How to Train Your Dragon 1 and 2

As a mom I get to watch cartoons quite a bit with my babies. Some I enjoy more than others, some movies convince them they want to see  so I can watch them. =) One of the movies I had the privilege of watching was How to Train Your Dragon.  Hiccup a young Viking, seeking the approval of his father wants to prove himself as a dragon slayer by catching and killing the most elusive of all dragons a night fury. Unfortunately he was not able to kill him after looking in his eyes. He decides to befriend him , along the way he discovers the secret of the dragons raids. It's funny, sweet and I loved it and the 2nd one!! 

A Classic Upbringing

My parents were very conservative and monitored and limited what I was allowed to watch as a child. We had limited cable and the movies we watched were the classics ,Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , The Sound of Music, Pollyana, and The Parent Trap were among our favorites. They were of a different time more innocent. We watched these classics and more over and over. As a result today I still love musicals and music theater. I am currently attempting to find them on DVD to a pass on a love for the classics to my own children.

The First Movie I saw in the theater...

The Land Before Time released in 1988, it was to be my 1st trip to the movie theater. Little did I know it would also be the first time a movie made me cry. In the opening credits a baby dinosaur is born a "long-neck" who is named Little-foot. His mother dies protecting him from Sharp Tooth (T-Rex)  and with her last breath tells him to find The Great Valley. (Insert me crying here.) So he sets out to find it and finds some friends along the way.   The unlike group of friends becomes a little family as they go through trials and struggles finding their way to The Great Valley.  

Powder ..

Powder, is an amazing movie!! Powder released in 1995 is the story of an albino teenager who was found living in a basement after his grandparents passed away. He had  never been off his family's farm only experiencing life through books.  He has to be placed in a boys home, he struggles to fit in and faces many trails for being different.  He has some amazing abilities that he uses to touch the lives of others. This movie is one that you can watch over and over and still cry every time.  One of my favorite quotes from the movie is "When I look at you , I have have hope that maybe one day our humanity will surpass our technology."

The Best Movie for- "Ever After"

The movie "Ever After", is a Cinderella story with a twist.  Danielle played by Drew Barrymore, as  in the traditional story an orphan who after her beloved father dies is raised be a mean stepmother . Unlike traditional Cinderella stories where   Cinderella  was portrayed as meek and passive, Danielle is fiery, intelligent and not afraid to state her opinion. In the traditional story the Prince falls for Cinderella a immediately after seeing her, at the ball after once dance. In this story Danielle meets the Prince while he is trying to "borrow" a horse from her land , not immediately recognizing him she   starts pelting him with apples. Then she see's him again while standing up for her servant who had been traded for debt to the crown, by her stepmother. She challenges him to look outside of himself and consider the plight of the men. From this conversation a spark is  lit between them and through out the story they fall in love through conversation and genuinely getting to know each other.  I love the strength and the intelligence of Danielle and the different take on the Cinderella story.