Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Monday, April 20, 2009 at 1:02PM 69. Watch 5 movies that my husband loves that I am not interested in. (1/5)
This item on my 101 list came about because my husband and I have very different tastes in movies. Sometimes our tastes intersect, but quite often they don't and he is really good about seeing some movies I'm interested in (Harry Potter, Twilight, various chick flicks) and I don't subject him to too many depressing or French films (I love watching those on my own anyway). However, I am really not very tolerant of watching movies I am not interested in. If I'm not interested in it at all, I have a hard time finding absolutely anything in the movie to hold my attention. When he made me watch SuperTroopers and Grandma's Boy, I nearly wanted to gauge my eyes out and stuff them in my ears. I still feel like those are hours of my life that I will never get back and am worse off for losing. So, as you can see, there was some work to do here. He is far more tolerant and patient than me so one thing I want to work at is meeting him halfway on things like that. I love that he agreed to see Twilight with me when we were on our honeymoon and even was kind of interested in it. How can I not watch more of what he likes?
Sooooo... last night we stayed in and watched Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Now, we watched the original (1979) Star Trek film a little while back and that was rough. I was barely able to keep my eyes open for it because I was that bored (and I actually enjoy watching the original TV series), so I was a bit worried about this one but the hubby kept swearing this one was more interesting. And, surprisingly, he was right! I actually really enjoyed the movie! It's sooooo early 80s; it's really the 80s vision of the future - but the plot was interesting and I actually paid attention to quite a lot of the movie (I know, I know - I'm working on paying attention to the whole thing). Toward the end I started to nod off, but that's because it was past my bedtime (and the two bottles of Guinness probably didn't help). But, yeah, I enjoyed it - so much so that I will not add Star Trek III to this list when we watch it because I am looking forward to it. Will wonders never cease. What can't some patience and a little Guinness manage?
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Reader Comments (4)
Kudos to you for giving your husband's movies a chance. Star Trek II is as good as the series will get, so I'd advise making a tradition of the bottle of Guinness for each number of the sequel, though you may want to double it for Star Trek V.
Alas, my drinking capacity is not what it once was so if I have four or five or ten, there'll be a blog post about my trip to the E.R. LOL
Despite your warning, I'm still looking forward to Star Trek III. We'll see how it goes. Thanks for the comment!
You are a good wifey! :)
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