Kevin James as President? Don't laugh. Why not? America has had much worse
presidents in recent years. I shan't name any examples, because I don't want
to be accused of political bias. The majority of my blog's readers are from
America, and I don't want to alienate them, or even 50% of them. Think of your
own examples. At least Kevin James has the dignity and posture of a President.
A few words to explain my current situation. As my regular readers must know
by now, I live in the same house as two of my grandchildren. I live in an apartment
on the third floor, and my daughter lives with her two children on the second
floor. Now that I've retired I have a job as an unpaid babysitter. I'm not
complaining. I love my grandchildren. Every day I bring my granddaughter
Evelyn (21 months old) to kindergarten at 8 am and bring her home at 2:30 pm.
With my grandson Oliver (seven years old) there's no fixed schedule. I see him
every day, but the times vary.
At the moment Oliver is on holiday for two weeks, so I'm seeing him more than
usual. He's at home alone while his mother is at work, so when he wakes up he
comes upstairs to see me. He also goes to bed later than usual, since there's
no school in the morning. He's made the request to have a film evening every
day. Wow! That's a request that I'm glad to fulfil. I want his love for films
to develop in young years. Yesterday his two weeks of films began with
"Night at the Museum 3". He'd already watched the first two films with me five weeks ago.
Oliver told me he wanted to watch the fourth film, "Kahmunrah Rises Again". I
tried to talk him out of it, but he was determined to see it. He's the boss.
This evening I turned on Disney Plus and started the film. After less than two
minutes he asked, "Why do the people look like that?" What he meant
was, why is it an animated film? It's not that he doesn't like animated films.
He watches a lot of animated films in the cinema. What bothered him was that
he didn't want to see an animated version of "Night at the Museum" after the
first three were live action films. It was a let down for him. I breathed a
sigh of relief, and grabbed my "Pixels" Blu-ray.
A year ago he wouldn't have been able to watch "Pixels". He was too impatient
when there were talking parts. He wanted action all the way through. Now he
has the patience and the intelligence to appreciate characters talking to one
another before the big fight scenes start.
Oliver loved it. He laughed out loud at the scenes with Pac-Man and Donkey
Kong. They're two games that he'd already discovered while clicking around on
his mobile phone. He didn't know Galaga or Centipede.
I loved playing Pac-Man when I was younger, but I gave it up because I wasn't
very good at it. I was wasting too much money. Later in the 1980's I
discovered Q-Bert, which I liked even more, and I was a good player. In
retrospect I'd call myself a champion player. Nobody else was as good as me,
and I filled all the slots in the top scores.
Dojo Quest is a fictional game that's shown in the film.
This is what Dojo Quest's hero, Lady Lisa, looks like with less pixels. Games
never looked this good in the eighties.
It's well known that gaming nerds fall in love with game characters rather
than real women. Ludlow is no exception. He lives in his grandmother's cellar
playing games, following conspiracy theories and watching porn. That's a sad
life. But miracles can happen. Lady Lisa falls in love with Ludlow.
They get married – see the photo on the wall – and have baby
Q-Berts.
This is a hilarious film, suitable for adults and children alike. Oliver was
disappointed when I told him there isn't a sequel. Personally, I'm glad.
Sequels shouldn't be made for the sake of it, only if it makes sense. So I'll
have to pick another film for him tomorrow. I already have some ideas.
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