Footie and Film
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przedIn spite of the fact that the Sweetie and I are huge film buffs, or perhaps because of it, Ros has shown absolutely no interest in movies for years now. She's always saying "Film just isn't my thing, mom," and trying to get out of going to daycare any time they have an outing to a movie theatre planned.
I am determined to change this. And since she's turning into a serious sports player and fan, I have decided to do it with... sports movies!
First up tonight was Bend It Like Beckham. Girls playing footie! How perfect is that.
The ground rules we've set are that Ros has to stay in the room whilst the film is playing, but she doesn't have to pay attention if she doesn't find it interesting. She was all happy because she thoroughly intended to ignore the film and work on her latest Lego set. Except she didn't! She got totally sucked into the film and watched it all, clapping when our heroines' team won, and getting tense when it looked like things weren't going to work out.
At the end, Ros wouldn't admit it was worth a thumbs up, but apart from a bit just before the end where things looked tense and she cried a bit, she totally seemed to enjoy it.
Next up: a local theatre is doing a screening of The Bad News Bears. That's a slice of my childhood, and hey, if foul-mouthed kid baseball players get Ros watching a movie, I'm all for 'em.
Seeing as she's such a hockey fan, at some point I'm going to have to subject myself to The Mighty Ducks.
So, does anyone else have suggestions for eight-year-old-friendly sports movies?
I am determined to change this. And since she's turning into a serious sports player and fan, I have decided to do it with... sports movies!
First up tonight was Bend It Like Beckham. Girls playing footie! How perfect is that.
The ground rules we've set are that Ros has to stay in the room whilst the film is playing, but she doesn't have to pay attention if she doesn't find it interesting. She was all happy because she thoroughly intended to ignore the film and work on her latest Lego set. Except she didn't! She got totally sucked into the film and watched it all, clapping when our heroines' team won, and getting tense when it looked like things weren't going to work out.
At the end, Ros wouldn't admit it was worth a thumbs up, but apart from a bit just before the end where things looked tense and she cried a bit, she totally seemed to enjoy it.
Next up: a local theatre is doing a screening of The Bad News Bears. That's a slice of my childhood, and hey, if foul-mouthed kid baseball players get Ros watching a movie, I'm all for 'em.
Seeing as she's such a hockey fan, at some point I'm going to have to subject myself to The Mighty Ducks.
So, does anyone else have suggestions for eight-year-old-friendly sports movies?
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Date: 2014-10-04 10:14 am (UTC)Bend it's a fun film - I love Jess's father and the Jonathan Rhys Meyer character playing cricket at the end :) My fave sports film might be The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner with Tom Courtenay but I'm not sure that would count as 8-yr-old friendly...
I'm going to try for my cricket icon, but if the current LJ icon problem's still ongoing it will default to... um default.
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Date: 2014-10-05 03:51 am (UTC)Bend It is the one film in which Jonathan Rhys Meyer managed to portray a reasonably warm human being. And yes, him playing cricket with Jess's father at the end is adorable.
I have to admit I've never seen Long-distance Runner, only read the book. I'll have to correct that some day, though I suspect it wouldn't quite be to Ros' taste.
Every time I post a comment, I hope this will be the time it holds on to my icon selection.
ETA: No joy this time. Stoopid LJ.