Grotty dull day here yesterday – it barely seemed to get light. I managed to get a bit more tidying done, which had the adverse side affect of clearing a path to the craft shelves, so I then spent lots of time removing unsuitable craft items from the toddler. Going to have to do some serious rearranging I think.
Watching a film together was something I’d been looking forward to, but we struggled to settle on anything that everyone wanted to watch. I didn’t fancy Flubber, neither Tim or I fancied Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Small didn’t like the look of the Princess Bride. Then Tim suggested one of the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 
that we’ve had sitting in the cupboard for years unwatched and we decided to give it a go, starting with the Fellowship of the Ring.
It wasn’t precisely a hit. I’m the only one who is really familiar with the stories – I think I first read them when I was around 12, and then yearly for a while after that. Tim listened to them as audio books when commuting to Birmingham over a decade ago and neither of the children have read them at all. I think we tried them on the Hobbit a while back and it didn’t go well. Tonight the film didn’t really do it for them – I found I was having to explain rather too much of the plot and who various ppl were for me to be able to just settle in and watch as well.
Discussing on twitter afterwards I did hear some negative opinions from others who hadn’t read them. Basically three hours of ppl going for a walk, which, when I thought about the film objectively, isn’t that far off the mark. So I don’t think we’ll be watching the others in a hurry, have to look for something else for next week.
There were lots of suggestions in the comments and on twitter for ideas last week, but no one linked up their own film night. Just in case anyone fancies it this week, I’ll stick the linky in again.
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