So I said I'd tell you about the holiday video we watched in class and I have this tendency to call movies films. As in, we're going to watch a film to day and I'd like you to be quiet during the film. Or something like that. Does it make me sound old? On to the uh.. movie. It was called Olive, the Other Reindeer and the summary goes a little something like this:
"After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North Pole and volunteer to be a replacement. Unfortunately, Olive must deal with an evil postman who's tired of handling all the extra Christmas mail. Will Martini the penguin be able to help Olive realize her dream?"
Now I watched the movie at least twice and I'm not sure what Olive's dream was other than to love Christmas a lot more than anyone I've ever met. She even rivals Leslie on her holiday spirit. And before you start questioning why I've seen a film (there I go again) with a penguin named Martini (who does use the line "I'm fine, shaken but not stirred") more than once I'll get on with the little bit of adult humor I found in there. I don't mean that kind of adult. Hush.
See, Olive mishears the radio announcer who says "Santa's counting on all of the other reindeer?" now think about it and say it out loud. All've the other reindeer. Exactly. There's also a moment when the character Richard Stands thinks the Pledge of Allegiance is about him. You know.. For which it stands? uh huh, try it out loud again. Oh, and the guy who thinks that Silent Night is about him. "All is bright, Round yon virgin, mother and child?" His name is Round John Virgin. Okay, so that one's a bit of a stretch. Don't hurt yourself.
As far as these things go it was a pretty cute film and the kids loved it. Some of them were even in both classes that viewed it and wanted to see it again. Only hours apart. I know. Even the evil postman mentioned has a pretty good reason for not liking Christmas. He talks about (okay, he sings) all the heavy packages he has to carry and the excess number of catalogs that are sent out and heavy gifts, extra mail, and on and on. Someone should give him a clue that it's the corporations that are causing his grief and not Santa. And his first solution of sending hate mail to Santa in the names of children wasn't very cool. Dude, again, not Santa's fault. He should have asked for a new shift or a roll cart for Christmas instead of ruining everyone's good time.
So that's the movie in a nutshell and probably the best review I've ever given on an actual movie I've seen. Scary isn't it.
Tomorrow: thoughts on a wedding reception I went to or at least some thoughts that occurred to me while I was there, or driving home. I also saw Pirates of the Caribbean again so I might comment on that. OR you know, find something that doesn't involve me and the TV and write about that.
