13 Reasons Why; The Little Girl

Family update first.  We had Nick, Lyndsay and Hamish round yesterday. A great night but I had to go to bed before the night ended.  Just as well considering that I had to walk Leia this morning.  I had intended to go into work, but we ended up going out to The Whalebone for lunch.  Afterwards I worked from home before my wife and I went to the Brightlingsea music festival. We saw a friend of ours play and also listened to the Filthy Lounge Band. The ABBA tribute duo were great but we had to leave early to beat the traffic rush as people left.

As for 13 Reasons Why, the issues my son and I discussed were that of drug abuse.  The episode had two errors, a man who had little money in the first series was having an affair in the second.  (My son did point out that the lady may have paid, but accepted this was unlikely.)  The next issue was that Bryce encountered students listening to a recording of his confession to Clay, which should have told him where the recording came from as it was not part of the original tapes.

13 Reasons Why; The Third Polaroid

First of all, things got worse with my son, and then better.  We had a discussion about what had happened and in hindsight his anger was predictable.  Things looked quite bleak, but then when my wife and daughter were out getting our dog groomed, he came down and we had another talk.  We watched Bad Batch and then this episode of 13 Reasons Why.

We talked about how one person wanting to do the right thing can be the wrong thing, and although intentions may be pure, consequences are real.  Needless to say, my son dislikes Bryce Walker even more than before,

Have to go now, we have friends coming round soon.

AWOL

My son has decided yesterday to go absent without leave.

The kids returned on Wednesday and as my son had left his job of putting away the drying, we had left him it, along with more.  He had decided not to fully stack the dishwasher on Thursday morning despite refusing to unstack it the night before (the rule is that if the dishwasher is full because it has not been unstacked) leaving it for his mother.  I am not sure if he relented, but yesterday, despite not having permission to do so, he decided to meet up with friends.

To be honest, if he had asked, I would have let him go so long as he had done his chores.  But he had not.  Needless to say, I am not pleased.

Shadow in the Cloud

Not sure what to make of this film.  It was good in places, but not as good in others.  The best bit was the end credits, not because of signifying the end of the film, but the credits included film footage of the subject of the film.

Basically, I know that Sergeant Norman Jackson climbed onto a wing to tackle an engine fire in World War II, but I am not sure how a similar event was portrayed in this film.  It did show that women served in the war, though were forbidden from active combat roles outside espionage.

Overall, I would have to say that I would have been annoyed if I had spent time and money to watch this in the cinema.  

The pack unite

Leia is ecstatic. She has the pack back again.  From being depressed and looking in the sitting room for the rest of them she now has the pack together.  She went crazy when she saw them.

Our journey back with the children was an interesting one.  We had decided to take them to COSTCO but the traffic there was terrible.  Several hours later, we got home having got close to the store, but giving up when we encountered yet more traffic.

One child has stepped up since being home, the other has not. Maybe they, or one, needs more time away from us.

Bill & Ted Face The Music

Quite simply, this is nothing compared to the original two films.  However it is okay to watch and you have to remember that the original two films were amazing.  It has been one of the better films that I have watched recently and I probably would have been okay to watch this in the cinema as being a fan of the other two films, this was a must for me to watch.  While it fails to live up to the preceding two films, it does not fall flat on its face in the way all the sequels for Blade did.  I would not describe it as "most excellent" but it was great to see the potential for sequels/spin offs.  It is unusual, as for me, the best characters were not Bill and Ted, but I will not spoil it in case you watch it yourselves.  

If you are a fan of the franchise, this is a must watch film, and while it is not as excellent as the originals, you will not be left wanting. 

The best bit of the film was watching it with my wife, and our depressed dog.  I know that my children would not have liked this however.

The Comeback Trail

Predictable, but enjoyable.  This was a tale with no real surprises, told well.  Though with the stars present, I would have been surprised otherwise.  I loved some of the characters, others were okay.  I have to say I did enjoy the film, but it was surprising that a film which mention that there should be more women directors, did not have one itself. 

Yesterday without the children was interesting.  The house does feel empty, but it is right that they are away.  Leia appeared depressed at times yesterday as she does not understand where half the pack have gone to.  But she will see them again on Wednesday.