Curious George. It is most certainly my favourite movie which fits into the G bracket. There’s no kissing, no innuendos no violence just pure animated fun. I think that one word really sums up the whole movie. I’m always smiling from start to finish. Somehow the witty one liners which are scattered throughout keep me smiling throughout. Although I must say the real heart of this movie is in the animation or more specifically one little monkey called ‘George’. He is absolutely charming.
So unbelievably adorable! I love that little monkey! There’s a wonderful scene when he’s playing with a projector and the writers play homage to King Kong. I couldn’t help but think how cute. Honestly I don’t think I’ve ever wanted so desperately to be able to leap inside a movie. I’d steal that little monkey and take him home although I guess that would make him sad since he’d be away from the man with the yellow hat. Maybe I’d just have to visit him.
Anyway while I was dorkily smiling at all of Georges antics one piece of dialogue stuck with me. Of course it isn’t particularly poetic (this is a movie for five year olds after all...) but it was just so wonderfully to the point.
“George is gone and I’m afraid it ‘s your fault that he;s gone so the question is what are you going to do about it?’
How often do we make mistakes and end up moping about them? We’ll spend hours and hours worrying about what we’ve done and wishing that we had a time machine so we could make everything right. Real pansies, that’s what we are! We get so wrapped up in our heads that we fail to see the big picture. There is a way out and usually there’s a very simple way to fix our mistake if we look for it. For the man in the yellow hat that was driving his car into the ocean and then climbing up the anchor for a ship bound for Africa carrying George. Not a very simple solution although it did lead him to utter the line ‘luckily movies have taught me exactly what to do in these situations’. As much as I did enjoy that line I was left wondering why he didn’t do something earlier! It would’ve made life so much easier. The hardest moment in the entire movie was *spoiler alert* watching George being taken away by animal control. I was almost shouting ‘come on run after him!’ especially since his adorable little face was so sad. It all turned out well in the end and I guess it taught me a lesson. As soon as you make a mistake accept it, move on and try to make it right.
George is a perfect ambassador for living life to the full. He explores every opportunity that presents itself. Whether that be painting stripes on an elephant in the jungle or experimenting with spiders under glass orbs? He’s ‘curious’ about everything around him instead of being scared of it. When he first arrives in the big city instead of shying away from the taxi cabs he’s leaping across them in an effort to keep up with the man with the yellow hat. It’s this fearless approach which leads him into some perilous situations but then again it also leads him to end up saving the day. In life we all need to be a little bit like George. Whenever you’re in a scary situation; flying up in the air attached to helium balloons then we’ve got to have faith that we’ll get out of it and maybe it’ll turn into a wonderful adventure rather than merely being a crisis averted. Take opportunities whenever they present themselves and don’t let one failure quell your curiousity. Keep on experimenting and exploring. It’s the only way that we can really learn.
Okay so now that I’ve essentially said that my role model is a monkey I think it’s time to say good night... and I’ll STRONGLY recommend watching Curious George I think it’s my favourite movie...
3 Good Things
*Having a nice little chat with my Mother.
*Drawing a pretty picture of a truck on a card and writing ‘keep on trucking’.
*Curious George of course! I think from now on it can be my sick day movie...
After Dinner Mint NTS style.
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Shop: Madison, Conferacy
Eat : Comme Ca, Vivoli Cafe & trattoria, Cecconi’s
Out: Bardot
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