Shrek 3: RomRom’s 1st

“Alas! regardless of their doom, The little victims play;
No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day”. - Thomas Gray

Princess Fiona’s (Cameron Diaz) ailing father in the movie laid his head to final rest (finally!), my sis’s injury prone-car, on the other hand, broke down “for good” last nite; That means, my 3 yrs old nephew too, gets fair share of misery since the boy’s sleep-committed mom loathe smart cabbies on Friday. Poor RR, my third eye saw him weep ala King Harold’s musician frogs upon learning he'll be Dad’s scorer-clapper again in Karaoke session. My Sister’s 2nd son who grew dancing w/ Willy on Wowowee was born with an amazing appetite for moving - causing his calves with premature muscles. As an adoring Tito, I am obliged to bring him out so he could flex those mighty legs while getting sneak-look at homesick-nerds (grrrrr..they made him sick with Hellos). Sunset signaled him to change costume and I noticed he’d picked the one w/ SHREK’s printed image. My bulb switched-on: “bring him to Shrek the movie!” Cloud of suspicion lingers, will he make it w/o his no. 1 chaperone-granny on the side? (mother stayed home for primetime soaps).

After some tricks for the treat, I had the Tickets for 2 at the exquisite Grand Buheira Cinema w/c also bestow us the chance to breath fresher air around Sharjah’s panoramic Corniche. It was the last day of showing so I expect smaller audience and theater but not expecting it to be undersized in both - a Ghost theater and a miniature of a real one. Assuming we’re inward bound to Haunted House, the boy exhibited mild apprehension and I deem he’l be screaming and crashing mirrors in the darkened hall like the terrible girl in Xmen did. But my assumption fell-short. He had princely smile instead as soon as the green-skinned Ogre and his multiplying shreklets (the naughty babies) came into view with dozens of other astonishing fairytale E.T’s. Donkey (Ed Murphy) and PussyCat’s (Antonio Banderas ) hilarious swapping of body parts by Merlin’s failing wizardry gave him snickers while the film’s magical stunts stood his little feet in wonder. My acknowledgment went to two Extras. Cinema’s extra tools that elevated him and his Tita Bang's provision of xtra diaper - saving our public reputation when his "call of nature" attacked (whoaah..i’m a certified nanny now!).

Its cool to be a part of my nephew's first walk to the "big" reel. I can mirror my bygone innocence in the kid’s face when father brought me to Lito Lapid’s “Leon Guerrero” (hmm..quite a history). I knew Tatay was watching me more than the film as he wanted me to enjoy the thrill of a new experience, of a bonding that won’t return again. Disyney’s 3rd installment of Shrek is entertaining amidst deficiency in story. So far, It’s not Mike Myer’s finest dubbed but Romrom will someday count it as the best being his very first, - and Im glad, I'm with him.