....but, I asked my son (the girls are away) to watch We Need To Talk About Kevin with me last night (OnDemand = one of our few luxury's) because we both LOVE anything with John C. Reilly. Well, I enjoyed the film, immensely, but I think it upset him a bit, because the first thing he said to me after, Good Morning today was, "Ma...that was a really weird movie we watched last night."
I should add, the last time this happened with any of the kids, it was after the older two and I watched La Haine together. They were bitching about how they didn't want to watch a film with me, blah, blah blah, but as soon as the film began, and the first beat from Bob Marley's Burnin' and Lootin' came on, they were silent until the end, and then some -as we just all remained staring at the screen. And that time, the next morning, my oldest (whom if you knew her you'd understand just how much of a shocker this comment was, coming from her), says, without even a good morning or anything, "That scratching from the film last night was amazing..." The thing is/was....the scratch scene (and the whole flick) was amazing.
Anyway, We Need to Talk About Kevin doesn't top La Haine for me (as that's on of my top five all time fav's), but it certainly opened my son and I up to a lot of discussion, which is always good. With topics like, how responsible should a parent feel about their children's actions, how when you're 15, you think you know it all, something even more painful for naturally bright kids, and so on and so forth. I guess what I am saying is, it was stimulating to watch. And I'm glad I did watch it with him (now he's watching it again with his squeeze.....I guess he liked it).
I should add, the last time this happened with any of the kids, it was after the older two and I watched La Haine together. They were bitching about how they didn't want to watch a film with me, blah, blah blah, but as soon as the film began, and the first beat from Bob Marley's Burnin' and Lootin' came on, they were silent until the end, and then some -as we just all remained staring at the screen. And that time, the next morning, my oldest (whom if you knew her you'd understand just how much of a shocker this comment was, coming from her), says, without even a good morning or anything, "That scratching from the film last night was amazing..." The thing is/was....the scratch scene (and the whole flick) was amazing.
Anyway, We Need to Talk About Kevin doesn't top La Haine for me (as that's on of my top five all time fav's), but it certainly opened my son and I up to a lot of discussion, which is always good. With topics like, how responsible should a parent feel about their children's actions, how when you're 15, you think you know it all, something even more painful for naturally bright kids, and so on and so forth. I guess what I am saying is, it was stimulating to watch. And I'm glad I did watch it with him (now he's watching it again with his squeeze.....I guess he liked it).
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