I really want to like him, I just can't. So both leads in the movie already had my haunches up (I was actually one of the few who saw this in the theater, so I already knew what to expect). There are parts of the movie that drag on and on for no apparent reason. The most annoying thing, however, is the so elderly he looks dead version of Johnny Depp hiding in a carnival display about Indians telling his story to a little boy in a Lone Ranger mask. It cuts into the story line at various times, in the weirdest spots and really serves no purpose. But, havin...

I've been on the NASA site so much today, I almost forgot to write up Day 52! And speaking of that, OMG! What an utterly AH-MA-ZING day! Active geology, mountains, water ice...seriously, who knew Pluto would end up being the coolest planet in the solar system and with an equally cool moon? What was even better was during the press conference last night, all the mission team leaders came out holding up nine fingers as in 9th planet! I was laughing and crying at the same time! But I'll try not to ramble on about it too much. The next press conference isn't until Friday, so maybe I'll have at least one night's decent sleep this week. Oh, and I also want to thank everyone who, for some reason, is still reading this endless succession of my reviews of Disney movies. I really shouldn't call them reviews at all since they are only my opinions. I'm really lazy when it comes to responding to comments and I typically only do it to the ones that get forwarde...

This may be a long post, but not for movie reasons, but I'll get to that in a minute. I only watched one movie last night, Treasure Planet . This movie represents everything that was wrong with the movie department of Disney at the time and it's almost sad for me to watch it in a way. The technology used in the animation, the use of a rock band for the complete soundtrack (The Goo Goo Dolls), the attempt at trying to dip into the "cool pool" by featuring the Steampunk style, etc, were all designed as nothing more than a money-making cash cow and it, unfortunately, backfired horribly. It's a shame really because it is honestly a really good movie overall. It was classic Disney imaginative storytelling by melding the world of Robert Louis Stevenson and space with a Jules Verne kick, the acting was really strong and I love it when you can feel emotions through voices in animation, and most importantly, the animation itself, even though CG, was actually really...

I'm going to try hard to fit the entire weekend into one post, but I guess only time will tell if I manage it or not. I can probably safely assume that this one might be a long one, so brace yourself! Friday is going to be easy because I only watched one movie, The Three Musketeers , aka, the Donald, Mickey, and Goofy version. I really like this version as well, but since there aren't too many Musketeer movies I don't like, it was a given that I was going to enjoy it and, considering it's the very first full-length feature the three of them have done together, they had me at the opening credits. I about died laughing when Mickey says, "Donald, we can't understand a word you say!", during a rather long speech. I understood every single word he said and that made it even funnier. Wish I could have found a clip, but here's the trailer instead. Saturday was a definite path, or the best one I could do in honor of Pluto (the planet, not the dog), b...