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Going out with DH for the first time in 4 1/2 years. What movie to see?Submitted by Emile on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 4:48pm.
The title explains it all, I think. The trouble is, we seem to have picked a lousy time movie-wise for our big, "yes, we do deserve an evening out" breakthrough. Hardly anything worthwhile seems to be playing now. The only movie I have a really passionate desire to see is Juno, which DH nixed as being too girly. His choice: Cloverfields, which I've nixed. I'm just not into violence. The thought of seeing something like There Will Be Blood or No Country For Old Men makes me feel bored. Does the fact that it's his birthday mean I have to be self-sacrificing? Maybe we should just have dinner and go to movies on our own. I love to bowl though i haven't been in years. My DH and i have only gone once since we've known each other but you've sparked my interest again to have a family date night. Have a WONDERFUL time. Can't wait to hear how it goes. Oh wow, have fun!! (that's what I was told when I was a kid and I'd let the ball go on an angle and get a gutter ball. Try to keep your arm really straight all the way through, even as/after you let go of ball!) And make sure you get a fun sparkly ball. And enjoy those ugly shoes.
cloverfield or teeth would be my choices. you could always stay home and rent my new favorite movie: "You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." -Anne Lamott mean I have to be self-sacrificing?" ummm, in my world it does. but the other has the veto power, esp when it comes to violent/scary movies, which i do not dig at all. both me and my man LOVEd juno, btw. we didn't see it together, but it would have made for a great date night movie. I saw and loved No Country for Old Men, but it was pretty violent and hard to watch at times. I'm dying to see There Will be Blood - but I am a Daniel Day-Lewis and P.T. Anderson freak. So movie vote here is there will be blood. Maybe your DH has a bit of an edge since it is his birthday, but don't sit through a movie you don't want to see! I'm a huge fan of going to movies solo. DH sent me to see Juno on my own, I loved it - good movie, fun being alone. The only downer to seeing a movie alone is you can't 'discuss' it together afterwards, but he could give you the dirt on Cloverfield & you could tell him that Juno was not girly at all. You could just have a long, drawn out dinner, with drinks and dessert and coffee. Have fun! imo. i agree none of the choices are great. personally, i think if you have only this week to go see a movie, then i would go for there will be blood. i have not seen it, but when something is rated good by both critics and viewers, it's usually at least not a total loss, you know? it may not be great but it at least won't leave you feeling like you wasted your kid-free time. what if you go play pool or something instead of a movie? it's interactive, you can be together without staring at a screen. or bowling, or pinball, whatever. you get my drift. or just go to the city and look in some art galleries.
On the rare occasion DH and I do get to go out, I think we connect with each other much better if we're doing something that involves us talking to and laughing with each other. To succeed in life is to know your own Beauty, to love yourself fully, and then let that radiate out as it will. ~Deborah Francis, ND and I am a scary movie wienie. It was the first real monster movie I have seen in a long time. It wasn't that bloody compared to all the slasher shit out there. It really depended on the viewers imagination, and I didn't leave the theater feeling ill. I would recommend it.
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Which is kind of special because:
1. Neither of us has done it before. He's Russian, and I come from a family that just doesn't do it. I'm sure the league players are going to loathe us...
2. One of the very few movies that we both love is The Big Lewbowksi
Thanks for the suggestions mamas.