We pledged our love...
...but do my wedding vows cover this?
With our fourth wedding anniversary coming up in exactly one week, my husband had some news this morning that was not entirely welcome.
“Transformers 3 is out,” he said.
For my part, I had thought the subject was closed last week upon our viewing of the Transformers 3 trailer, upon which I declared that as watching Transformers 2 had proven to be one of the pinnacles of boredom of my 27 years upon this earth, I would not be watching Transformers 3.
“I watched Jane Eyre with you and your girlfriends,” my husband said.
Here follows a familiar debate in our marriage, wherein I recall theater viewings of X-Men, The Green Hornet, The Green Lantern, The Hulk and The Fantastic Four, and he points to theater viewings of Pride and Prejudice, Becoming Jane, and Elizabeth: The Golden Age, along with dark, heavy hints that if I do not attend the latest superhero franchise film, he will not be attending the next Austen adaptation.
Please help me find my way through this marital quagmire.
from "Ladies Only. Well, Not Anymore."
To be fair to my husband, I invite you to click on this comic for last year’s post on his extraordinary stamina for British period romances.
Tags: humor, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, marriage, Michael Bay, Pride and Prejudice, The Green Lantern, Transformers 2, Transformers 3
June 30, 2011 at 9:29 pm |
I sat through the Matrix 3 while on vacation in San Francisco for my husband. Who they hell wants to go to the movies on vacation?? Plus, I can’t stand Keanu Reeves and hate the whole Matrix story. Here is a tip I discovered that day: In the middle of the film you will need to go to the bathroom. Bring a few quarters with you and stop by the arcade for a few rounds of some driving game. It’ll kill some time and be something to look forward to.
June 30, 2011 at 9:55 pm |
Yes, I remember Matrix movies in the theater very well. While they’ll never be my favorite films, there are many things that are far worse. Your suggestion about a stop at the arcade is a good one generally, but what would you suggest for a person who doesn’t really like video games? I do enjoy air hockey – maybe I could find someone to play with me.
June 30, 2011 at 9:32 pm |
Rob seems to think we had a similar agreement. He assumed that if he went to watch Jane Eyre with us, I’d go see something with him. He tried to get me to go see Transformers with him the other night and I simply refused. The agreement to go see a movie that one person likes and the other one has zero interest in does not extend to Transformers. I don’t think there is anything that could make me want to see any of those movies.
June 30, 2011 at 9:52 pm |
Yes, the whole Jane Eyre outing is biting me in a major way now. I think having watched the Green Lantern last week should leave me free to say nay to Transformers. I also point out that contrary to my experience of Transformers 1 and 2, my husband enjoyed Jane Eyre, at least somewhat, by his own admission. His experience in Jane Eyre would not equal my experience in Transformers 3. However, according to current poll numbers, I am outvoted. People think I should go to Transformers 3 with my husband.