Hey, everyone!

Say, did anyone else get a chance to see that delightful new movie, "Over the Hedge"? Oh, I LOVED it!! While I suppose the squirrel could be called the showstealer, I especially liked the way they debveloped that raccoon character; call me biased, but I always thought that a 'coon would make a great lead! (Of course, in my opinion, that raccoon in Pocahontas was the lead as well!)

They had the raccoon personality down to the last festidiously raided potato chip, and his physical attributes, while certainly cartoonish, were raccoonishly naturalistic and well-animated as well. It was a nice blend of naturalistic and anthropomorphic caricatur if you ask me: like any raccoon would, he plummages through garbage bins and gets himself into (and out of) mishaps with sly ingenuity; yet, as a raccoon of course wouldn't (but would easily be pictured doing), he totes a little bag of the most outrageous household items as a gadget arsenal, and he smooth-talks his fellow critters into working for him! An of course, there is that sad bit about him being a loner -- such is the curse of coons. All signature procyonid!

But moving away from my mischivous little friend, the whole movie was wildly clever -- the puns on the characteristic personalities found in suburbia (I'm sure you'll all find parallels in your own neighborhood!), and especially the blatant depiction of us humans' overconsumptive nature, had me laughing to tears!

By the way, fellow furs, here's a link that you might find interesting if you haven't seen it yet -- just take a peek at the picture featured in the article (and I'm NOT referring to Bruce Willis!):

in.today.reuters.com/news/ne...cle.aspx

But ah, how rude of me -- there I go blabbering again! So, what did YOU all think of the movie?? And if you haven't seen it yet -- DO!!!

Thanks, cheerio, signing off...