Curious George and Rowan's Roller-coaster of Emotions [Rowan Tree and Red Thread]

We took Rowan (aged 3.5 years) to her first movie at the cinema today. We three went to see Curious George, an animated movie of monkey hijinks and the usual reversals before the happy ending. Rowan started off excited by the whole experience. The popcorn was a hit; Rowan took charge of the box and held it on her lap. She enjoyed the African jungle scenes and George's first appearance. Once the story brought the human, Ted, and George back to civilisation Rowan was less sanguine. The various threats to the happiness of Ted and George were met with some wails and tears, and certainly the possibility of George getting caught by the nasty doorman from Ted's apartment block and evicted disturbed her no end. I had no idea that she felt so strongly about tenants' rights.

We managed to last the whole running time though, and Rowan was upset that it was over, so I can only assume that she overcame her worries about the rental market in New York and the treatment of stray animals by Animal Control. In all a qualified success.
I wonder if she'd like to watch Pirates of the Caribbean 2?

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I think my first film was Disney's Jungle Book, when I was about 5. I remember going down in a first class compartment by train to London, but I don't remember being upset by the film...

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I don't remember my first film but I'm told that it was probably Bambi and I cried like a little child, unsurprisingly. They killed Bambi's mother, for f*ck's sake!

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Wow, Alex has been to the cinema about 7 or 8 times so far(Curious George twice!), and he never gets that involved with the movie. Is Rowan the same watching films on TV?

(btw, the text in this comment box is TINY)

Yes, the text is tiny. I don't know why. Rowan's not normally to bad with kids' shows on the telly, but she does get involved and upset by rising tension in other tv shows, and absolutely did not like the Animal Control people taking George away.

Well she was also running a temperature, although not as dramatic as it has been lately. I think some of the emotional response was due to her feeling peculair as much as anything poor George got up to. She was totally charmed by his explorations of things though. Whenever it was just George and his friends playing round and experimenting she was simply enthralled.

I had no idea that she felt so strongly about tenants' rights.

This had me giggling! Go Rowan. ;)

My mom took me to see Benji in the theater when I was probably twice Rowan's age (and every bit my sappy, sensitive self even then). Not only did I cry when the big mean man kicked Benji's fluffy little doggie girlfriend (sobbing as she lay unmoving on the screen) but I wailed so much that I started all the other kids around me crying, too. I remember my mother swearing through gritted teeth that she was never taking me to another movie again.

Go Nikchick! Rail against the tyranny of Hollywood marketing upsetting films at kids. I don't know why it seems to be a prerequisite of kids' movies that to show some one as a meanie they have to threaten violence.

Also, ever notice that lots of Hollywood movies for kids have a father-son thing going on, but mother-son or mother-daughter not so much? A lot of guilty executive producers in Hollywood perhaps?

First film I remember seeing was The Empire Strikes Back. My aunt and uncle took me and my cousins to a late night showing. I fell asleep at some point, but for the next few weeks woke up screaming from dreams of the mechanical camel-things (ATATs).

Wow, I loved the AT-ATs, but that's the first time I've realised they were just big metal camels. That does make them more disturbing.

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