Mommy and Daddy were once babies too
Benjamin & Sarah's Babyblog is a collection of notes on our children's development and experiences as well as occassional links to information on the Web of personal interest as a parent.

Post date: 2004-11-24

Designers vs. Toddlers

From way up high in the clouds, design observers declare the recent movie The Incredibles to be the crown achievement of movie making, the must-see, the superior alternative to such contrasting garbage as The Polar Express.

Our son didn't get the memo. As we reported here just a few days ago, the flick mixing Xmas with trains was the biggest hit with him. Based on that success, this past weekend we tried taking the kids to the movies again. After all, Benjamin had been infected by the neighbors' enthusiasm to see what he calls The Credibles.

About 30-40 minutes into the movie, he had had enough. He was telling the kid on the seat next to him about The Polar Express, you know what, is a train!, then announcing a passage from the Baby Mozart video: in a few minutes the dragon will say "Blah!". While Mommy and I could have continued watching, we realized that this movie had not really captured our attention or imagination thus far, and leaving it unfinished wasn't really that bad. We'll get the video when it comes out.

Benjamin has spoken! So designers, shut up and listen.

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