Worst. Mom. Ever

[przed]

Since Ros is handling the dementors and various deaths in Harry Potter perfectly fine, we thought we'd give The Princess Bride a go for the first Family Movie Night of the year.

Yeah, that didn't go well.

Both the Sweetie and I remembered it as being light and funny.

Ros will no doubt remember it entirely because the R.O.U.S.s (Rodents of Unusual Size) scared her witless.


Okay, so it is a bit scary looking, for a little dude in a mangy costume.

She didn't do so well with Wesley being tortured or the final duel between Inigo and Count Rugen either.

Our plans to show her Star Wars are now on hold for a bit. (I'm betting Aunt Beru's death would do Ros in.) Though I'm seriously considering pulling out my old Star Wars novelization to read to her ahead of time, since she seems to be less scared when she knows exactly what's going to happen from the start. (She knows every Harry Potter spoiler there is.)

So, it's back to slapstick, screwball comedies and sports movies for a bit. Oh, and Gilmore Girls, which I have hooked her on. (I'm going to try original Trek next time, The Trouble with Tribbles and A Piece of the Action. I suspect if I showed her the salt vampire one she'd never forgive me. *g*)

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! My nieces and nephew all loved The Princess Bride...but I think they were older when they first saw it. Well, maybe not my nephew, who tends to go in for scary things. (He was watching Buffy when he really shouldn't have been.) I like the idea of giving her the novelizations to read first. I know I was always better prepared for movies when I knew what was going to happen. (With the except of Bambi.

Definitely not the salt vampire. *g*

[przed.livejournal.com]

I was in university when The Princess Bride, so it's always been just a fun movie for me. Ros is definitely a more sensitive soul than I was.

Given her love of the snark in Gilmore Girls, I suspect Ros will love Buffy when she can handle the scary stuff. But that's a while off.

Bambi was the worst, man.