When the world ended last year, my girl and I really took to watching movies together. She’s our only daughter and I think that’s a little bit of why. It was a great excuse to “ditch the boys” and do something fun together. It’s also my middle teen’s love language: undivided attention. We crawl into bed and snuggle with our popcorn, and have in-depth commentaries on where we’ve seen the actors before. Only to be confirmed by IMDB, because duh, no cheating.
She also took a liking to two genres the boys just aren’t interested in: Thrillers + Romance. I know. Both are super healthy for her psyche and development. {I’m sure a registered profesh could argue both sides. I’m rolling with the positives here.}
It was a rainy Saturday and we were sitting at the kitchen table, wondering what we should watch first. We’ve had an ongoing list that keeps growing.
“I have the perfect lineup,” I proclaimed after glancing at my phone. “One scary movie. One girly movie.”
Emerson waited patiently for me to announce what we’d be viewing that day. Malone was at a friend’s house for the afternoon, and Aiden was eager to return to a rather intense video game with friends. I didn’t think he was listening.
“The Notebook. Starring Ryan. The one from La La Land.”
“Ooooh that will be good!” Emerson nodded her head in agreement.
via scary mommy
“And then this one’s a cheesy classic,” I said before announcing the title with a small drum roll. “I Know What You Did Last Summer. DUN DUN DUN!” {Cue creepy ominous voiceover music, here}
“Wait. Which one’s the thriller, and which one’s the romance?” Aiden looked up, suddenly joining the conversation.
I smiled, amused by his question. “Which do you think is which?”
“Well I think it’s kinda obvious.” he replied. “The Notebook is this movie about a guy murdering people and writing it in his notebook. Like a serial killer. He writes his names like a list, and then slowly scratches each one off after some dumb scene.”
He paused to see if he was correct, but I nodded and suppressed a laugh, waiting for him to finish.
“And I Know What You Did Last Summer, is clearly when two people fall in love over the Summer. They have to leave after the summer is over, and promise to meet again. Because last summer, they know what they did.”
He was quite pleased with himself, while the rest of us broke into unbridled laughter. We had to admit, his answers made perfect sense.
“You know what?” I said after I’d recovered, “You could flip the general, predictable summaries of both movies, and you’re absolutely correct.”
I personally think they should make a serial killer movie with Ryan Gosling because I still get boy Ryans’ names confused and up until like three years ago, I totally thought that Magic Mike lost some bulk, to play Captain America. I think sometimes I’m face blind, and sometimes I’m officially at that age where everyone is exactly the same age as me… but those are different topics for another day.
{Douse your angry mob torches because my children DID NOT see the former and when we watch movies together, I edit.}
They should just combo out both movies with remakes and my son as the director: The Notebook Last Summer.
I think both would be better, and a little less predictable. They could definitely use more comedy in the paradoxical sense. Coming soon to theaters near you.
So here’s to the summer movies, and quick quips from funny kiddos. From the mouths of babes. It just gets better, the older they get.
Have an inspired day!
Anna says
Brilliant! This made me laugh so hard. I’m the same way with movies. Love your funny posts! Thank you for making my day