And most adults are to proud to watch something that feels like its aimed at children.
I guess that might be true for some people or for certain ages. But I am never too proud to watch things aimed at kids and the best stuff aimed at kids has great heart and is well written.
In fact, I'm not too proud to watch anything. I might not want to watch something. But it's not out of pride.
I think there's a point in people's lives where they want to be 'adult' or 'grown up' and one way to be grown up is to eschew the things they liked as kids or things aimed at kids. Some of these things they will grow out of. That's normal. (my son thought the Animorph books were the best books ever written when he was 11. He didn't feel the same way when he was 20 - although perhaps he still has affection for them)
But to throw out everything one loved as a child or is aimed at children would be to lose a great quantity of wonderful things. I am decades old. I love Viewmaster Slides, the book The Secret Garden, bubbles, poems by A A Milne, Shirley Temple, Cocoa Puffs, and - after rewatching it for the fourth or fifth time since it came out - The Princess Bride.
I try not to pass up opportunities for entertainment, pleasure, or joy. I was surprised at how happy this movie made me feel after so many rewatches. Although some of the joy now is waiting for those lines. :-)
He's only mostly dead.
To the pain.
Mawage.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Is this a kissing book?
That day, she was amazed to discover that when he was saying "As you wish", what he meant was, "I love you."
Grandpa, maybe you could come over and read it again to me tomorrow.
As you wish.
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