MamaGrizzly

I think we are the only family in the entire world that went to see WALL-E and left 25 minutes into it. We decided to go to our very first FAMILY movie outing a few weeks ago. We picked WALL-E because we have a 2 year old and a 4 year old and needed a movie that was rated G - WALL-E fit that. Fortunately, we went to our local theatre which is cheap - $2.75 for a matinee! It’s not stadium seating but I’m not paying $6.00 per person just for stadium seating - it’s not THAT much better.

But, going to the movies with 2 small children can be difficult the way the theatre’s are set up. We got our tickets and our popcorn and headed for our seats 5 minutes before the movie was scheduled to start. The BIGGEST problem is that we had to sit there and watch 30 minutes of commercials before WALL-E even started. My children aren’t used to commercials since we don’t have cable-tv and so they were frustrated with the commercials. But, FINALLY after 30 minutes of being bombarded with things we don’t want or need, WALL-E started. Now, by this time, the children were still eating their popcorn. But after 15 minutes, my 2 year old was up and ready to go for a walk. Five minutes after that, my 4 year old waas ready to go - and then 5 minutes later, my husband and I looked at each other because we too were bored with the movie. So, the 4 of us left and went window shopping.

Now, WALL-E might be a great movie - but when I see a movie rated “G”, I assume that it will be entertaining for any age. And, I guess I really expected a “grab-ya in the beginning” type movie since WALL-E is a Pixar movie.

But, we learned our lesson. I’m not sure when we’ll attempt our next big family movie - it will definitely be a long time from now. In the meantime, we’re enjoying our new “movie box” which I’ll tell you about in a future post!

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