“You really want me to see this movie don’t you?”
“I wouldn’t ask otherwise.”
“What if I don’t want to see another movie about things that aren’t real?”
“Then you shouldn’t see this movie.”
“It’s fantasy. There are elves. I don’t want to see another movie about elves.”
“Then don’t think about the elves.”
“That makes no sense!”
“It’s a good movie. You can’t just see an elf and decide the whole movie’s bullshit; the elves are just scenery!”
“Nothing is just scenery! Maybe if I delude myself for your sake I’ll love it. But maybe I’ll hate it because elves don’t exist and nothing founded on the assumption of elves is ever going to stick with me after we leave the theatre. At the end of the movie we’ll have two ticket stubs and a lingering butter smell and that’ll be it.”
“Would it kill you to believe in an elf for an hour and 45 minutes?”