Shrek 2
Took the family to see Shrek 2 Saturday. Usually I take the older girls to the movie, but since Chris wanted to see this one too, she insisted that we take the entire family to the drive-in. The movie started at 9:05pm, past the bedtime of all the girls, but it wasn’t a school night.
Knowing it would be crowded, we packed up the girls, blankets, drinks and lunchables and got there at little after 8pm.
Good thing we did because we were able to get a good spot before it got crowded. The SUV in front of us had two dogs in it, which kept Claire entertained before the movie, but the older girls kept asking how long it was before the movie.
Because we had the minivan we were relegated to the back of the parking lot and the screen was the size of a postage stamp. It was either a bad print or the lamp on the projector was shot, because the picture was dark.
We were close to the consession stand so the line for it snaked across the roadway blocking traffic in front of our car. The cars kept coming (and driving in front of us) until an hour into the movie. A truck in front of us was continually swapping places with another jeep during the movie. One of those vehicles arrived late and this was the only way to put two cars in one spot. They would take turns circling the lot during the movie.
Claire, was stir crazy during the movie and would not sit in either of our laps. She ended up constantly going between the front of the minivan and the back turning on the dome lights. (There are seven in the Odyssey.) Claire stepped on a drink pouch and it squirted everywhere.
It was a good movie though. And I tell ya… I cannot wait to see it.