One Month Old Today

Not me, obviously, but the little man. We bought him a baby gym as a present :-)



We decided not to let him play with the plastic bag wrapping stuff it came in, for one because it's not as much fun as a box, and two there's a certain amount of choking hazard in little babies playing with plastic bags. Even if they are the most beautiful things in the world.

We were pleased to see that Dominic was at least mildly entertained by his new toy - and hopefully will become more so as he grows older.




Movies Seen on DVD
We've watched a few dvds in the past couple of days - Die Hard 4.0, Simpsons Movie, 28 Weeks Later and Blades of Glory. I enjoyed all of them to some extent. Here's my extent-o-metre ratings:

Die Hard 4.0 - a fun action movie with a pretty good cast. Not hugely Die Hardish, or particularly plot-clever, but a fun movie to watch with some impressive stunts. I liked the really dumb rock song about Die Hard that's on the DVD, and the interview with the band. 3/4 extent of enjoyment.

Simpsons Movie - just like watching a 2 part tv episode, but with some oddly unnecessary CG animation thrown in. No more (or better) jokes than most of the good TV episodes. So OK, but not really an 'event' movie. A mildly amusing 5/11.

Blades of Glory - exactly as stupid and fun as I was expecting. Perfectly pitched for the sleep deprived, with strong performances from all cast members (I'm getting to quite like Will Ferrel). 26/38.

28 Weeks Later - worth a post of its own, this was a great horror movie in my opinion. Tense, well put together, and with characters who didn't make a bunch of frustratingly silly decisions. Debbie and I particularly liked the selfish life-preserving actions of Robert Carlyle at the start, and the 'kill everyone' back-up plan that the military put into action. A pleasant exploration of the 'everyone does the right thing and they're still screwed' situation. Well scary. 12 corpses out of a bakers' dozen.