Movies, Movies, and More Movies

The films that we watched today were really fun to watch and gave us a different aspect of each of the artists' work.  Some were dark, others were funny, and they all told a beautiful story in a wonderful way.  The Battle at Kerzhenets was really beautiful in the beginning and a little sad when you see the women's faces when the men were going into battle, many of them probably knew that they would never see those men again after that day.  Mary and the Christ child to me became a symbol of hope and courage for the men who were fighting the battle.  Though it became very dark when the battle started.

The Fox and the Hare was a very cute children's story that involved a hare, a fox, and a rooster.  The rare is sad due to the fact that the fox kicked him out of his own home and took it for herself.  The rooster helped the hare get his home back and they live happily ever after.  I guess the lesson that little kids would get from this film is to fight for what rightfully belongs to that person.  A definite must watch for kids and adults of all ages just for the fun of it, or to watch the rooster kick the fox's butt out of the hare's home.

Hedgehog in the Fog is one of my favorite film and is a really cute story of how a hedgehog has a little adventure in the fog.  Seeing the hedgehog's reaction of seeing everything differently in the fog allows us to see the perspective of what a child thinks is hiding in the fog.  I'm sorry Alex, but the owl reminded me of you too much, all the owl needed was a red hoody, glasses, and a cast on a wing and we have the Alex owl.

 Tale of Tales was very beautiful in it's own way and felt like a lullaby being told on the screen that made it seem more dreamlike than anything else in this film.  In a way all of our dreams and imaginations are just like the film, it's crazy and strange, but in the end is beautiful in its own way.