When Grandma visited Brazil a few months back she arrived with a present for the kids -- a movie called The Lorax. I never heard of this Dr. Suess film, but she insisted Avery and Chelsea loved it. Long story short, we popped the film in before the kids went to bed so they could enjoy this new hot hit. Roughly two minutes into the flick and our kids lost interest in what appeared to be an "older" film. I was surprised that Avery and Chelsea loved this movie so much, but Grandma insisted they liked it -- 10 minutes into the film and Grandma was deflecting multiple wise cracks from the peanut gallery (myself, Cathy and kids as well). Anyway, I had left it at that -- and The Lorax film was never requested by my children again.
That is until we arrived back in the U.S. and we were shopping at Target and saw a bright orange sign for The Lorax. Hmm, could this be a movie made in 2012 I wondered? Things quickly pieced together from there. The movie Grandma brought over was the original, released 4 years before I was born!
I suspect, although I'm not a professional detective, that Avery and Chelsea were referring to the slightly (by 40 years) newer release of the film. The question is, did Grandma know she had made a mistake the instant we started playing the older version of the film? Or was it a senior error?
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Since the film cost almost $20.00, grandma assumed it was the current film & never checked the release date. However, when watching it in Brazil, I couldn't figure out why Avery and Chelsea enjoyed it. As for the comments from the Dan Furlani family, one just needs to reply in kind. However, a senior moment is keeping me from finding a good retort. All the grandchildren are spoiled by the latest in technology - no doubt influenced by their parents.
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