Today’s Freecycle Freemeet was a huge success. It was held in conjunction with an NYU group – Earth Matters. We got a clean space with live music, clothing racks and a separate room for sorting clothes. P.J. was happy and even got to take a break to eat lunch. Thanks to Marcy for getting the pizza. Got rid of a bunch of stuff and only brought home a couple of books and an incentive skirt – it doesn’t quite fit yet but…
After the freemeet saw Flushed Away, the new animated film from Aardman Animation (Creature Comforts, Wallace & Gromit) and Dreamworks with Nick and Vincent. It is is a fun story about rats in England (much better than it sounds – if you are a fan of early Guy Ritchie work – there are some scenes you will love; the French frogs are fantastic) and has amazing actors doing the voices (Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslett, Ian McKellan, Jean Reno, Bill Nighy, Andy Serkis…). It’s not stop-motion animation but it still has some of the feel of Aardman work – there’s no mistaking the teeth. Not least of the fun is walking around Midtown pretending to be animated slugs – Eeeeeeeee!
