Monday, March 27, 2006

Why we go to matinees

This weekend we took the whole fam damily to see “She’s the man” since we still have to wait one more weekend for Ice Age II. (X MEN III----- MAY 26TH! Oh, the joy!) It was cute and entertaining. We have been going to more matinees this last little while simply because it makes me feel better to not pay $7.50 for a ticket and we are courteous realists knowing that we are taking a 4 year old to a theater full of people who want to watch the show. We will continue taking the family to matinees because my 10 year old also has a rough time talking in a whisper and experiences deep down urges to make sure the person sitting next to him really understands what just happened on a 30 foot screenin front of them. I will start accepting your thanks for this considerate gesture now.

The movie started out with Amanda Bynes out with her friends and boyfriend at the beach playing soccer. After a little sand footsie with the ball, she gave her boyfriend a couple of PG rated kisses. In the darkened theater, you hear a little 4 year old voice give way, “EWWWWWWWWWWW! Kissing! Get me out of this movie!” It took us giving him the whole bag of popcorn to convince him to stay. However, at the end of the movie Cooper informed us that he had laid down and closed his eyes during the other kisses on screen. Is it unrealistic to hope this remains a staunch belief until he is 18?

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