I love to watch movies with the boys. However, it is often difficult to agree on one that we all are willing to watch. Recently, Mad Dog persuaded me to allow the boys to watch a crazy tornado movie called Into the Storm. My boys usually do well watching movies geared slightly above their age range. We use a lot of humor to lighten the drama and it winds up being more comical than scary.
One of the reasons I love to watch movies with them is because they haven’t seen enough to understand obvious plot points. When I accurately ‘predict’ what is going to happen next, they are amazed.
For instance, Into the Storm had a scene where I correctly predicted that both the characters would live, even though all evidence pointed to the contrary. To see if Mad Dog was paying attention I said, “You know the hot girl lives. They always do.” He said an absentminded, “Yeah.”
Well, at this point, he was totally busted. I teased him and said, “What? So you admit she’s hot?”
He was backed into a corner.
As the movie progressed and this girl was in more and more peril, every time she survived, Mad Dog used it as a teaching tool. “See boys? See how the hot girl survives everything? That’s why I married your Mom. It’s the law of hotness. I will never die in a storm as long as I’m married to your Mom.”
My prediction? Mad Dog is safe for a long, long time.
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