Family Fun Day
We took the kids to see The Lightening Thief yesterday. Dani read the book a few months ago and has been DYING to see it ever since. Emily and I have also read it and Dani made Jason read it in prepration for the big event. Evan, not to be outdone, also started to read it the day before we went, but as its a little over his reading level, it has been slow going and he had only plowed through 2 chapters by the time we went to the movie.
We thought we'd be really smart and get there ON TIME for the movie, so we wouldn't have to sit in the very front row. We should have planned to get there 30 minutes early, as the show was completely sold out and even though we got tickets, we couldn't find seats together, so we traded in our 1:35 tickets for a showing at 4:10 and went out to kill some time. We did a little shopping and had an early dinner at Sonic and then made it to the theater, yes, 3o minutes early for the show.
I should probably state that watching movies with my boys is torture. They ask questions constantly and it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep them quiet. Somehow I always forget this. Perhaps I am a little oversensitive on this point since they were shushed by a couple of cranky old ladies when we saw A Christmas Carol a few months ago. So we started out the movie with me quietly and insistently urging the boys to WHISPER, PLEASE WHISPER!!!! But of course, Evan, having read two whole chapters of the book and was an expert on all things Percy Jackson and was explaining everything that was happening to me with no attempt to keep his voice down. The row in front of us, to my relief, was very amused, rather than wanting to kill us. One lady turned around the tell me that she thought he was hilarious and asked how old he was. I could see several people laughing at him. Finally, once we got past the events of the two chapters he'd read, he quieted down and asked only occasional loud questions. At the end of the movie, Brendan piped up, "They're happy! Its a happy ending!" which also got chuckles from 30 or 40 people in front of us. The kids all enjoyed the movie, though Dani was baffled by the fact that the movie didn't follow the book exactly. I think I will avoid taking the family to the movies on opening weekends in the future though. We risk annoying fewer people.
We thought we'd be really smart and get there ON TIME for the movie, so we wouldn't have to sit in the very front row. We should have planned to get there 30 minutes early, as the show was completely sold out and even though we got tickets, we couldn't find seats together, so we traded in our 1:35 tickets for a showing at 4:10 and went out to kill some time. We did a little shopping and had an early dinner at Sonic and then made it to the theater, yes, 3o minutes early for the show.
I should probably state that watching movies with my boys is torture. They ask questions constantly and it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep them quiet. Somehow I always forget this. Perhaps I am a little oversensitive on this point since they were shushed by a couple of cranky old ladies when we saw A Christmas Carol a few months ago. So we started out the movie with me quietly and insistently urging the boys to WHISPER, PLEASE WHISPER!!!! But of course, Evan, having read two whole chapters of the book and was an expert on all things Percy Jackson and was explaining everything that was happening to me with no attempt to keep his voice down. The row in front of us, to my relief, was very amused, rather than wanting to kill us. One lady turned around the tell me that she thought he was hilarious and asked how old he was. I could see several people laughing at him. Finally, once we got past the events of the two chapters he'd read, he quieted down and asked only occasional loud questions. At the end of the movie, Brendan piped up, "They're happy! Its a happy ending!" which also got chuckles from 30 or 40 people in front of us. The kids all enjoyed the movie, though Dani was baffled by the fact that the movie didn't follow the book exactly. I think I will avoid taking the family to the movies on opening weekends in the future though. We risk annoying fewer people.
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