I see the multi-generational appeal of the Shrek movies, but I especially like the Puss in Boots character. When I found out that Antonio Banderas would be lending his voice to the 3-D full length movie spin-off, I knew that we would be taking the boys to see it. I would look silly going by myself. Unlike the rest of the...
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For the last several years, I have been under a self-imposed exile from movie theaters. I had banned movies because the experience was more annoying than entertaining in most cases. Stinky people next to you, loud people behind you, screaming babies anywhere. How can you enjoy a movie with these things going on? (I...
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Although our trip to the Chicago Comic Con was not terribly great, there was one really neat thing that happened to us. We got to meet Peter Mayhew, the 7’3″ actor who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies, while he was there signing autographs. I know that he does the convention circuit now, selling his books and...
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We took Aiden and Gavin to see Cars 2 today. Aiden has proven to be very good in movie theaters, but this was Gavin’s first trip. He didn’t act very well at all. Gavin didn’t want to sit in his seat, and he didn’t want to wear his 3D glasses. When he did wear them, they kept falling off, so he...
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Chrissy and I are very involved parents, so we don’t normally get to go out by ourselves very often. Every night, it’s dinner, bath, books and then bed for the kids. Not to complain, but it’s nice to get a “Date Night” every once in a while. Cassie agreed to babysit for us while we did the...
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Aiden was so good when we took him to see Toy Story 3 that was it was an easy decision to take him to another movie. Aiden and I went to see a matinee showing of Tangled in 3D. And like last time, he was very good during the entire movie. He didn’t make barely a sound, and even shushed me once or twice. I guess I was...
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I’m not one of those people that hates on the new 3D craze in upcoming movies. In fact, I welcome it. Aside from a slight headache, I really like the effect. However, I am biased against movie theaters, so I usually only go to IMAX movies anymore (unless it’s a really good movie). Theaters are just too loud...
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Aiden has never been to a theater before. We didn’t want to be those parents that bring a child who was obviously not ready to sit still through an entire movie. But we had taken him to the Field Museum a few days earlier, and he sat through the 3D dinosaur movie about Sue The T-Rex very well. He even wore the 3D...
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