why do movie theaters have to be so LOUD?

tonight we saw Nims Island for the second time in a week and i'll probably see it again a couple more times before it is available on DVD. ryeder is an avid movie watcher and loves to go to the theater when a new childrens movie is released. each time we have to go over the same delivery - " Are we going to the movie theater? but the previews are so loud. I'll just cover my ears, that's what i'll do, i'll just cover my ears when it's too loud." recently, i considered buying him ear plugs, you know the foamy ones you can squish but then what a fiasco that would be in the dark! for those of you who don't know, many autistic children have sensory disorders; ryeders hearing is one he struggles with. loud noises are VERY stressful for him, but through it all he still asks "when can we come again" the second the movie ends. i hope the day will come when loud noises are not frighteng to him and a routine trip to the theater doesn't cause anxiety. he loved the island in the movie and of course Nims house. he talks sometimes for days about all the places in the world he wants to see and Nims island makes him think of Hawaii. mostly the Statue of Liberty and New York City are his focus but there's also Paris, New Orleans, Africa, Australia and of course Greenland, cause its all green on the map. well, time to get the "midnight man" off to bed. ya, he usually cant get to sleep before midnight. another autistic thing -not great sleepers! thats a subject for another entry, the whole bedtime thing...