whatever you say

Just watched Alice in wonderland yesterday. Its like any standard fairytale yarn. Myth of the hero by Joseph Campbell anyone. Quite a forgetful movie but it has proved one thing… my eyes are not quite suited for 3D viewing. I have this issue for sometime. The thee dimensional movies give me a nasty headache and I can literally feel my eyes throbbing. It sis almost impossible for me to sit through these movies. I am happier with them in simpler 2D.
Since i kept removing the glasses time to time I wasn’t too engrossed watching the movie. I turned to my daughter who was also sitting at the climax sequence without her googles on. I was wondering if her eyes were hurting as well. I asked her why. She said she did like watching that in 3D. It took me a second to register the issue. It was the climax where the diminutive Alice takes on the over sized dragon bird. The picture was scary enough and she did not want the fireballs and the excitement to leap at her outside the frames. Jispa is a sensitive kid and she is slowly learning the fun of scary movies.
We had heard about the movie and had suitably warned her on the same. we told her that it would have gross stuff. She still insisted on watching it. Earlier we used to take her for the movies and she used to get angry at us for taking us to those movies. I remember Die hard 4 being one. Now we warn her well in advance and she chooses to see or not see the movie. She chose not to see Avataar and this one she chose to see. Hence now she doesn’t blame us anymore and takes more responsibility for her actions. When we ask her about a movie she wants to see the ad first before deciding. She gets her cues on the type of movie from the posters and the imagery. Sometimes she asks us what the movie is about and the basic storyline before deciding.
Once decided she can’t be easily swayed otherwise. We let her pick her movies this way. That does not mean she will invariably like a movie she picks but at least jasmine and me don’t get to shoulder a blame for taking her.
With a strong mind like hers we are quite clear on the fights we want to avoid. If rather be with a friend, grand parents or do something else… so be it.