The Mother Road
June 11th, 2006 @ 11:37 pm

We actually managed to go to a movie on opening weekend for the first time since pre-pregnancy days. This evening after mass we went to see Cars. The animation was amazing. The beginning of it had me totally enthralled with how real the cars actually looked. The middle got a little slow. But toward the end, there was a nice tribute to Route 66 - The Mother Road - that got me a little teary-eyed. I remember when I was a very little girl traveling along Route 66 with my parents, and Cars brought back some of those memories…memories of a time when life was slower, more innocent, and all about small town America. Mike is a Route 66 buff, and one of our dreams is to travel Route 66 - the parts of it that are left anyway.

I know the interstates have saved us all a lot of time over the years, but really, was what we lost worth the time it saved? Maybe life was a little better when we didn’t rush everywhere and just took life a little slower. Maybe.

By the way, if you see Cars, make sure you stay past the ending credits or you’ll miss something!

Entertain Me · Ponderings

4 Comments

  1. Kris
    said,

    June 12, 2006 at 6:00 am

    I love that they do this. Jackie Chan movies always have his bloopers during credits. Pixar movies always have something cute after. Same with Harry Potter movies. I LOVE that most of the movie makers are adding stuff in. (We went to see Over the Hedge and there was some fun stuff afterwards, too.)

  2. Susie
    said,

    June 12, 2006 at 11:33 am

    We saw “Cars” on Friday - we loved it! I couldn’t believe how real everything looked, especially the scenery. Wow! I usually only see movies once, but this one definitely earned a rewatch in the future for me.

  3. Rochelle
    said,

    June 12, 2006 at 9:48 pm

    X3 has somthing after also ;-)

  4. Jack Yoest
    said,

    June 17, 2006 at 9:12 am

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