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Iron Man/Favorite movie outings with kids
Well, so much for the stupid theory that the release of Grand Theft Auto IV would put a crimp in the opening weekend grosses of Iron Man. Wow.
And good news for fans of the movie - that sequel you (and I) are waiting for may hit as soon as 2010.
To get the blog going this week, however, a I’d like to pose a question. A few comments on my Iron Man review were about taking kids to the movie. It seems to be have gone over especially well with the young ones.
So I wonder: What was your most memorable moviegoing experience with a child? It doesn’t have to be the first movie, necessarily, and it doesn’t have to be memorable for happy reasons. Many of you, I’m sure, have known the trauma of taking a child to one of the tragic Disney movies (Bambi, Lion King) as lampooned in this brilliant Animaniacs short.
If you don’t have kids yourself, your answer can be about taking other kids to the movies, or hearing funny kid responses. Comment and share.
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By rhonda
May 10, 2008 1:11 AM | Link to this
Every time I sit down with my daughters to watch a movie I loved as a child, such as Lady & the Tramp or Wizard of Oz, and I see them just as enthralled with it I get all choked up!By JT
May 6, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
A few summers ago, I took my kids to see Fantastic Four at the drive-in. The second feature was Wedding Crashers, and since my kids were young, they normally fell asleep before the end of the first movie. About a third of the way through for Wedding Crashers, my 4 year old son pops up from the back seat and asks: “Why do those guys want to go to all of those weddings?” He then looks up at the screen and sees a scantily clad young woman and simply says “Oh, nevermind”. Needless to say, I missed the rest of the movie.By SRCputt
May 5, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this
Taking my then 6 year old daughter to Star Wars Episode 1 and then watching her go in the back yard to re-enact the final battle is the first memory that comes to mind.