So - last night we had an impromptu date night ;) I actually got to see a grown up movie! Bear in mind please I am a bit of a nerd,geek, freak as the term applies - I love sci/fi and fantasy. I love comic books in general. So, as much as I'd love to see The Omen (though perhaps better seen when I'm not pregnant), we went to see X-Men 3... My issues with the movie not withstanding and not getting into, I enjoyed the movie. There were 12 people total in the theater... Me, Rob, some quiet nerd/geek like me in the front, and a group of 2 girls and 4 boys who came in on time and a group of 3 girls who came in late. Through the previews - I don't mind the talking and the giggling... I expect it. I do not however expect to listen to giggling girls, snapping gum, the flicking on and off of flashlights, and nearly obsessive talking - INTO the damned movie.
I know what's wrong with kids now... their parents never teach them anything about respect - self respect or otherwise. that's why we've got 14 yearolds having babies because they don't respect themselves enough to say - NO. That's why we've got a generation of children who expect the world to bow at their feet and gimme gimme gimme.
I get to go to the movies MAYBE 2 times a year to see a NONkid movie. That's part of being a parent - date nights are few and far between and there are other things besides movies that we like to do. (In our house when I'm not knocked up, we have adult time on sundays when we play paintball). Anyway - so it's rare for me to see a movie in the theater. I am not about to put up with that crap when I'm trying to watch my alltime favorite superhero EVER (don't really know why... but he is) try and save the world. No teenage girl, however obnoxious or self-absorbed, has the right to get between me and my enjoyment of Wolverine... So - I complained. What choice did they give me? I'd already gave them the evil eye once or twice and it did nothing and, not wanting to cause issues vocally - I went to the people outside... And I got to enjoy the rest of my movie.
I did have some issues with the movie but I'm not getting into that now or here... and I'm done ranting now... I think
I did however have a great brainstorm while watching the movie... MAYBE, if the baby is a boy, he'll find himself named Logan ;)
~S
Posted by Shade53 at June 15, 2006 06:50 AM