School ends here next week and we are already booking our summer vacations. A family reunion in Colorado, art camp in North Dakota, girls camp in Idaho and time with my husband in Montana. This of course is all in June!!!

One of the perfect movies to get families ready for their summer vacation is "RV" starring Robin Williams. Let's start with some movie facts from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449089/goofs.



- In the sequence where we meet the Gornicke's for the first time, Billy's right front tooth is only about a quarter of the way grown in. When he meets Bob in the Bathroom later that night, the same tooth is about halfway grown in. When they leave the next day, it's all the way grown in. Thus, that sequence must have actually taken a couple of weeks or so to shoot.

- Early in the movie, when Bob (Williams) makes a last minute hard turn at the corner, the pop-out slides out revealing that it has no sides to it.

- As the Monroes are entering Utah, the Welcome to Utah sign is in the emergency breakdown lane of the highway.

- When the Monroes pull in for fuel, Bob fills the diesel RV with unleaded gasoline.

Murphy's Law had to be the frame work for this movie. Bob Munro sees his family falling into social isolation from each other. All he wants is family time and memories. The family trip to Hawaii has to be canceled due to a work conflict (go to a business meeting in Colorado or be fired), so Bob rents an RV and takes his family on vacation. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong.

The Munro's meet the Gornickes who are RV pros. All three of the Gornicke children are named after former NFL players from the Houston Oilers: Earl (Earl Campbell); Moon (Warren Moon) and Billy ('Billy "White Shoes' Johnson' ). The Gornickes become unwanted friends that the Monros try unsuccessfully to lose.

The value of this movie is in knowing our vacations could never be so bad.

This movie is rated PG for crude humor, innuendo and language. This is a must see prior to any vacations you take this summer.

Before you head back to the Neighborhood, check out RV living in the 30's.

About 10 years ago I was a visitor in a ward in the Salt Lake Area. A young couple was asked to speak about Temple Marriage. The young Sister arose and told the most loving, compassionate story of love I had ever heard. She spoke of her first marriage (She could only have been about 20 at the time I heard her speak). Her husband had a disease that he was dying from. She fell in love with this young man because of the beauty of his spirit. She agreed to marry him in the Temple knowing that they would never have a normal marriage. Their marriage became a month of memories and service for a young man that I will not forget.

I remember this talk every time I watch "A Walk to Remember". Shane West plays Landon, the good looking, shallow High School student that is court ordered to community service. It is here that he comes to know Mandy Moore's character Jamie.

This "feel good movie" portrays Landon developing from a shallow, insensitive young boy to a deeply caring man, who will never again go back to being a boy. Landon learns that Jamie has only one true desire before she dies. Initially it is absorbed as information to ponder. As Landon sees Jamie's life spirit slowly slip from her day by day, he desires only to fulfill he dream.



This movie exemplifies total unconditional love. To give of one's self knowing that you will never receive back is the final lesson of charity in this film. Kleenex boxes will need to be on hand even for the guys.

"Pure" and "simple" romance are labels used to describe this movie. It is rated PG for thematic elements, language and some sensual material. There are 11 swear words, sexual body movements, brief picture nudity and talk of drinking beer. This movie should have been rated PG-13. Parents should pre-view it and decide if it is appropriate for their children to view. Released in 19 countries with only one having a "Teen" rating on it (Spain), it remains a favorite of viewers.

This film has been linked with "The Notebook", "Bridge to Terabithia" and "Grease" as to other movies in the same catagory.

The director's commentary is informative as to spotting errors in the filming.

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