The IMDb summary made it sound much duller than it actually was: “After a catastrophic crash, pilot Mills quickly discovers he's actually stranded on an unknown planet. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills must make his way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive.”
What the summary doesn’t mention is that Mills (played by Adam Driver) isn’t alone—he’s accompanied by a 9-year-old girl (played by Ariana Greenblatt) who also survived the crash. And that "unknown planet"? It turns out to be prehistoric Earth, 65 million years ago. The movie is rated PG-13, and while it had a few tense moments, the Grands really enjoyed it.
Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt both did a great job. Their performances felt believable, especially the girl's character. She was smart, brave, and often the one coming up with clever ideas that saved the day. From a grandparent's point of view, I appreciated how capable and strong she was portrayed.
I didn’t get a full movie review from Charlotte, but she did tell me she "Loved, loved, loved the movie." That’s high praise coming from her!
After the movie, we baked pizzas together and had fruit for dessert—an assortment the kids picked out with Grandpa at the store earlier in the day. Today’s picks were grapefruit, kiwi, and a peach. Charlotte liked the grapefruit best, Caleb enjoyed the kiwi, and the peach went home with them for later, since everyone was full after pizza, milk, and fruit.
Once I dropped them off with Megan and Jeremy, I came home and took a quick nap before spending the evening baking three batches of zucchini bread (two loaves each) to use up the zucchini Joe picked yesterday. Meanwhile, Joe was busy in his home machine shop making a new tool for work. He loves making tools. I apparently love baking zucchini bread. It works out.
Grandkids, garden abundance, and a tinkering husband—what more could I ask for? It’s a good life.