Movie: Enchanted
This weekend I watched ‘Enchanted’. There are a lot of very reasonable criticisms to be made of this film, none of which I am likely to make, because I really liked it. If you have seen it and would like to be critical, fine, but (1) it’s not a parody or a satire, so don’t complain about how it didn’t parody earlier Disney movies in this scene or that and (2) it’s a fairy tale which, for the purposes of the show, had to have some kind of happily ever after. I loved the 2-d animation, I loved the homages to older Disney shows, I loved the huge song and dance numbers (and am only slightly annoyed that they took out one with the actor who had played Elphaba: don’t hire Broadway people for musicals and then cut their songs), I thought it was sweet and cute, and if they do add in the missing musical number, I will likely end up buying the dvd then.
Also my cat is missing again (since either Sat or Sun, I do not remember), and I’m feeling slightly neurotic about it, because she hasn’t returned even in bad weather. (As a general rule she doesn’t, but I feel that she should.)
November 28th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Hi I post this as someone who enjoys reading your blog. This is important.
Please go to this website, Cat Fence In,
http://www.catfencein.com/
Sooner or later, an abuser will take and torture your cat if you let them run. It happened to me and then I found out it happens to most cats.
And that is only one of the billions of ugly things that happen to cats whose owners are not around to protect them. It is like letting a three year old run free in a shopping mall. You might get lucky a few times but it will end badly if you keep it up. There are a lot of abusers and the law will not help you. The Humane Society admits it rarely returns animals to their owners. You have to be there everyday to see who they bring in. Calling is not enough. They will not recognize your cat.
Yet cats need to be outside. They need to get outside for exercise, to eat the greens and for all the reasons we humans need to be outside.
That means saving the money to install a fence and putting this cat-fence-in system on top of the fence.
I have a great big long post on my site about installing the cat-fence-in system. Get them sterilized, get yearly vet exams for their teeth, and fence them in.
I say this in kindness as one who learned the hard way.