I've got a new blog post up. It's about the 2012 animated movie Rise of the Guardians. (The reason I'm doing it this week is because the story takes place around Easter, an unusual choice, as I note, since, unlike Christmas, Easter isn't really that big of a deal for secular people.) I don't know that the movie itself would be of interest to Narniawebbers but I ended up working a quote from C. S. Lewis (specifically from The Screwtape Letters) into my blog post so I thought some of you might appreciate that.  

Animation Station: Rise of the Guardians Is Saved by Its Ending. | The Adaptation Station.com

Happy Easter. 

I did a special post on my blog for Mother's Day. In it, I looked back on four great mother characters from movies I've written about on there in the past. 

An Adaptation Station Mother’s Day | The Adaptation Station.com

Here are the movies. (If you haven't any of them yet, note that my blog post doesn't hold back any spoilers, either for the movies themselves or the books on which they're based.)

• Peter Pan (2003)
• Freaky Friday (1976)
• Little Women (2019)
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)

Speaking of live action Disney comedies from the 1970s, like Freaky Friday, I recently watched The North Avenue Irregulars (1979.) (It also stars Barbara Harris, Patsy Kelly and Ruth Buzzi, all of whom were in Freaky Friday too.) The movie is actually based on a true story about a minister and a group of church ladies who went undercover to help the US government take down the Mob. I imagine the real people involved were highly offended by the movie because of how ridiculously it portrays them. But I had a fun time watching The North Avenue Irregulars and if you enjoy this type of comedy, I'd recommend it to you. 

I recently watched (and rewatched!) the movie Flow. It was a highly emotional experience for me every time. However, one of the things it made me think of was Narnia and how much the look of the movie might be almost Narnian in concept. I am sure there was no big intention on the part of the film's creator, but still I kept thinking of Narnia which lead me to start rereading the Chronicles after an almost 20 year absence. (Yes, I'm old). 

Did anyone here see the movie and think the same things? 

Some friends visited yesterday for an evening fire, and afterwards, one of them played background music from various movies. One of them was the end title for Apollo 13, and I was reminded again of just how good that movie is - and this from a space nerd that was glued to TV and radio (about all we had back then) for the latest news during the Apollo program. Sure, we can nitpick a few details, but it's one I still like to watch.

I still remember being in a theater way back when (for a movie I've since forgotten), when a trailer for that movie came out. I recall wondering, "How can they make a movie of that?" But I saw it in the theater when it first came out and was astonished.