Cinematic Immaturity

Vs.

While babysitting my 10 year-old nephew a few weeks ago, he and his friend presented me a question. Without any prompts, they asked me which was a better movie: The Mummy or Jurassic Park. I immediately thought to myself "How can I compare? They are both equally awesome!" When I told them that, they quickly corrected me and said that Jurassic Park was better. Ha. What did I know?

The sad thing about this conversation was the realization that I have the same taste in movies as a ten year-old boy. It's not that it was just my nephew who I could have passed traits onto, but his friend as well.  I have a very immature love of campy adventure flicks, and this experience only further proves that point. I was always made fun of for liking movies like that when I was a RottenTomatoes poster, but now I don't really care. I can put Jurassic Park or The Mummy on whenever I am feeling down, and they will always lift my spirits. I guess you could say I am just young at heart. And I think that's a good thing.