Shawn Levy Shuffle: Night At The Museum

This is the movie. 

When I found out that Shawn Levy directed this movie I needed to look no further for a director that I wanted to follow his works. There are going to be plenty of movies that will be considered "classics" the older I get, but I believe this one will for sure make that list. 

Larry Daley is a man who is still trying to find his way in the world. He is trying to find a passion to constantly pursue rather that just keep following whims. The real problem is that his son, Nick, is getting older and is not longer finding these whims as fun as they used to be. Larry is constantly movie, and changing jobs and Nick is embarrassed and over it. Larry decides that he needs a change. He takes a security job as a night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History. 

He things that the job is going to be an easy gig, until he finds out that history literally comes to life at night! An ancient tablet was placed at the museum decades ago, and when the sun goes down, everything in the museum comes to life. The question then becomes is is Larry going to make history by staying at the museum, or will it repeat and he leave the coolest job known to man? 

The is a film that has all of the stars in the sky under one historic roof! You have Dick Van Dyke, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Rami Malek, Owen Wilson, and many more! Everyone my age has seen this movie and it seems to have been very memorable. This is always the movie I always reference when I try to explain who my favorite actor, Mickey Rooney, is. I always ask if they saw this movie, and "do you remember the short night guard who called everyone hotdog?" They usually do and know who I am talking about.

I love this movie cause there aren't any dull moments, and its so funny to watch the pieces come to life every night. 

I am really excited to be reviewing the sequels to these movies in the next couple of months! 

Shawn Levy Shuffle: The Pink Panther

I knew that when I picked to watch all of the movies directed by Shawn Levy this year that I was in for a treat. I also knew how nostalgic that it was was going to be. It still hits me out of now where how much of my childhood he was a part of. 

Inspector Clouseau is on the case! When the world's most interesting diamond, The Pink Panther, goes missing, everyone wants to be on the case. However, when the man in charge wants the glory of finding the missing jewel. In order to investigate without everyone watching his every move, he gets the idea to hire the worst detective on the force. Clouseau proves to be more than what his reputation may seem. 

I really did enjoy watching this film when i was younger. I remember some of the Pink Panther TV shows but this movie was very different. However, it still hold the magic touch that only Shawn Levy seems to have. 

I know that lots of people can watch a movie and see how certain things are shot and be able to pick out the who directed it. I am really thinking that it's the fun childlike wonder that you feel watching his movies that really sets the apart. 

The List: 113

 I seem to be crossing some of these off faster than I thought. I know that in the next couple of months I will cross off a lot, but I like the ones I don't see coming. 

#113: Go on a picnic. 

So, we got to celebrate my friend Hollie's birthday over the weekend with the rest of the Sassy Sistas and she wanted to go to Cade's Cove and go on a picnic. 

We had a great drive, and some wild conversations, but it was so much fun! It was also a perfect day for a picnic at Cade's Cove! There were hardly any people, and got through most of the park in record time, and got to see a bear! 

The weather was perfect and the company is always wonderful with these ladies! Love my girls!

No Place Like Movies At Home: West Side Story

 I know that we have talked about this movie at least one time, but it's time to cover it again I guess. 

Two rival Gangs, The Sharks and The Jets, or in war of territory on the island of Manhattan. However, when one of the members of the Jet's falls in love with Maria, who is the sister of the leader of The Sharks. This retelling of Romeo and Juliet is met with lively and memorable music. 

It's been a while since I have seen this movie and it was so good to revisit it. I love the dancing, singing, and the story in general. It's a heart breaking masterpiece, that no remake could ever do justice (I refuse to watch the 2021 remake.) I look forward to walking this movie again. 

There They Are And There They'll Stay: Inside Out

 I took another shortcut today when it comes to this movie. 

I didn't watch it. 

Not because I didn't want to, but because I have been crazy busy and we literally just covered this movie this last year. Since not that long of a time as passed, I decided to save some of my sanity, and go ahead and skip the movie. 

So, quick recap of the movie. Riley moves away and get a whole much of emotion about it that she doesn't let out. Joy is trying to keep Sadness from being in control at all. Nothing goes to plan.

So, My thought on the movie can be reviewed in the last synopsis I wrote last year. I love the movie but I really do need to talk about how I think this works in faith. 

It think that this works because no where in the Bible does it say that we have to hide any of our emotions. Yet, there are seasons for things such as happiness and sadness but we are never told to not feel anything. I like not having to hide my emotions from God because He made them. He know what it's like to feel all of the things that we feel.   

In Jesus Loves Movies the versed that is used is Proverbs 14:13

"Laughter can conceal a heavy heart, but when the laughter ends, the grief remains." 

It says the same thing to, we are not asked to hide our emotions. We are can feel a multitude of emotions at the same time. We are never asked to hide them.  

There They Are And There They'll Stay: The Babadook

 So, we came across a scary movie....

A family dealing with a monster that comes from their own grief. 

Ok, I have to be honest. I did not watch this movie. I do not do scary movies. I only watched the one scary movie back in 2018 because I was doing the Year of Courage. 

So, I love the concept of the movie, or being haunted by your grief. Like I don't want that to happen in year life but having something that is so hard to deal with actually become a physical thing that you can fight seems like a very interesting bit of work. We all wrestle with all of out emotions at different point in the lives, and throughout every day. 

I think, that without seeing the movie, wheat I an connect is that God tells us that there is a season for everything. Not only that but no where in the Bible does it say that we have to cover up our emotions for any reason! We are allowed to feel what we feel when we feel it. We just can let it control our lives, or it becomes a monster. 

Mr. Strangolagalli uses Luke 22:14 

"And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground."

In one of the faith books I am reading this year R.C. Sproul talks about this same moment, but in Matthew. He talks about Jesus praying so hard that the blood vessels in his forehead started to bust. I can't imagine being in that much anguish. 

I have felt pain of loss. 

I have lost friendships that I still mourn to this day, even though some it's been more than ten years. I have lost possessions that meant so much to me. I have lost family members, and I am not prepared to lose the ones closest to me. 

The worst grief I have ever felt was loosing my cousin Dean. 

I know that I have talked about that day on here before because it was in my Year of Review challenge in 2016. I won't go into all the details again, but I have never understood why people tore their clothes in the Bible when they encountered grief, until that day. It was like a weight that needed to come off but there was nothing that I could pull off of me to make the burden less. 

That is what I also love about Jesus and God. I love that God feels these same feelings we go through everyday, He created them. However, I love that we know Jesus actually walked in those emotions in human form. That He truly walked a mile in our shoes, and knows how ever emotions we will ever feel will feel like first hand. How many people who are part of royalty come down and to a commoner level and work, life, and die the way that we do? None. They can give up their royal line and become one us forever, but never be royal again. Jesus, King of Kins, Lord of Lord, Prince of Peace, gave up his thrown for 33 earthly yeas to live, breath, work, laugh, cry, love, hurt, and die so that we might be saved. Then got to come back to His thrown to rule at His rightful place! No other King has done so! 

Our emotions are meant for a season, even if that season is a few minutes of frustration. We are meant to have them and feel them.