Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Theatrical limited release)
One of my 10 favorite films of all time. Theatrically. An absolute treat. As me and my python loving buds sat down to watch i jokingly said "look if i start quoting this, word for word, out loud, feel free to punch me in the kidneys". One of them smiled and said "actually..we got tickets for the 'quote along version' so go for it!". Yup...turns out the limited release had quote-along-versions where subtitles would show up for key scenes or moments and encourage the theater to quote along outloud!! This was explained in an opening crawl which ended with (paraphrasing) "feel free to quote along but do not riff or try to make your own jokes...you arent funnier than Monty Python". LOL!!!!! It was a huge treat to get to see one of the funniest movies of all time again theatrically.....
and speaking of funniest movies of all time (what a segue!), F This Books.....
Surely You Cant Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane (2023 Book)
Its a pretty safe bet that if you grew up as a kid in the late 70s/early 80s, you've seen the movie Airplane about three thousand times and are looking forward to revisiting soon. This book, written by its creators (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker (aka ZAZ)) is an oral history of their coming together and their path to creating one of the funniest movies of all time. The biggest surprise for me was that the book isnt JUST about Airplane. We also get incredible backstories on ZAZ forming a live comedy group in wisconsin, the creation of the Kentucky Fried Theater and the Kentucky Fried Movie! The book is informative and hilarious but also quite inspirational as these three faced constant uphill challenges but persevered and as a result have brought so much laughter to the world! (my only wish was that the book was longer and delved into Top Secret which i equally adore). This book is a PERFECT gift for uber movie fans who dig Airplane.
PS: HUGE congrats to Godzilla Minus One! The last week has seen it garner a TON of positive reviews on social media. Most are hailing it as an amazing time at the theater. To that end it just recently received an expanded and extended run theatrically!!! To have a foreign film, with subtitles no less, get so much love and attention is a rare and wonderful event for cinema.
Expanding on my review from last weekend: this one IS worth a trip to the theater. Additionally, the human drama is so strong and prevalent that this flick very much will resonate and connect with folks who may not normally check out big ole monster movies.
Monty Python is just so great. I grew up (late 80's) aware of their existence, but was told they were too rude. Yeah, my parents were like that (but certainly not racist like some of the religious people are), but I eventually watched it at friend's houses.
Paul: thanks for sharing your story! Python was immeasurably important to me as a kid. An older kid in our scout troop sang us The Lumberjack Song and i had to know where he heard it. He told us of a show that was on very late at night on PBS called Flying Circus. It hit me like an atomic bomb of comedy.
Kunider: i was also hesitant! i figured a whole book on the movie would be alot of padding. But ZAZ are endlessly entertaining and funny. Also its broken up nicely so you can just read a chapter or two every so often.
Seconded. My lovely wife and I also attended the Quote-Along theatrical screening, much fun! We also finally ascertained the airspeed velocity of an unladen (European) swallow.
I wasn't even allowed to watch The Simpsons. But by the time I was a mid teenager they let off. They were kind of strict but not overly so. At one point I was copying Led Zeppelins first album using my double tape cassette player and other "devil" music like ACDC which certainly wasn't allowed. And then soon I was getting Black Adder VHS tapes from the library! My parents did not approve of Black Adder, but it's the funniest stuff ever!
JB: Ohhhh what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say "Ni!" at will to the F this gang.
Paul: ha! i think about the "devil" music thing all the time. The music that was touted as evil back in the 70s and 80s now finds itself imbedded in childrens movies and car advertisements and whatnot. One of my favorite examples: Motorhead is on the Spongebob Squarepants movie soundtrack. Bananas! Also, great call on Black Adder! its a series i loved but have only watched once..must revisit asap.
I watched a lot of Monty Python on Comedy Central back in the mid-1990s. The films were shown frequently on there, too. I memorized Holy Grail and Life of Brian ("Blessed are the cheeemakers?). I have not re-visited Python much since then. It would be interesting to see how much I still remember. "That rabbit is dynamite!"
This week saw the release of the Babylon 5 tv series on blu-ray. It's my favorite series ever, so i'm gonna spend the whole weekend watching it. I'll try to get a couple of movies in, just to change a little, but you know how it is when you get your favorite stuff...
Haven't seen Godzilla Minus One yer, but i've seen this
Godzilla (1998): it's not a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but for some reason i've always been drawn to it. So i think i'm gonna have to pull an Adam Riske here and admit that i just like it. But it's so dumb. They tried to shakes things up a little, doing somethings different, but it never quite came together. The casting of Matthew Broderick is weird. He looks like a bookish nerd, act like a bookish nerd, but is somehow miscast as a bookish nerd. Also, whatever happened with the blonde love interest, Maria Pitillo? I like her.
I've never seen the 1998 Godzilla. But while Roland Emmerich might get some flack, I find that he consistently makes very watchable movies. I've seen 2012 more times than I care to admit.
He gets flack for good reasons nowadays, but in a row he did Universal Soldier, Stargate and Independence Day. That's a solid trio of blockbusters right there
I haven't seen all of his newer movies, but I've liked those that I've seen. The followup to Independence Day was pretty entertaining (I don't actually like the original much), and Moonfall was ridiculous but very fun to watch. I mean it's all big CGI nonsense, but at least he's making original non-comic book movies which I appreciate.
I really want to see his version of Midway, which I've heard was a quite accurate retelling of the battle, and was a passion project for Emmerich. One of the things I loved about the original movie Midway was the incorporation of actual footage from the war, and I know Emmerich's version will be all CGI, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's bad.
The ID2 kind of broke even, but Midway and especially Moonfall were big box office failures. I wonder if he'll get another chance at it. It might be the end for him.
With the busyness of the week keeping me from tackling any serious films, I found myself seeking out some easy watches. Exploitation and genre films tend to be what I gravitate to in these moods. Examining what I watched, this feels like a Junesploitation week.
NEA: A YOUNG EMMANUELLE (1976, dir. Nelly Kaplan) – A film that popped up on MUBI that I had never even heard of. Sybille, an adolescent with an interest in e-r-o-t-i-c literature, decides that she can write a better novel than the ones she has read. (Her book collection is not small, either.) Being a virgin, it necessary to conduct research to complete the project. As inappropriate as the story can be, the director imbued it with a sense of agency that lowers the exploitative quality of Sybille’s quest. Frankly, she is more of an exploiter than a victim. The humorous flow of the narrative and Sybille’s brash nonchalance about societal mores had me cracking up a lot.
SCHOOL FOR UNCLAIMED GIRLS (1969) on Prime – The title is what first drew my attention to the film, but it really does not indicate anything about the viewing experience. This felt like several different films mashed together. Though there are some exploitative reform school scenes, at the heart of the film is a sincere drama about a traumatized girl and her family life. It also tries to be a groovy ’60s film. The tonal shifts come very swiftly, adding to the jarring quality of the film. The original British title is The Smashing Bird I Used To Know.
GAS PUMP GIRLS (1979) on Prime – This is a very genial and goofy drive-in teen comedy. A young woman, June, takes over her uncle’s struggling old-fashioned gas station when a modern station opens up across the street. June’s trump card for success is her friends. Dressed in skimpy uniforms, the ladies start attracting a good business. This is more innocent than the films that would come in the 1980s, and the disco soundtrack firmly places this at a specific period of time. The star, Kirsten Baker, is best known as the camp counsellor from Friday the 13th Part 2 in the Mickey Mouse shirt and tight shorts. I had a lot of fun with this.
PRETTY SMART (1987, dir. Dimitri Logothetis) – As 1980s teen comedies go, Pretty Smart is an odd amalgam of elements. Set at a fancy boarding school on a Greek island, a group of young women have to deal with rival cliques and a creepy headmaster. While the sleazier tropes of the genre are all present, the characters are allowed to be pretty and smart. The lead character, Daphne “Zigs” Ziegler, is lively and very independent. A young Patricia Arquette portrays her wisecracking best friend and is by far the best actor of the bunch. The only other actress I recognized is Julie K. Smith, who would have a busy B-movie career in the 1990s. The overall tone of the film is zany, sometimes working and sometimes not. There is an improvised feel to certain parts of the film.
Gas Pump Girls was one of my highlights a couple of Junesplotation's ago. It manages to make the nudity more fun and not as sleazy. Hopefully the actresses felt the same way about it.
That is why I used the phrase "more innocent", Paul. The nudity is not as salacious as other films of that nature, and it does not occur much in Gas Pump Girls, either.
welp..i already went outside the scope of movies once today with a book review, so why not throw in a TV review as well.....and weirdly tie it into a story i shared earlier in this thread....
Doctor Who: The Giggle (2023 Disney +)
So earlier in my reviews today i provided some insights into my origin story with Monty Python. And in a classic bit of timey-wimey-weirdness, the show that immediately followed Flying Circus on Chicago PBS in the 70s was none other than Doctor Who. I didnt totally connect as an uber nerdy kid but grew to realllllly love the series as it reincarnated in the 2000's. Today brings the closure of a special three part revisit with the Tennant, Tate, and Davies helmed era. I had a WONDERFUL time with it and this crew again. It also serves as a transition to a new era, a new doctor, and new adventures. Giddy!
Can't wait to see the new Doctor in action. The Jodie Whitaker era (era) was not great, to no faults of her own. Herself she was great in the role. I hear it got better towards the end
I have not watched much of the newer Doctors, but I have delved into the "classic" Doctor Who period (1960s through the 1980s) over the past couple of years. I watched the Tom Baker period (1974-81) decades ago, which also was shown on my local PBS station. There is a Roku Doctor Who channel that I watch while pet sitting, and through that I have seen a good portion of the important series of the first three Doctors (Hartnell, Traughton, and Pertwee). The three 1980s Doctors are undercut by the diminishing production values of the time, unfortunately.
I gave BLACK ADAM (2022) another try. For the first 20 minutes, the movie almost works with big production value and over-the-top destruction. But then it gets overstuffed with the JSA characters and the wannabe T2 banter between him and the kid. They should have combined the better parts of this and SHAZAM 2 into one movie, with Black Adam causing an international incident mirroring Billy's fear about turning 18 and being part of a larger world.
Also revisited INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (2023). I'm torn on this one. Ford is quite good in the quieter moments, carrying the weight of years upon him. But the action is all murky and clunky. And that's not really Antonio Banderas, right? Just some guy with the same name?
PLANET OF THE APES (2001) "Bow your heads!"
MEGAFORCE (1982) It's unfortunate when the way a movie was marketed is more interesting than the movie itself. At the time, the vehicles were promoted to audiences as the movie's "stars" rather than the actors or action scenes. Unwatchable, but a fascinating oddity.
And the new DOCTOR WHO specials have been a lot of fun. Allons-y!
I'm one of the people who is still a Rock "The Dwayne" Johnson defender, and I had completely forgotten that Black Adam existed. Although I have such superhero fatigue, I think I might just skip it. I'd rather re-watch the wonderful Jungle Cruise instead (I loved that movie).
Hey Meredith, I watched The Moon Spinners. Such a great little Disney movie. I grew up watching these type of movies. I loved the Madame Habib character and the Mediterranean setting. The bit where they were caught in the bustle of a parade was really good. It's a region of the world that I've never visited, and so I only know it from movies. It's probably quite different than what I imagine it to be. I was quite shocked when Mark (a young man in his mid-20s) gives a full lip kiss to the main character Nikky, who was about 17 during the time of filming, but I thought was supposed to be playing a younger girl.
Another movie about a young girl in a Mediterranean setting is Murina (2021). I very much recommend it. It about a girl who is trapped under a controlling father and is smitten with a visiting older man (played by the fantastic Cliff Curtis).
Hey Paul, awesome! Aw I'm so glad to hear you found a match with it. I loved the same parts. I thought it was delightful and the setting so romantic. It felt so adventurous, like a Nancy Drew. Also something I would have been into growing up.
Thank you for recommending Murina! It sounds great and I will be so happy to watch movies with more girl characters after this year. I have almost all boys in all classes and if it's not a movie with guys fighting or sports or action, they can't bring themselves to attend to it.
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ReplyDeleteMonty Python and the Holy Grail (Theatrical limited release)
One of my 10 favorite films of all time. Theatrically. An absolute treat. As me and my python loving buds sat down to watch i jokingly said "look if i start quoting this, word for word, out loud, feel free to punch me in the kidneys". One of them smiled and said "actually..we got tickets for the 'quote along version' so go for it!". Yup...turns out the limited release had quote-along-versions where subtitles would show up for key scenes or moments and encourage the theater to quote along outloud!! This was explained in an opening crawl which ended with (paraphrasing) "feel free to quote along but do not riff or try to make your own jokes...you arent funnier than Monty Python". LOL!!!!! It was a huge treat to get to see one of the funniest movies of all time again theatrically.....
and speaking of funniest movies of all time (what a segue!), F This Books.....
Surely You Cant Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane (2023 Book)
Its a pretty safe bet that if you grew up as a kid in the late 70s/early 80s, you've seen the movie Airplane about three thousand times and are looking forward to revisiting soon. This book, written by its creators (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker (aka ZAZ)) is an oral history of their coming together and their path to creating one of the funniest movies of all time. The biggest surprise for me was that the book isnt JUST about Airplane. We also get incredible backstories on ZAZ forming a live comedy group in wisconsin, the creation of the Kentucky Fried Theater and the Kentucky Fried Movie! The book is informative and hilarious but also quite inspirational as these three faced constant uphill challenges but persevered and as a result have brought so much laughter to the world! (my only wish was that the book was longer and delved into Top Secret which i equally adore). This book is a PERFECT gift for uber movie fans who dig Airplane.
Peace .n. Dont Call Me Shirley
Mashke
PS: HUGE congrats to Godzilla Minus One! The last week has seen it garner a TON of positive reviews on social media. Most are hailing it as an amazing time at the theater. To that end it just recently received an expanded and extended run theatrically!!! To have a foreign film, with subtitles no less, get so much love and attention is a rare and wonderful event for cinema.
DeleteExpanding on my review from last weekend: this one IS worth a trip to the theater. Additionally, the human drama is so strong and prevalent that this flick very much will resonate and connect with folks who may not normally check out big ole monster movies.
Monty Python is just so great. I grew up (late 80's) aware of their existence, but was told they were too rude. Yeah, my parents were like that (but certainly not racist like some of the religious people are), but I eventually watched it at friend's houses.
DeleteI was hesitant to get that book. You might have pushed me over the line 😁
DeletePaul: thanks for sharing your story! Python was immeasurably important to me as a kid. An older kid in our scout troop sang us The Lumberjack Song and i had to know where he heard it. He told us of a show that was on very late at night on PBS called Flying Circus. It hit me like an atomic bomb of comedy.
DeleteKunider: i was also hesitant! i figured a whole book on the movie would be alot of padding. But ZAZ are endlessly entertaining and funny. Also its broken up nicely so you can just read a chapter or two every so often.
Seconded. My lovely wife and I also attended the Quote-Along theatrical screening, much fun! We also finally ascertained the airspeed velocity of an unladen (European) swallow.
DeleteNi.
I wasn't even allowed to watch The Simpsons. But by the time I was a mid teenager they let off. They were kind of strict but not overly so. At one point I was copying Led Zeppelins first album using my double tape cassette player and other "devil" music like ACDC which certainly wasn't allowed. And then soon I was getting Black Adder VHS tapes from the library! My parents did not approve of Black Adder, but it's the funniest stuff ever!
DeleteLife of Brian is my favourite Python. Maybe it's just all the religious digs. I would definitely show up if they played at my local rep theatre.
DeleteJB: Ohhhh what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say "Ni!" at will to the F this gang.
DeletePaul: ha! i think about the "devil" music thing all the time. The music that was touted as evil back in the 70s and 80s now finds itself imbedded in childrens movies and car advertisements and whatnot. One of my favorite examples: Motorhead is on the Spongebob Squarepants movie soundtrack. Bananas! Also, great call on Black Adder! its a series i loved but have only watched once..must revisit asap.
I watched a lot of Monty Python on Comedy Central back in the mid-1990s. The films were shown frequently on there, too. I memorized Holy Grail and Life of Brian ("Blessed are the cheeemakers?). I have not re-visited Python much since then. It would be interesting to see how much I still remember. "That rabbit is dynamite!"
DeleteThis week saw the release of the Babylon 5 tv series on blu-ray. It's my favorite series ever, so i'm gonna spend the whole weekend watching it. I'll try to get a couple of movies in, just to change a little, but you know how it is when you get your favorite stuff...
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen Godzilla Minus One yer, but i've seen this
Godzilla (1998): it's not a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but for some reason i've always been drawn to it. So i think i'm gonna have to pull an Adam Riske here and admit that i just like it. But it's so dumb. They tried to shakes things up a little, doing somethings different, but it never quite came together. The casting of Matthew Broderick is weird. He looks like a bookish nerd, act like a bookish nerd, but is somehow miscast as a bookish nerd. Also, whatever happened with the blonde love interest, Maria Pitillo? I like her.
Got the 4k of Home Alone today, so i'm watching it
DeleteI've never seen the 1998 Godzilla. But while Roland Emmerich might get some flack, I find that he consistently makes very watchable movies. I've seen 2012 more times than I care to admit.
DeleteHe gets flack for good reasons nowadays, but in a row he did Universal Soldier, Stargate and Independence Day. That's a solid trio of blockbusters right there
DeleteI haven't seen all of his newer movies, but I've liked those that I've seen. The followup to Independence Day was pretty entertaining (I don't actually like the original much), and Moonfall was ridiculous but very fun to watch. I mean it's all big CGI nonsense, but at least he's making original non-comic book movies which I appreciate.
DeleteI really want to see his version of Midway, which I've heard was a quite accurate retelling of the battle, and was a passion project for Emmerich. One of the things I loved about the original movie Midway was the incorporation of actual footage from the war, and I know Emmerich's version will be all CGI, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's bad.
The ID2 kind of broke even, but Midway and especially Moonfall were big box office failures. I wonder if he'll get another chance at it. It might be the end for him.
With the busyness of the week keeping me from tackling any serious films, I found myself seeking out some easy watches. Exploitation and genre films tend to be what I gravitate to in these moods. Examining what I watched, this feels like a Junesploitation week.
ReplyDeleteNEA: A YOUNG EMMANUELLE (1976, dir. Nelly Kaplan) – A film that popped up on MUBI that I had never even heard of. Sybille, an adolescent with an interest in e-r-o-t-i-c literature, decides that she can write a better novel than the ones she has read. (Her book collection is not small, either.) Being a virgin, it necessary to conduct research to complete the project. As inappropriate as the story can be, the director imbued it with a sense of agency that lowers the exploitative quality of Sybille’s quest. Frankly, she is more of an exploiter than a victim. The humorous flow of the narrative and Sybille’s brash nonchalance about societal mores had me cracking up a lot.
SCHOOL FOR UNCLAIMED GIRLS (1969) on Prime – The title is what first drew my attention to the film, but it really does not indicate anything about the viewing experience. This felt like several different films mashed together. Though there are some exploitative reform school scenes, at the heart of the film is a sincere drama about a traumatized girl and her family life. It also tries to be a groovy ’60s film. The tonal shifts come very swiftly, adding to the jarring quality of the film. The original British title is The Smashing Bird I Used To Know.
GAS PUMP GIRLS (1979) on Prime – This is a very genial and goofy drive-in teen comedy. A young woman, June, takes over her uncle’s struggling old-fashioned gas station when a modern station opens up across the street. June’s trump card for success is her friends. Dressed in skimpy uniforms, the ladies start attracting a good business. This is more innocent than the films that would come in the 1980s, and the disco soundtrack firmly places this at a specific period of time. The star, Kirsten Baker, is best known as the camp counsellor from Friday the 13th Part 2 in the Mickey Mouse shirt and tight shorts. I had a lot of fun with this.
PRETTY SMART (1987, dir. Dimitri Logothetis) – As 1980s teen comedies go, Pretty Smart is an odd amalgam of elements. Set at a fancy boarding school on a Greek island, a group of young women have to deal with rival cliques and a creepy headmaster. While the sleazier tropes of the genre are all present, the characters are allowed to be pretty and smart. The lead character, Daphne “Zigs” Ziegler, is lively and very independent. A young Patricia Arquette portrays her wisecracking best friend and is by far the best actor of the bunch. The only other actress I recognized is Julie K. Smith, who would have a busy B-movie career in the 1990s. The overall tone of the film is zany, sometimes working and sometimes not. There is an improvised feel to certain parts of the film.
absolutely ALWAYS looking for more fun 'sploitation titles. thanks!
DeleteGas Pump Girls was one of my highlights a couple of Junesplotation's ago. It manages to make the nudity more fun and not as sleazy. Hopefully the actresses felt the same way about it.
DeleteThat is why I used the phrase "more innocent", Paul. The nudity is not as salacious as other films of that nature, and it does not occur much in Gas Pump Girls, either.
DeleteF This 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who!
ReplyDeletewelp..i already went outside the scope of movies once today with a book review, so why not throw in a TV review as well.....and weirdly tie it into a story i shared earlier in this thread....
Doctor Who: The Giggle (2023 Disney +)
So earlier in my reviews today i provided some insights into my origin story with Monty Python. And in a classic bit of timey-wimey-weirdness, the show that immediately followed Flying Circus on Chicago PBS in the 70s was none other than Doctor Who. I didnt totally connect as an uber nerdy kid but grew to realllllly love the series as it reincarnated in the 2000's. Today brings the closure of a special three part revisit with the Tennant, Tate, and Davies helmed era. I had a WONDERFUL time with it and this crew again. It also serves as a transition to a new era, a new doctor, and new adventures. Giddy!
Can't wait to see the new Doctor in action. The Jodie Whitaker era (era) was not great, to no faults of her own. Herself she was great in the role. I hear it got better towards the end
DeleteI have not watched much of the newer Doctors, but I have delved into the "classic" Doctor Who period (1960s through the 1980s) over the past couple of years. I watched the Tom Baker period (1974-81) decades ago, which also was shown on my local PBS station. There is a Roku Doctor Who channel that I watch while pet sitting, and through that I have seen a good portion of the important series of the first three Doctors (Hartnell, Traughton, and Pertwee). The three 1980s Doctors are undercut by the diminishing production values of the time, unfortunately.
DeleteI gave BLACK ADAM (2022) another try. For the first 20 minutes, the movie almost works with big production value and over-the-top destruction. But then it gets overstuffed with the JSA characters and the wannabe T2 banter between him and the kid. They should have combined the better parts of this and SHAZAM 2 into one movie, with Black Adam causing an international incident mirroring Billy's fear about turning 18 and being part of a larger world.
ReplyDeleteAlso revisited INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (2023). I'm torn on this one. Ford is quite good in the quieter moments, carrying the weight of years upon him. But the action is all murky and clunky. And that's not really Antonio Banderas, right? Just some guy with the same name?
PLANET OF THE APES (2001) "Bow your heads!"
MEGAFORCE (1982) It's unfortunate when the way a movie was marketed is more interesting than the movie itself. At the time, the vehicles were promoted to audiences as the movie's "stars" rather than the actors or action scenes. Unwatchable, but a fascinating oddity.
And the new DOCTOR WHO specials have been a lot of fun. Allons-y!
I'm one of the people who is still a Rock "The Dwayne" Johnson defender, and I had completely forgotten that Black Adam existed. Although I have such superhero fatigue, I think I might just skip it. I'd rather re-watch the wonderful Jungle Cruise instead (I loved that movie).
DeleteHey Meredith, I watched The Moon Spinners. Such a great little Disney movie. I grew up watching these type of movies. I loved the Madame Habib character and the Mediterranean setting. The bit where they were caught in the bustle of a parade was really good. It's a region of the world that I've never visited, and so I only know it from movies. It's probably quite different than what I imagine it to be. I was quite shocked when Mark (a young man in his mid-20s) gives a full lip kiss to the main character Nikky, who was about 17 during the time of filming, but I thought was supposed to be playing a younger girl.
ReplyDeleteAnother movie about a young girl in a Mediterranean setting is Murina (2021). I very much recommend it. It about a girl who is trapped under a controlling father and is smitten with a visiting older man (played by the fantastic Cliff Curtis).
Hey Paul, awesome! Aw I'm so glad to hear you found a match with it. I loved the same parts. I thought it was delightful and the setting so romantic. It felt so adventurous, like a Nancy Drew. Also something I would have been into growing up.
DeleteThank you for recommending Murina! It sounds great and I will be so happy to watch movies with more girl characters after this year. I have almost all boys in all classes and if it's not a movie with guys fighting or sports or action, they can't bring themselves to attend to it.
Have a great week!