It was also, I think, the official end of my ability to wear regular pants until this baby arrives. By the end of the month it was just painful squeezing into pants that felt absolutely fine a few weeks before.
Tag: hugo cabret
I’m still trying to decide what to make of this trailer…I see many changes from the book. And I think by now I’ve clearly established how completely in love with that story I am. As a rule I try not to obsess about changes in a film adaptation of a book as long as the film stays true to the spirit of the original and it adds to the experience. I look at them as separate things. So I’m holding my breath to see what Martin Scorcese has done with it, since every movie he’s ever made is brilliant. But if he messes up the spirit of this particular book, I’m having every Hugo Cabret-lover I’ve ever taught write him angry letters.
I finally showed this 3 minute video to all my 3rd graders this week. Adam filmed this video of me while we were wandering around Montparnasse on New Year’s Eve, and I meant to show it to the kids at the beginning of January. I’ve been reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret with them since Thanksgiving. But then I got sick, then I had to catch up, then we had snow days. So this week I showed it to all of my 3rd grade classes, and it was a big hit. It took 15 minutes to watch the video because we paused it a lot so they could ask questions.
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