Lola's First Movie Date

This afternoon Lola enjoyed her first movie theater experience. Of course, Daddy and Mommy were her dates. We even held her hands during the scary parts. The film was Kung Fu Panda, and we should have known better than to take her to a PG on her first outing. It was spectacular in its rushing "camera" work and bloodless kung fu moves. Lola absolutely loved all the previews, but she lasted for half an hour of the actual movie before she decided it was time to leave. She is a brave girl, and she did not cry. She seemed to very much enjoy the film, but I think the villain may have been too much. Even I started when this bad guy, a giant tiger, started climbing boulders *as they fell* from the ceiling into a bottomless pit. She pointed toward the exit to indicate that she wanted to go, and we confirmed it by asking her. The highlight of the show, she said afterward, was the baby tiger kung-fu artist. We walked out of the theater door and she raced over to the poster boxes on the outside, saying "Kung Fu Panda!" and pointing. I think the pictures had acquired a whole new significance after her first overwhelming experience of the technological sublime.--K