Saturday was Mer’s day, and she did not have plans for a good part of the day, but in the mid-afternoon she called the bluffs of me and Aunt Mary. I had never seen the movie The Sound of Music, and Aunt Mary had never seen Star Wars, and we had a tongue-in-cheek deal where I would watch The Sound of Music if Aunt Mary would watch Star Wars. After years of this, Mer got both movies out of the library, and she wanted to watch them.

We started with The Sound of Music because it was the longer movie and I was afraid it might be hard to stick with if it got late. I enjoyed it. The music was fun and familiar (I knew many of the songs), and although the story line was only loosely based on real events, it was still a compelling story. I liked the optimism and quirkiness of Maria and I liked the stern, no-nonsense Captain Von Trapp. I had a good time finally getting to see a cultural touchstone.

After the movie, we all headed over to Five Guys Burgers and Fries for supper. Aunt Mary had never been to a Five Guys, and I really like their food. I was craving burgers, so Aunt Mary and Meredith humored me. It was a good meal, although Aunt Mary finally had to ask the management to turn down the music slightly in the restaurant since we were having trouble hearing each other, even at the same table.

After supper, I grabbed a pint of Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food ice cream for me and Mer to munch on during the movie, and we went home to settle in for Star Wars. I was pleased to be seeing it again – it had been awhile, and I had actually been thinking of seeing it again. The only serious downside to the film was the bane of library DVDs – it was scratched in several places, and so froze or skipped in three or four places, but did make it to the end of the film.

I do not know if Aunt Mary enjoyed the film or not, but I was very impressed at how she was following it. She asked several very intelligent questions along the way, and it was not until after we finished the film that we found out that she had never seen a science fiction film before. That impressed me all the more at how well she was able to track with what was going on, especially since so many of the characters do not speak English in the film.

After the film, Mer and I headed home, as it was fairly late. It was a good day – Mer did the right thing by making us sit down and watch the films together.