2001
| October 5, 2001 Team in Training took my younger son to the movies. They left the choiceof which movie up to us. We argued about which movie. Heavy movies - no. Comedy preferred. We decided there were about two of them we could tolerate. We emailed and rounded up 5 people - who would meet us in Newark. The movie times were 7:30 PM - and people were coming over bridges from work. We went there at 7 PM - and used our temporary handicap thingy to park in the handicap area. My son got in his wheel chair and we wheeled around in front of the theater. Legally Blonde was one choice. Rat Race was another. We waited - and waited - I was becoming concerned. Did I give them good directions? One person showed up - a guy who promptly decreed that Legally Blond was not the movie of the evening. I wasn't sure about Rat Race - figured I would endure. I would have left him and hit the mall but the Christmas hours have not started so I was stuck. The parking lot was nearly empty - I understand Wednesday nights are usually dull but this is ridiculous! We are all still trying to get through the grief and shock of the attack and anything heavy is not on the public's viewing list. Not yet. I do want to see Arnie's Collateral Damage. Because the good guys always win. And I am waiting on the Matrix 2 and 3. But there is a lull at the moment - we've seen the good ones. The rest of the group arrived and we went in. Plenty of seats. Plenty of time for me to get a small soda for me and an Icee for him. Our current ritual. The theater was so empty that I left the wheelchair folded up beside him right in the aisle. I sat down. Ho hum. I can do this. I really didn't expect much. Except the flying cows. Flying chickens and flying cows crack me up. Shades of Twister. Well, was I just a tad off! John Cleese. Enough said. A wealth of stars in cameos - Whoopie was too much! If they missed any turn they could have stuck in there, I can't think of it. You couldn't stop laughing. The land speed record, a bus full of Lucy-look-a-likes, balloons, a car winched up a radar tower, and a blond loose with a temper in a helicopter. She deserves an Oscar. I fell off my seat three times, my mouth hurt. I will have this movie on DVD (yes - we are switching). I will watch this one again and again. If you like Monty Python - it has that pace. It is the best movie - hands down - of the year. It should have been prescribed as a national Rx. We needed a good laugh. |
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