OK - My sons, J.P. and Paul Jr., and I read all three books of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy - the first one being The Golden Compass. So naturally we were very excited about seeing the movie when it came out. On opening day I bought three tickets on-line for the 5:05 showing, the first showing after my younger son's bus get's home - usually around 3:45 pm.
Well, I get a call at 3:20ish that Paul Jr could not take the bus home because he was having an "episode" and it wouldn’t be safe. They tell me I have to pick him up. So I grabbed my older son, J.P., who had just barely walked in the door - hopped in the car and drove like a maniac to go pick him up at the school. The reason I grabbed J.P., was so that I could jump on 66 which was at that time HOV. So now I have J.P. mad at me. I leave J.P. in the car and run inside the school. Then I grabbed Paul Jr. (after thoughtfully listening to the teacher’s long and predictable story, blah, blah, blah) but he was still having an "episode.” So I drive like a maniac, again, and get him back home and in his room. To even get him in his room (he was still having an "episode") I literally had take his Guinea Pig, Nibbles, out of his room (cage and all) as a threat that I was going to sell his ass on e-bay! My son finally complies, screaming the whole time “Please don’t kill Nibbles!” Not having easy access to a mirror – I had to wonder what my face looked like to make him think I had murder on my mind.
So, obviously none of us were able to go to the movie on opening night. I lost $30 on the cost of the tickets, because by now, it is too late to try to get a refund.
By the way, ultimately we did see the movie and I am sorry to say I can not recommend it. It is crap. However, I strongly recommend reading the books. They are very dark, very anti-religion, very creative, and very well written.
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I think I've seen that look on your face - although I find it hard to believe that you would kill a living being named "Nibbles." It just seems beneath you somehow. I am actually working my way through the Harry Potter series. I keep reading critics reviews of these books as actual literature. And I keep running into people reading them (a woman at the cancer center who is a former college english teacher has been waxing effusively about them). I'm on the fifth one - this is the first one that I haven't seen the movie for yet. So I'm not watching it until I finish the book. Maybe after I get through these, i'll tackle the "Dark Materials" - hey anything that's anti religion and dark can't be all that bad! :) hang in there and take care of Nibbles....
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