Saturday, September 10, 2005

Two Thumbs Up

Went to see 40 Year Old Virgin tonight. It was a seriously funny movie. Many others have said it, but I have to emphatically agree, the chest waxing scene... funniest scene ever! That alone was worth the price of admission.

I learned 2 very important things tonight at SilverCity. The first being, I am way too old to be going out to movies. The place was literally crawling with teenagers. I was easily 15 years older than 99.9% of the people there. All these kids seem much older than I did at the same age. The were congragating in large groups all over the steps. All the girls were dressed like Britney Spears. All the boys like Eminem. All of them talking on cell phones. I'm sure to somebody in another group 20 feet away. In what was, I'm sure, a regular occurence there was two cops walking around keeping watch over everything. We all felt like we were walking out of a high school dance. We stood for a while, Mike and I in our little group of friends, commenting on the teenaged chaos going on around us. Don't they have anyting better to do we asked each other several times until somebody pointed out that we were doing exactly the same thing. Chatting with friends, catching up, rehashing the movie, getting ready to part ways. I guess the big difference is we managed to take care out all that in 15ish minutes, whereas our younger counterparts would likely stay clustered together for hours. A little peek into the future. I'm sure in much less time that Mike or I will be comfortable with Abby will be asking if she can go the movies with her friends. I wonder if they actually see a movie or is it enough to stand outside all night?

As I mentioned we saw 40 Year Old Virgin. Which again I found hilarious. For myself, a 32 year old woman. I was a little disturbed at the number of younger teeangers who also saw the movie with us. Another clear sign that I am not only old, but a mom too. This movie was rated 14AA. I would in no way be comfortable with Abby seeing a movie like that at 14. Or 15 or 16 for that matter. Do these parents have any idea what their kids are seing when they are off at the movies. Or do the just drop them off and not care? Which isn't to blame the parents. I mean I was a teenager once myself. My mom didn't always know what I was off doing. So I understand there's ways around that. Let's get real here, the movie is about a 40 year old virgin. Obviously it's going to be heavy on jokes that are very sexual in nature. Perhaps an R rating would have been a better idea. I just don't think a 14 year old should be able to decide to see this movie on his or her own. I also think parents get lulled into a false sense of security by the ratings on movies. They see the 14AA and just assume that it must be okay for their child to see without really doing any research about the movie itself. The internet is a powerful tool and I encourage all parents to be informed about what your child is watching. Okay public servie announcement over.

1 comment:

Lori said...

I havent seen the movie myself, so maybe I shouldn't criticise, but I am uncomfortable about a film laughing at a man who is 40 and a virgin. What is so wrong with being a virgin? I understand the film isn't about a man who has moral principles that keep him from engaging in pre-marital sex but rather about a man who can't seem to "get some" but I still feel that the fact that being 40 and a virgin is laughable, I think that's really sad and kinda offensive. Maybe I'm thinking too personally, of an unmarried woman I know who's doctor actually laughed when she said she'd had no partners. At any rate, just wondering what you thought in that regard as someone who has actually seen the film. (SOrry, I'm not criticising your seeing the movie, but rather the movie's premise.)