An older woman just shushed by 3 year old at the Winnie The Pooh movie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Backing away from the silly sniping about who shushed whom, I would like to report that in our theater this afternoon, there were several single middle-aged men, and two groups of three men. One of the groups laughed at all the jokes and clapped with glee. I'm not sure if I should applaud the spirit that makes adult men without kids seek out the favorite characters of their childhood, or be majorly creeped out by their very presence.

oh man - totally creepy. sounds like pedophiles to me. even if they loved winnie the pooh, most straight men would know better than to go to the theater alone because it makes them look like they're scoping out little kids. crrrreeeeeepppy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

and the movie was???

I still watch The Wizard of Oz.

Winnie the Pooh.

(Great movie, btw, perhaps especially for a little one's first theater experience. Sweet and familiar, not too long, good music.)

OK - then totally weird for these men to view it. . .

unless they're from a group home
not being snarky - We have one in our neighborhood, and oftentimes, they see movies that are "at their level."

[jsteele]

Does nobody remember the "shooshed in a restaurant" thread?

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/141796.page

My money is on there being a serial shoosher on the loose.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Does nobody remember the "shooshed in a restaurant" thread?

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/141796.page

My money is on there being a serial shoosher on the loose.

I do! Great fun that one was!!!

[Anonymous]

Don't these old people have anything better to do than lurk around in IHOP & the Pooh movie, just waiting for an opportunity to shush someone's darling 3-yr old?!
This appears to be a disturbing trend . . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Backing away from the silly sniping about who shushed whom, I would like to report that in our theater this afternoon, there were several single middle-aged men, and two groups of three men. One of the groups laughed at all the jokes and clapped with glee. I'm not sure if I should applaud the spirit that makes adult men without kids seek out the favorite characters of their childhood, or be majorly creeped out by their very presence.

oh man - totally creepy. sounds like pedophiles to me. even if they loved winnie the pooh, most straight men would know better than to go to the theater alone because it makes them look like they're scoping out little kids. crrrreeeeeepppy.

There was no scoping though! They came, sat several rows away from the families, watched the movie, and left. And it's hard to scope in a dark theater, right?

Not group home residents, either, though that's a good theory. I've also seen the caretakers with 3 or 4 mentally disabled adults in kids movies, no big deal. These were just normal-looking middle-aged men. One was wearing a disney tshirt, so I'm leaning towards the nostalgia interpretation.

Anyway, a tad strange.

[Anonymous]

oK but can I take my very sheltered almost 4th to see this movie? We haven't seen any movies, no cars, toy story, nothing. We watch mostly PBS tv shows, word world, super why and Thomas and Peep and the big wide world. Rarely he will watch a Phineus and Ferber with his older cousins. Suspense seems to make him very nervous. Is it worth trying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Backing away from the silly sniping about who shushed whom, I would like to report that in our theater this afternoon, there were several single middle-aged men, and two groups of three men. One of the groups laughed at all the jokes and clapped with glee. I'm not sure if I should applaud the spirit that makes adult men without kids seek out the favorite characters of their childhood, or be majorly creeped out by their very presence.

My 16 year old son and all of his friends are super excited to go see Winnie the Pooh tomorrow, totally super excited, nothing creepy about any of these boys. Remember, they were kids once and Winnie is really part of everyone's childhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on, people, it's pretty obvious that she meant to type that the older woman had "just shushed MY 3 year old", rather than how the title read originally. Yes, OP, you're really annoying being on that damn PDA in the middle of a dark theater, I'm sure you were irritating everyone in your perimeter. If you're that disrespectful in the theater, chances are you probably don't give a hoot about how your daughter acts in the same environment. If you had put down your phone and actually paid attention to your daughter you may have had a better idea as to why she was shoosed in the first place, me thinks...

I dont think that is obvious at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

and the movie was???

I still watch The Wizard of Oz.

Winnie the Pooh.

(Great movie, btw, perhaps especially for a little one's first theater experience. Sweet and familiar, not too long, good music.)

OK - then totally weird for these men to view it. . .

unless they're from a group home
not being snarky - We have one in our neighborhood, and oftentimes, they see movies that are "at their level."

Not weird at all. Everyone grew up with Winnie The Pooh. More so older people than younger people.

[Anonymous]

Poor OP, typed a B instead of an M and we already got 3 freaking pages!!!! LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:oK but can I take my very sheltered almost 4th to see this movie? We haven't seen any movies, no cars, toy story, nothing. We watch mostly PBS tv shows, word world, super why and Thomas and Peep and the big wide world. Rarely he will watch a Phineus and Ferber with his older cousins. Suspense seems to make him very nervous. Is it worth trying?

My daughter observed that "movie theaters are loud". The previews were the "scariest" part of the whole thing, with a few craptastic kids' movies coming out that involve action and fast camera movement and yes, loud effects.

Winnie the Pooh itself is gentle and calm and in every way appropriate for the youngest of children.

[Anonymous]

Come back, OP, come back. We have so many questions for you.

[Anonymous]

She can't come back, she is getting shushed by her 3yr old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She can't come back, she is getting shushed by her 3yr old.

She's still in the theater typing on her PDA, the staff can't get her out of her seat. She's on another forum posting about it.