Sunday nights at church we've been doing a "family night at the movies", which means we watch clips from a movie and then discuss how it relates to being a Christian or the Bible. One of the movies was the new Charlotte's Web. Not the old cartoon that we've all watched in elementary school, but the one with live animals. Chris was gone when we did this one at church and it seemed pretty cute so we started with it. Elle loved watching the animals and made it through about half the movie Friday night and wanted to watch the rest Saturday. It's clean and has some humor adults will like. One of my favorite things about this movie is the setting and clothing, which is inspired by the 50's or early 60's.
Some of Elle's big girl panties have some of the Disney princesses on them, one of which is Tiana from this movie. Elle didn't know who she was and Chris hadn't seen the movie either so this was our second choice. Elle wasn't as into it as Cinderella, but Chris said he liked it because it was "finally a movie where she listened to her dad." It also has a good theme that being rich won't get you the most important things. Some other pluses are the music, scenery, and it has some cute humor. The only thing I would give a caution about is the scenes about the voodoo. I thought they could be a little scary for kids and should definitely be discussed before, during, or after the movie so they know what it is and where you stand on it. Thankfully, this time Elle wasn't too interested and had started playing when these scenes were on.
I don't think we'll definitely be doing this every Friday night because other things come up, but maybe we can do it from time to time. I have fun memories of pizza and blockbuster nights with my mom and dad and I'm hoping Elle will too. Any suggestions of what to watch next?
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