1.0Socamomhttps://socamom.com/wEva Wilsonhttps://socamom.com/w/author/socasoca/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5RfISL0BdV"><a href="https://socamom.com/w/review-the-good-dinosaur/">[REVIEW] The Good Dinosaur</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://socamom.com/w/review-the-good-dinosaur/embed/#?secret=5RfISL0BdV" width="600" height="338" title="“[REVIEW] The Good Dinosaur” — Socamom" data-secret="5RfISL0BdV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://socamom.com/w/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://socamom.com/w/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/good_dinosaur_poster_socamom.jpg10141500Whether you are a mom, dad, auntie, uncle, Godmother, Godfather, or grandparent, you know that it's the little things that you do, every now and then, that can give you hero status (albeit temporary). Every now and then I do reviews of movies. I don't always get to take the kids with me - well - not all of em. You see, blogging is work, and while I get a lot of opportunities to work with my kids, some of them are limited. I wasn't sure that I was going to be able to take all three of them to see this one, and ALL three of them wanted to go. The little ones are still young enough to want to see anything animated. The oldest is on the Beaches Teen Advisory Panel with one of the movies stars, Marcus Scribner, so he wanted to support his friend's work. When I got the message that the whole family could attend, I surprised them after I got out of class - mom's the hero! While they were excited, no one was willing to take a picture. I couldn't blame them. I was too pooped to even take a selfie... and I was having a good hair day (contrary to popular belief - selfies take energy)! As the lights went down, my li'l bit says, "Mommy, this is going to be to boys what Frozen is to girls isn't it?" She has a thing for analogies. "There'll be plushies and coloring books and all this stuff for boys..." Then she looks across me and scowls at the boys staring at the screen through their 3D glasses. I had a long day, it is exam time, and with lights being off... I could have easily... drifted... off... to... sleep... BUT I DIDN'T! I was awake for every bit of it, and boy was it worth it. Of course it had a couple of the the all too familiar Disney elements including themes like friendship, journeys full of lessons, facing fears, and one scene that was eerily similar to another popular Disney movie, but it still managed to be a fresh, fun take on an interesting supposition. "The Good Dinosaur” asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend named Spot. While traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of. ~ Disney•Pixar There were so many wonderful details and fantastic in the artwork and the story - I was all in.