Cinema and the 5-year-old

The past few weeks have been big for our Aidan, age 5, in terms of an introduction to Cinema: Beyond Veggie Tales and Toy Story. First, he went to see "Curious George," with Uncle Rob. (who else would take him to a monkey move.) Then, based on his love of maps, we let him watch a good portion of "National Treasure." (Skipping through the shoot-em up scenes of course) He seriously loved "National Treasure" MORE than "Curious George." Go figure. He has yet to stop talking about that movie. I wonder, being that our 5-year-old followed the movie and so enjoyed it, what does that say about the movie. I bet he would love "Goonies" but I'm not sure that it's appropriate for him right now. To top it off, he and Josh watched "Star Wars (IV)" last night, Aidan's first time seeing it. (scenes edited, of course.) He was still pretty jazzed this morning. His two comments . . . "Mom, it's got talking robots in it." And, "I couldn't really understand CP30." It's so fun to watch him navigate new experiences. I can never guess what his reponse is gonna be. What a treat.