Harlem Globetrotters Hit The NJ and NYC Area This Feb! We Have 25% Off ANY Show! @Globies

Have you ever been to a Harlem Globetrotters game? If you have you already know how much fun it is be a part of the action. If you have not, then you are definitely missing out on a great time with your family and friends. The Harlem Globetrotters have been around forever and have a way with making the fans part of all the fun!

So excited to be able to offer 3decades3kids readers 25% for ALL Harlem Globetrotters Games  with promo code FUNFAM http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/tickets

 

The world famous Harlem Globetrotters, featuring some of the most electrifying athletes on the planet, will bring their spectacular show to Las Vegas on Feb. 9th. The famed team will feature a star-studded roster that includes Big Easy Lofton, Ant Atkinson, Hi-Lite Bruton, Thunder Law, Bull Bullard and Cheese Chisholm  –  plus female stars TNT Lister and Ace Jackson* –  the Globetrotters’ one-of-a-kind show is unrivaled in the world of family entertainment. Every game will showcase incredible ball handling wizardry, rim-rattling dunks, trick shots, hilarious comedy and unequaled fan interaction. You won’t want your family to miss it – use promo code FUNFAM to save 25% off your tickets. http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/tickets

Disclosure: Diane Sullivan is a Harlem Globetrotters Partner Blog. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan and do not reflect the opinions of the parent company represented. No compensation was given for this post. A family pack of tickets was offered to the event. Contact me for collabs at Diane@3decades3kids.net and @3decades3kids across all social media platforms. Snap us at ThreeDecades

Disclosure: Disney provided our family  with The Light Between Oceans At Home Viewing Party Kit. No compensation was given for this post. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan.  Thank you Disney and DreamWorks.

DreamWorks Pictures- The Light Between Oceans- Now On Blu-ray! At Home Viewing Party

Honestly, is there anything better than gathering up a few friends and watching a movie? In my book that ranks up pretty high on the fun chart. Recently Disney offered to host an at home viewing party for the movie The Light Between Oceans, now available on Blu-ray! How could I ever turn an offer like that down. I am a total sap when it comes to movies that will make me cry. Hubby does not get it. He can’t understand why I would want to sit in front of  a screen with a box of tissues and cry my eyes out. Okay, so I don’t exactly get it either but it’s something that I have always loved to do! It’s like I become one with the character in the movie and actually feel their pain. We bond! lol Thank goodness that our movie viewing party box came with tissues, we needed lots and lots of tissues.

So, The Light Between Oceans At Home Viewing Kit arrived a few days before the party. The kit was absolutely as perfect as a kit could be and included everything that you could ever ask for in order to have maximum emotional extraction the night of the party. I was beyond pumped because a hard copy of the book was also included. Say no more- before I was even done unboxing, I started reading the book! Read. Read. Read. Read….. I had to finish the book before the movie. Did I mention that I wanted to see this movie badly but somehow never got the chance to, or maybe I was afraid I would flood the theater with my tears? It took me exactly six hours to read the book cover to cover….and I cried! That is another thing hubby does not understand. He does not get how sitting on my favorite chair snuggled up with a blanket and cup of tears crying my eyes out over paper pages in a book is enjoyable, but you get it right? I was SO sad about all the events in this book and I was SO MAD!!! I was mad at the Isabel! I was mad at Isabel for keeping the baby and then I even madder for what she does later in the story. Ugggg! I was also sad. I cried. Then I cried more. Then more.

DreamWorks Pictures’ “The Light Between Oceans” stars Michael Fassbender as Tom Sherbourne, a young combat veteran and lighthouse keeper on a remote island off the coast of Western Australia; Alicia Vikander as Isabel Graysmark, the beautiful and spirited daughter of the school headmaster on the mainland of Partageuse; Rachel Weisz as Hannah Roennfeld, a resident of Partageuse who is desperately hoping to find her husband and baby lost at sea; Bryan Brown as Septimus Potts, Hannah’s wealthy, influential father; and Jack Thompson as Ralph, a salty, sea-faring skipper. The film is written for the screen and directed by Derek Cianfrance based on the novel by M.L. Stedman and produced by Oscar-nominee David Heyman, p.g.a. and Jeffrey Clifford, p.g.a. The executive producers are Tom Karnowski, Rosie Alison, Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King. http://www.thelightbetweenoceans.

Moving right along to our movie night.  I was the only one who knew the FULL story. I already knew what was coming. That gave me the chance to start crying even before parts showed on the screen. As we assembled to watch The Light Between Oceans we had a full blown team of people! Our viewing party consisted of myself, my ten year old daughter (don’t judge-she’s really like twenty in mental years), our two baby sitters and of course my two older sons and my husband. As my husband stated- he needed to see exactly what had me dripping tears all over our pillows.

Our kit was complete with The Light Between Oceans Blu-ray, book, Tea Tins, amazing coffee mugs, bath bombs, soy candles, tissue packs and slippers!!! Yes, slippers!! What a great kit! In my eyes it was put together perfectly!

We filled our coffee mugs, grabbed some movie munchies, turned down the lights and watched. By the way, I have this weird habit before we watch a movie at home. I always play the youtube movie preview! That gives everyone a clue as to what is coming! It also gives us a chat point. So, we watched the preview and (I already knew because I read the book) found out that Tom and Isabel are madly in love and live on an island alone because is the sole caretaker of the lighthouse. Isabel has a miscarriage or two (there are two crosses in the grass) and is extremely sad. She is outside one day and hears a baby crying and sees a boat that has washed ashore. Her and her husband rush to the boat to find a baby!! Isabel wants to keep the baby. Tom does not. WHO do you agree with???

Preview ends and we have a TEN minute discussion before the movie even starts!!! My hubby and I almost get into an argument because I secretly already know what happens from reading the book and to my surprise he THINKS Isabel is right and should just KEEP the baby! WHAT????? As I said previously, I was SO mad at Isabel! How can you just take a baby? I mean, it’s someone’s baby right? It’s not hers just because it washes ashore. My hubby thinks they should just keep it because then are the only ones on the island and it will make his wife happy. Ugg!! So, now I’m like, ” So, you would just keep someone’s baby just to keep (me) your wife happy?”.  He says he felt so sorry for Isabel. I did get him to agree that if I was ever that sad and a baby washed up to NOT let us keep it! As for the rest of the viewing party, they were pretty much split on what they would do. Mind you- this was all before we even started watching the movie.

 

NOW, I cannot tell you anymore about our “discussion” as the movie went on but there are things that happen in the movie that really make you question what you would do in the same situation.

If you want to host a great movie night with your friends and family….and maybe your husband this is a very good movie to gather up around. But be warned. You will need tissues. Every one of us in the room teared up at some point. Some of us were in faucet mode!! No matter what side you take during this movie you will be jarred with emotion. At the end we all loved the movie and had to agreed just how amazing it all came together.

DreamWorks The Light Between Oceans is now available on Blu-ray:

DreamWorks Pictures’ “The Light Between Oceans,” a lush, classical romance, starring two-time Academy Award® nominee Michael Fassbender (Best Actor, Steve Jobs), Oscar® winner Alicia Vikander (Best Supporting Actress, The Danish Girl), and Oscar and Golden Globe® winner Rachel Weisz (Best Supporting Actress, The Constant Gardener), arrives home on Digital HD, Blu-ray™, DVD and On-Demand. The mesmerizingly beautiful film is based on the 2012 best-selling novel by M.L. Stedman, which swept readers away with its transporting story of fate, love, moral dilemmas and the lengths one couple will go to see their hard-fought dreams realized. The in-home release of “The Light Between Oceans” will carry audiences even deeper into this timeless tale of love and impossible choices through never-before-seen bonus features, including a documentary which reveals director Derek Cianfrance’s unique approach that allowed the all-star cast to embody their characters and examine the power of love; a historical look at New Zealand’s Cape Campbell Lighthouse that serves as Janus Rock, a key element in Stedman’s novel; and insightful and in-depth audio commentary led by Cianfrance. Cianfrance was transfixed by M.L. Stedman’s writing and remained faithful to her book, explaining, “The most meaningful compliment on the film I’ve received so far was from Stedman herself, who said she spent the day weeping after attending a screening … weeping because she felt that she was understood.” According to Stedman, “The result is an exquisitely beautiful and emotionally authentic film that stays true to the spirit of my novel, yet also embodies the deeply personal interpretation of the director and his actors. It’s been a great privilege to watch it come into being.”

Bonus features include*:

• Bringing The Light to Life – For weeks, the cast and crew of “The Light Between Oceans” lived in trailers on Cape Campbell, an isolated region of New Zealand, to film the movie adaptation of the best-selling novel. This documentary chronicles the unique approach and shooting style of director Derek Cianfrance and the production journey that inspired Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz to fully embody their characters and explore the power and depths of love.
•  Audio Commentary – View the film accompanied by an in-depth and thoughtful conversation between director Derek Cianfrance and his film studies professor Phil Solomon. 
•  Lighthouse Keeper – The filmmakers, cast and Cape Campbell Lighthouse inspector/maintainer Rob Sword share the history of the lighthouse and explain the typical duties a lighthouse keeper like Tom Sherbourne would have during an assignment on Janus Island.
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   Audio Commentary

Disclosure: Disney provided our family  with The Light Between Oceans At Home Viewing Party Kit. No compensation was given for this post. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan.  Thank you Disney and DreamWorks. Diane Sullivan is a Disney and DreamWorks Partner Blog. Contact me at Diane@3decades3kids.net and @3decades3kids across all social media platforms. Snap us at: ThreeDecades