Greatest Christmas movie on the way

I just had what I would call a very interesting movie going experience but before I get to that I have to tell you about possibly the greatest Christmas movie ever that is coming out this year, Christmas day. I think the producers timed the release perfectly. The movie is Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem. The tag line is "In space, no one can hear you scream. On Earth, it doesn't matter." It's gonna' be great.

Anyway, on with the weirdness at the theater. I decided to see a horror double feature, Saw IV followed by 30 days of night. When I got into the theater for Saw IV, this guy had his 3 kids with him. Now keep in mind that this movie is basically about torturing people in graphic detail and I kid you not, at least one of those kids wasn't even alive when the first Saw came out. Then, It got even weirder, I saw a couple come in with at kid that wasn't alive in January! No kidding, an infant. I know this because Mom brought in a blanket so that she could breast feed during the movie. Now, I'm no psychologist, but if you ever were suckling on your Mother's teat while watching people get torn limb from limb there's probably not a whole lot of hope for you growing up to be a socially well adjusted person.

Another weird thing happened during both of these movies. Usually when people were being tortured or killed, the audience was laughing. It's like they had no empathy whatsoever. It's a bit distressing when an audience's reaction to a horrific torture scene is not to cringe and possibly think about what that character is feeling while being both mentally and physically put through the wringer (literally in one case), but to laugh. Granted at one point they were laughing at Josh Hartnett, but his acting wasn't that bad!

So, the rule is, if you're going to be a parent, don't do it in Virginia - it might make you retarded.