It's hard to believe I got myself into this! Can I blame it on just too much going on overall, so I didn't notice? (In reality, I am not a detail person, so missing a date is "like me!"). So ... what am I talking about?? Well, the boys have been soooooooooooooo excited (for 2 years) since they heard Spielberg was making a new Indiana Jones movie. Clay wanted to see it when it opened very, very much. Well, today (May 22) is their last day of school for the week - they have a 4 day weekend for Memorial Day. So, I looked at th opening day and lo and behold (!) - it's May 22!. So, I thought "how cool" and bought tickets for the 12:01 show - the very first showing! In my mind thinking, it would be so much fun for all of us to see it like that! We saw "Pirates of the Caribbean" at a 12:01 showing it was loads of fun - costumes, the works! We could celebrate the beginning of the long weekend by seeing this movie and sleeping in! Well, Clay wanted his buddy T. to come along, so T. went to buy a ticket. He called us and asked if it was Wednesday night or Thursday night. You see my error now, don't you?! I was thinking THURSDAY night 12:01 - but the opening is officially 5/22/08 at 12:01 - which was WEDNESDAY night! We tried to figure out what to do, but as it turned out, Dad couldn't go either night due to meetings. Then I found out the tickets were non-refundable! So, the boys went to bed at 8:30 and got up at 10:45 pm last night (Clay slept, Harrison laid there for an hour, then got up again). I couldn't sleep that early either, but was glad Clay did. They both promised to go to school with no whining. So, off we went to see "INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL" AT 11:00 PM - early enough to get good seats! Above you see Harrison and Clay dressed the part! It truly was loads of fun - there were lots of "Indy's," a few "Short Round's, " one guy dressed up like the swordsman from the first movie that Indy shot, and some other characters. The theater broke out in a rousing rendition of the theme song (using da-da-da's) twice, and everyone there was generally fired up, having a great time, and behaving well! Huge applause as the movie started ... HUGE applause when we first glimpsed Indy ... HUGE HUGE applause at the end! It was just what you expect from an Indiana Jones movie - his grumpiness, lots of action, a "bad guy" that gets what's coming to them in the end (the guy was a woman this time), interesting reinterpretation of true facts, and of course, the outfit! We arrived home at 2:27 am -- the boys didn't look too much worse for the wear! We were all up at 7:10 this morning (a little late) and made it to school 10 minutes late - not too bad! Both boys were up, dressed, and off with no whining, as promised, as well!! Some parts of growing up are great!
All in all, a fun night and probably worth it because of how much fun it was to be part of the crowd last night! While "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is a formula movie, it was so nice to see just what I wanted and expected. Sometimes it's really nice to see an old fashioned good guy/bad guy movie where good always wins out. I certainly crave that simplicity at times!!
It's hard to believe I got myself into this! Can I blame it on just too much going on overall, so I didn't notice? (In reality, I am not a detail person, so missing a date is "like me!"). So ... what am I talking about?? Well, the boys have been soooooooooooooo excited (for 2 years) since they heard Spielberg was making a new Indiana Jones movie. Clay wanted to see it when it opened very, very much. Well, today (May 22) is their last day of school for the week - they have a 4 day weekend for Memorial Day. So, I looked at th opening day and lo and behold (!) - it's May 22!. So, I thought "how cool" and bought tickets for the 12:01 show - the very first showing! In my mind thinking, it would be so much fun for all of us to see it like that! We saw "Pirates of the Caribbean" at a 12:01 showing it was loads of fun - costumes, the works! We could celebrate the beginning of the long weekend by seeing this movie and sleeping in! Well, Clay wanted his buddy T. to come along, so T. went to buy a ticket. He called us and asked if it was Wednesday night or Thursday night. You see my error now, don't you?! I was thinking THURSDAY night 12:01 - but the opening is officially 5/22/08 at 12:01 - which was WEDNESDAY night! We tried to figure out what to do, but as it turned out, Dad couldn't go either night due to meetings. Then I found out the tickets were non-refundable! So, the boys went to bed at 8:30 and got up at 10:45 pm last night (Clay slept, Harrison laid there for an hour, then got up again). I couldn't sleep that early either, but was glad Clay did. They both promised to go to school with no whining. So, off we went to see "INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL" AT 11:00 PM - early enough to get good seats! Above you see Harrison and Clay dressed the part! It truly was loads of fun - there were lots of "Indy's," a few "Short Round's, " one guy dressed up like the swordsman from the first movie that Indy shot, and some other characters. The theater broke out in a rousing rendition of the theme song (using da-da-da's) twice, and everyone there was generally fired up, having a great time, and behaving well! Huge applause as the movie started ... HUGE applause when we first glimpsed Indy ... HUGE HUGE applause at the end! It was just what you expect from an Indiana Jones movie - his grumpiness, lots of action, a "bad guy" that gets what's coming to them in the end (the guy was a woman this time), interesting reinterpretation of true facts, and of course, the outfit! We arrived home at 2:27 am -- the boys didn't look too much worse for the wear! We were all up at 7:10 this morning (a little late) and made it to school 10 minutes late - not too bad! Both boys were up, dressed, and off with no whining, as promised, as well!! Some parts of growing up are great!
All in all, a fun night and probably worth it because of how much fun it was to be part of the crowd last night! While "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is a formula movie, it was so nice to see just what I wanted and expected. Sometimes it's really nice to see an old fashioned good guy/bad guy movie where good always wins out. I certainly crave that simplicity at times!!
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You are such a good mom. I don't think I could even stay up that late to see a movie. And what fun that the boys get into character. I think I will not let my boys know about this one, or I will be on their bad list.
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