DON'T take the kids, DO check out the knits!

Last night we saw "Zack and Miri Make A Porno," the new Kevin Smith movie. At the theater, they had blacked out all of the posters and signs, so that they just said "Zack and Miri."

Right next door to our theater they were showing "High School Musical 3: Senior Year." As we exited our theater, the screaming tweens came pouring out of that one, too. Thank God they didn't get the films switched and accidentally show the wrong ones - moms would have been quite peeved about that...

We were in the mood for a silly, laugh out loud movie, and that's what we got. Just be warned if you go, though - the title of this blog could easily have been "Don't take the kids, do check out the-something-that-rhymes-with-knits" because they were all over the place.

I'm such a knitting dork, because here we are watching a movie about making a movie where people take OFF their clothes, and I'm watching all the of hats, scarves, sweaters and shawls worn by Miri and the scarves worn by Zack.

The movie takes place in Pittsburgh, in the winter time, so they're always bundled up when they go out. That's something I remember vividly from the only time I've been to Minneapolis. It was January, and we went to a bar, and everyone there had giant parkas and hats and scarves and mittens and gloves that were draped over the backs of chairs. Here, when it's cold and people go out, they leave coats in the car, and run, not walk, into establishments.

I guess in colder climes, you've grown up with the need for coats, so it's not a big deal to wear it into a bar.

The photos I found aren't the greatest to showcase all of the knitwear, but it's the best I can do. I've written about this before. It's one of the hazards of being a knitter - you go to a movie to watch the movie, get the plot, explore the characters, and all that jazz, but you end up looking at the wardrobe, trying to decipher a pattern for what you're looking at.



As we walked out of the theater, Adam said "That movie should have been called "Kevin Smith and Judd Apatow Make A Porno." It was hilarious - if you're in the mood to laugh, go see it. If you're on a first date, or with one of your parents, DON'T go see it. Potentially awkward in those situations!