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Thanks for sharing I cant wait to see it

Well as big a production as it is for the trip to the theaters with the girls, based on Alex's review I just couldn't stand to do my normal 'wait' til the hype dies down and we have tickets to the first showing this morning! Any movie that can make Alex even contemplate standing up and applauding on a shuttle has got to be worth the effort involved to get to the theater to watch.

I asked Boy if he would like to see this tomorrow night. He, very thoughtfully, rubbed his chin and said he would need a moment to think about it. Such Attitude!! LOL

I called him a snot and he came to a decision that yes, tomorrow night would work for him.

We are going to the El Capitan to see it tomorrow night!!!

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Originally Posted by Mousey Girl (Post 146795)

Bwahahaha, that's too freakin funny! He's a prize!

Have a report from a coworker with a 4-year-old girl. I'd talked it up to the coworker and he is a big Pixar/Ghibli fan so he was looking forward to it. I told him I thought it might be a bit high level for the youngest kids but he hoped otherwise.

She found the early shotgun/sewer scene very intense. I warned him about the dead rats scene and they'd talked about it ahead of time so that was ok.

But once it settled into the restaurant she quickly grew bored and was so restless that they had to leave about 2/3rds of the way through.

There were lots of restless kids at the showing I attended as well, with numerous walkouts during the second half. This felt a lot more like a sweet little independent film than a mass market family film.

A few observations (and huge spoilers):

Spoiler:

None of this is meant as complaint, just somewhat surprised reaction to a movie that wasn't quite what I expected.

I love Pixar shorts! Lifted was also a keeper. Although maybe I just related to it because of Driver Ed class, either way I found it a riot!

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Originally Posted by Alex (Post 146813)

This is good to know. Indi (who's also four) doesn't love Cars. He sat through it twice at the movies, but he never wants to watch the dvd. He never watches Nemo with me because several scenes are too intense for him. Come to think of it, the only Pixar he'll watch is Toy Story 2. Oddly though, he watched Castle in the Sky with Michael and loves it. I find that to be much scarier than any Pixar. Kids.

I was surprised at how un-restless our audience full of kids was. There were maybe 2 or 3 glare-worthy moments, but mostly all the kids sat through it quietly. I didn't exactly hear them laughing too much at what I thought were the funnier moments, though. It really is not a movie made for the kid audience.

I totally enjoyed it!! I didn't even laugh so much during Flushed Away.

Who ever did the animation for the rats must have studied them. There were times where I could totally see characteristics of my girls on screen. I saw a lot of Thudder in Remy, and a lot of Hollywog in Emille (she never stops eating). The expressions were also very consistant with my girls (yes, rats have expressions). I loved the merchandise at the Studio Store, but only bought a keychain and a pin. I just couldn't justify the plates and serving trays.