Spider-Man: Far From Home

First of all, family.  My wife went to see someone about her present and future yesterday so I was with the children.  Normally, they keep away from me while I am working from home, but maybe they felt guilty about the huge mess they left on the kitchen table which meant that it was harder for me to start working.  When she got back, she took my daughter away to shop for shoes and afterwards we went out of eat at Banquet.  We have been there several times, and my wife needed a distraction from her return to work today.  As usual, the food was amazing.

When we got back, Leia, who had been in the pen was even more overjoyed to see us compared to normal.  I had wanted us all to sit together but the kids wanted to do their own thing.  For my son, this meant ignoring the drying that he was meant to put away as well as the plates that he had left on the table (and a wrapper of ice-cream that Leia found).  But my daughter and I watched Spider-Man.  My son, her and I had been watching it earlier, but was not able to finish it.  She had forgotten that she had watched it before, but it was great to watch it again. Spiderman is one of my favourite super heroes and I love these films and I cannot wait to watch the next one.  

Like almost all Marvel films, this is amazing and I would even pay to watch it on the big screen again!

13 Reasons Why; Angry, Young and Man

Closure is not always possible.  Some people regret or learn to understand the consequences of the crimes that they do, others do not.  But is revenge the right way to bring about closure?  My son says no.

The Brits Are Coming (The Con Is On)

My wife and I watched this last night.  She enjoyed it.  I cannot state that I did.  It was funny in places and had a twisted sense of humour which appeals to me.  I do wonder just how bad it would have been if not for the huge number of stars acting in this.  It cannot be too hard to write a film with a decent plot.  Over all, I would not have wanted to watch this in the cinema, and the best bit about watching this was doing so with my wife. 

13 Reasons Why; The Good Person Is Indistinguishable from the Bad

This was a traumatic episode for my son to watch with me being with him. Not just the journey of self discovery, but the most graphic depiction of sex so far in the series (or the other two).  It did discuss some of the after effects of rape on the victim along with how they will want to move on with life and the difficulty to cross certain boundaries. 

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Watched this in between taking Leia out for a walk and working from home. I had tried to watch it before, but felt it was lacking a decent plot and switched off.

Watching it again, the lack of a decent plot did not put me off watching it.  The poor lighting in many parts was an issue though, but ultimately it was easy to work out that the Aliens were doing something at these times.  Now I have watched it, I never have to watch it again, and I doubt I ever will do so again.

I do have one big question though, the aliens were able to attack a whole load of creatures in the forest.  Why just humans in the town?

I am glad that I never watched it in the cinema and the only reason for someone to watch this is just to complete the film series.

Jungle Cruise

My wife, son and Leia went to the Brightlingsea earlier today for the food festival. We went with Michelle and while my wife and Michelle stuck together, my son, Leia and I explored the festival together.  He was happy as I promised to buy him food and Leia was ecstatic as she met loads of other dogs.  My daughter stayed at home as she did not feel too well.

Once at home, we tried to watch Jungle Cruise as a family, but my son declined to join us.  He said that he had heard bad things about it, but refused to elaborate on this when asked.

The rest of us enjoyed the film. We ignored its historical accuracy and the occasional use of Spanish in a Portuguese speaking nation along with other issues.  It was funny, and although the ending became obvious as the film progressed, however it did not progress in a very predictable manner.

Leia when she got home got stressed as she saw a fox in the garden and took to patrolling it amid scent marking it in anyway possible.  Hopefully it will work to ensure it does not return.

13 Reasons Why; If You're Breathing, You're a Liar

Another traumatic episode dealing with teenage pregnancy, the choices faced when it comes to this as well as discussing the consequences.

Things are different in the UK, in that we do not have any protestors outside clinics, but the consequences of continuing with a pregnancy when a teenager are the same.  A loss of earnings for the woman, restricted choices with employment and relationships as well.  For many, this is a choice that they are willing to take, and I firmly believe that women should be supported in the decision to keep a baby. That is why I consider the UK to have a pro-life alternative to terminations. The US may consider itself to have a pro-life movement, but with the lack of maternity pay, inadequate childcare support and a lack of decent gun controls, I consider them to be pro-birth instead.  

My son is keen on watching them as quickly as possible so I may watch another tomorrow.