Yesterday we took the kids to see "Cars." I had thought we were the last family on the planet who hadn't seen it, but the theater was packed (it's still playing at only one small local theater). I guess a rainy Sunday afternoon at the end of the summer will do that. It was Julie's first cinematic experience! She enjoyed it, although 116 minutes is really long for a kids' movie. Moi, I thought it was just OK, certainly not one of Pixar's best efforts. The guy in front of us, however, who looked like any of the other normal dads in the audience, had clearly never seen anything so funny in his life. He was laughing—nay, guffawing—with such gusto I just couldn't believe it. Trust me, nothing in this movie merited even a single belly laugh, but this guy was literally wiping away tears from laughing so hard! Throughout the whole thing! Very strange. Maybe he just got out of prison or something.
Across the aisle, another guy's daughter dumped her popcorn, so he went to get her more. But two rows down, yet another guy began scooping up the popcorn from the filthy stained carpet and eating it! I saw him do it several times! Even the pieces that had gone under the seats! And he was already holding a monster-size popcorn of his own! I was positively sick watching this.
For me the best part about animated movies is trying to guess who's doing the voices. I'm kicking myself because I couldn't manage to place Owen Wilson in the lead role, although it was easy to pick out Paul Newman and Tom and Ray Magliozzi. I missed Michael Keaton too.
"Maybe he just got out of prison or something."
Um, my guess is he'd be doing something else with gusto, not laughing at a children's movie. But, hey, you never know.
"yet another guy began scooping up the popcorn from the filthy stained carpet and eating it!"
That guy? Prison escapee, for sure.
Posted by: scott | August 28, 2006 at 10:52 AM
I have never seen the movie. And eating popcorn off the floor is just revolting!
Posted by: Margaret | August 29, 2006 at 12:26 AM
We saw a clip from the movie involving "tractor tipping" (you've heard of cow tipping, right?) When John and I saw that, we both really did guffaw.
Posted by: Tonya | August 29, 2006 at 05:38 PM
I couldn't place Owen Wilson either but my husband did. I was surprised by Bonnie Hunt.
Posted by: Julee | August 30, 2006 at 11:13 PM