# My daughter really wants to see RIPD.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934 "2013-07-19T14:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/1 "2013-07-19T14:22:10Z")
But it’s at 10% at rottentomatoes. And even the good review, which was giving a hometown discount since it’s a Boston website reviewing a movie set in Boston, couldn’t give it more praise than this: > [@](#): > > It’s the sort of movie that, if the air conditioning is working and the popcorn is handy, can provide a nice way to beat the heat. Now how to break her little heart? On her birthday no less? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/2 "2013-07-19T14:27:59Z")
Tell her you’ve heard it is not a good movie. Show her evidence that supports what you’ve heard. Then ask if she still wants to go, and take her if she says yes. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/3 "2013-07-19T14:28:10Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > But it’s at 10% at rottentomatoes. And even the good review, which was giving a hometown discount since it’s a Boston website reviewing a movie set in Boston, couldn’t give it more praise than this: > Now how to break her little heart? On her birthday no less? Good God, how much would it cost & how much time would it take to make her happy? And if it sucks & she realizes it, then it’s a learning experience! ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/4 "2013-07-19T14:36:59Z")
Stay home and watch the vastly superior Ghostbusters flick. Whip up a batch of homemade Exto-Cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/5 "2013-07-19T14:39:19Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Stay home and watch the vastly superior Ghostbusters flick. Whip up a batch of homemade Exto-Cooler. I was going to suggest renting **Men in Black** and trying to convince her that it was the director’s cut of **RIPD** , but this is good too. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/6 "2013-07-19T14:41:41Z")
I’m gonna have to advise you to TAKE HER TO THE DAMN MOVIE! It is a duty, you don’t waver about duty. Do you think I have wanted to see Cars/Cars 2 thousands of times?😃 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/7 "2013-07-19T14:43:46Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > I was going to suggest renting **Men in Black** and trying to convince her that it was the director’s cut of **RIPD** , but this is good too. That’s the problem - she loves MIB, and thinks this will be the same thing, but not awful. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/8 "2013-07-19T14:49:42Z")
IMDb has it rated at 5.6/10 with 520 votes. Not good, but it could be worse. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/9 "2013-07-19T14:50:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Tell her you’ve heard it is not a good movie. Show her evidence that supports what you’ve heard. Then ask if she still wants to go, and take her if she says yes. Do what kayaker says here. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/10 "2013-07-19T14:55:57Z")
Why is this even a question? Your daughter wants to see a particular movie on her birthday, just take her to the damned movie she wants to see! I don’t understand why you’d want to convince her otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/11 "2013-07-19T15:01:00Z")
Look her in the eyes, realize that in a few years you will suddenly become The Old Thing that Won’t Go Away, take her to the movie, suffer through it, see her smile, appreciate that she wants to be seen in public with you. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/12 "2013-07-19T15:05:18Z")
Oh my, yes. The ‘appreciate that she wants to be seen in public with you’ part is very important to remember (good call, **Death of Rats** ). Imagine how much fun it will be if she thinks the movie is silly/bad but great because she and her parent both think the movie is silly/bad. You can come out of the experience with inside catch phrases that can last for years. Children are only their ages for a very short period of time. Cherish each stage as you will never experience them again. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/13 "2013-07-19T15:09:56Z")
Take her to see it. Don’t try to talk her out of seeing the movie that she’s picked for her birthday. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/14 "2013-07-19T15:14:20Z")
Do like the Boston reviewer suggests - buy some popcorn, find really comfortable seats, and ignore the movie while your daughter watches it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/15 "2013-07-19T15:24:44Z")
Will this be the first or only bad movie you’ve ever seen? If not, take her to the movie she wants to see. Maybe she’ll like it. Maybe she just has a crush on Ryan Reynolds, and will like anything he’s in. Regardless, it’s her birthday and the best thing is to take her to the show she wants to see. And don’t think I can’t understand or sympathize. My son wants to see _ **Turbo** _, which looks like torture to me. But what the hey, he’s 9. I’ll probably take him, and share a large popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/16 "2013-07-19T15:27:42Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Why is this even a question? Your daughter wants to see a particular movie on her birthday, just take her to the damned movie she wants to see! This, seriously. What part of “heard it’s not that great a movie” overrides “daughter’s birthday” in your mind? How many bad movies have you sat through for a first date? Were those people more important than your daughter? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/17 "2013-07-19T15:29:47Z")
This isn’t _all_ she’s asking for on her birthday BTW, so it’s not like her day will be completely ruined if she misses the movie. And I’m as much concerned that she’d be sad that she wasted 2 hours of her birthday watching a horrible movie as that she’d be sad that she didn’t get to see the movie. > [@grude](#): > > I’m gonna have to advise you to TAKE HER TO THE DAMN MOVIE! > > It is a duty, you don’t waver about duty. Do you think I have wanted to see Cars/Cars 2 thousands of times?😃 This is my third daughter, so trust me, I’ve seen many, many movies that I didn’t want to see. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/18 "2013-07-19T15:30:17Z")
I sat through the Smurf movie, you can make it through RIPD. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/19 "2013-07-19T15:30:23Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Why is this even a question? Your daughter wants to see a particular movie on her birthday, just take her to the damned movie she wants to see! I don’t understand why you’d want to convince her otherwise. I think you nailed it here. Turn brain off, enjoy movie with things blowing up and people running around chasing each other and spending your daughter’s birthday with her. ETA: How old is your daughter? If she really would be bummed at wasting two hours of her birthday, maybe send her to Rotten Tomatoes and let her make the choice herself. Then she only has herself to blame. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934/20 "2013-07-19T15:35:35Z")
Side question: What happened to Jeff Bridges’ voice? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-really-wants-to-see-ripd/663934.md?page=2)