about movies

A couple of thoughts regarding two of my favorite movies and application to my life.

First, today my six year old son spilled water on himself today. He missed badly and got his shirt very wet. At that point I told him he had a drinking problem. He smiled. When I recounted this to the other two kids they both smirked too.
This was of course was a reference to the movie Airplane! None of them liked the movie when I showed it to them about a year ago. In fact the 6 year old was the only that stayed through the end only because of his aversion to going to bed. When I used the line in real life it was funnier than on film. This ties loosely to my next point.

Second, whenever I read the Life section of USA Today I'm reminded of the following dialogue from Sideways.

Jack and the Erganians surround Miles as he eats from a plate
with two pieces of CAKE -- one white, one dark.

MRS. ERGANIAN
Jack tells us you are publishing a
book. Congratulations.

MR. ERGANIAN
Yes, congratulations.

Miles shoots Jack a look. Mr. Erganian gets some ice cubes
from the refrigerator door.

MILES
Yeah, well, it's not exactly finalized
yet, but, um, there has been some
interest and --

MRS. ERGANIAN
(to Jack)
Your friend is modest.

JACK
Yeah, Miles, don't be so modest.
Indulge them. Don't make me out to
be a liar.

MR. ERGANIAN
What subject is your book? Non-
fiction?

MILES
No, it's a novel. Fiction. Although
there's a lot from my own life, so I
guess technically some of it is non-
fiction.

MR. ERGANIAN
Good, I like non-fiction. There is
so much to know about the world that
I think reading a story someone just
invented is kind of a waste of time.
MILES
That's an interesting perpective.

I tend to agree with Mr. Erganian. Sometimes I'll be in the Life section and will be reading an interview with and actor/actress about their made up character and I say to myself, "WTF?! Why am I wasting my time reading this?" And then I hear Mr. Egranian and close the paper and move on.