By Kim Voynar Voynar@moviecitynews.com
Birthdays, Cowboys, Aliens and Apes
Hey, it’s Monday! Whaddya know?
We had a big Summer Birthday Bash for Veda, who just turned 10, and Luka, who just turned 8, over the weekend, and I’ve been so busy with the mass double-night sleepover that went along with that, that I didn’t realize it was Monday until afternoon. Oops.
We tend to do Veda and Luka’s birthday parties together because they’re only a couple weeks apart, and it’s hard to find one weekend in late July/early August when most of their friends can come AND we have all six of our kids here at home, much less two. So far, neither of them seem to mind sharing a party; the Venn Diagrams of their individual friendship circles have multiple intersections. They each got to pick their own cake, and party decor, and pinatas, and a good time was had by all.
Tonight the three younger kiddos are off with their other parents, so we’re taking the older three out for burgers and a movie. I’m advocating for Rise of the Planet of the Apes, in no small part because I’m kicking myself now that everyone digs it for not making the press screening. From the trailer, I thought it looked like Project Nim: Nim’s Revenge, but apparently it’s actually GOOD. Huh.
Neve would like to see Midnight in Paris again, but she’s also in favor of the boys’ pick … Cowboys and Aliens. So here I am, arguing with teenagers over why they should see the reportedly intelligent and philosophical Apes now and catch Cowboys and Aliens in a couple weeks at the $3 theater. The crux of my argument? “But all my film critic and film blogger colleagues think Planet of the Apes ROCKS and Cowboys and Aliens? Not so much.”
Who says no one pays attention to the critics? I’ve almost got the kids convinced …