I hope Morgan Freeman gets the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture. I liked the movie.
I was not able to change Z’s mind about it. He just didn’t like it.
Before Leaving the House:
K: Ok, we’re going to see Invictus at noon.
Z: Do we have to?
K: Yes, but what would you like to see?
Z: I don’t know.
K: You think about it and we’ll go see the movie you want to watch tomorrow.
Z: OK. (His face is balled up as if K has asked him to go pick butterbeans or do some type of other difficult work.)
At the Theatre
K: This movie is going to be good.
Z: SILENCE.
K: Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors. I’ve loved him since I was in Kindergarten and watched him on Electric Company.
Z: SILENCE.
They enter the theatre.
Z: It sure is crowded.
K gives Z a threatening look. She wants to elbow him a little to let him know that he will not ruin this movie for her.
Z & K both laugh at the preview of the upcoming movie with Chris Rock in it.
The movie begins.
K is engrossed in the movie.
Z is engrossed in the popcorn.
About half way through the movie Z says, “Is it almost over?”
K: SILENCE.
Z: SILENCE.
K: In tears when they sing the national anthem, she looks over at Z. He is asleep.
In the Car on the Way Home
K: I still can’t believe how Mandela could forgive all of that.
Z: “Throw your guns and your knives into the sea.” (In an exaggerated South African accent.) That was the best line in the movie.
K: That was an educational film. I wanted you to learn more about Mandela.
Z: The movie would have been better if I’d known more about Rugby.
K: That was another opportunity to use the movie to learn about something new.
Z: Mom, it’s Christmas Break. I don’t want to learn.
I was not able to change Z’s mind about it. He just didn’t like it.
Before Leaving the House:
K: Ok, we’re going to see Invictus at noon.
Z: Do we have to?
K: Yes, but what would you like to see?
Z: I don’t know.
K: You think about it and we’ll go see the movie you want to watch tomorrow.
Z: OK. (His face is balled up as if K has asked him to go pick butterbeans or do some type of other difficult work.)
At the Theatre
K: This movie is going to be good.
Z: SILENCE.
K: Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors. I’ve loved him since I was in Kindergarten and watched him on Electric Company.
Z: SILENCE.
They enter the theatre.
Z: It sure is crowded.
K gives Z a threatening look. She wants to elbow him a little to let him know that he will not ruin this movie for her.
Z & K both laugh at the preview of the upcoming movie with Chris Rock in it.
The movie begins.
K is engrossed in the movie.
Z is engrossed in the popcorn.
About half way through the movie Z says, “Is it almost over?”
K: SILENCE.
Z: SILENCE.
K: In tears when they sing the national anthem, she looks over at Z. He is asleep.
In the Car on the Way Home
K: I still can’t believe how Mandela could forgive all of that.
Z: “Throw your guns and your knives into the sea.” (In an exaggerated South African accent.) That was the best line in the movie.
K: That was an educational film. I wanted you to learn more about Mandela.
Z: The movie would have been better if I’d known more about Rugby.
K: That was another opportunity to use the movie to learn about something new.
Z: Mom, it’s Christmas Break. I don’t want to learn.
