danybug Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Anyone planning on seeing any of these new kids movies? I actually do not know much about any of them, but my parents are here and want to go to the movies with the kids. Just wondered what anyone has seen or heard :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire in NM Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 if they are taking the 4 yo. I checked commonsensemedia.org. Claire in NM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 We're planning to go see Hugo. I read the book to Ariel a month or two ago and she can't wait to see the movie. She's even talking about taking the book TO the movie. It might be a bit much for younger kids, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I've had a couple of friends recommend Puss In Boots. Not sure if it would be ok for your younger one, but perhaps.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 We are going to see the Muppets today. It looks like a fun movie, and the reviews are good over at Rotten Tomatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I definitely lean toward Hugo. We may even go out to the movies tomorrow after Thanksgiving dinner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc26 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I am taking my 7 and 9 year old boys to see the Muppets today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 The kids and I saw Puss in Boots a few weeks ago -- it was very very cute - entertaining for all -- I am vacillating between the three films you mentioned for dh and the kids and me to see tomorros evening. If anyone goes before that, I would love feedback on whatever you see. (((hugs))), Happy Thanksgiving and hi to your parents:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: and to you and your family! Tell your DH that Whole Foods was my 'go to' place this year!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 (((hugs))), Happy Thanksgiving and hi to your parents:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: and to you and your family! Tell your DH that Whole Foods was my 'go to' place this year!:D Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Hope everyone has a wonderful day tomorrow! Glad you went to WFM. My dh said his store is having the best Thanksgiving in it's history. They are set to run out of the organic/natural turkeys in the state of CO today. Crazy! Anyway, my parents just left with the kids. My dad is taking ds to "Arthur's Christmas" and my mom is taking dd to "Muppets". I will post what they think later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Hope everyone has a wonderful day tomorrow! Glad you went to WFM. My dh said his store is having the best Thanksgiving in it's history. They are set to run out of the organic/natural turkeys in the state of CO today. Crazy! Anyway, my parents just left with the kids. My dad is taking ds to "Arthur's Christmas" and my mom is taking dd to "Muppets". I will post what they think later. Excellent! WFM was fantastic yesterday -- I barely had to think about what I wanted to put out for each course, and I would turn the shopping cart, and there was someone with a demo table and the item ready for purchase. THAT so works for me! Stacey and her dh arrive in a couple of hours and I think they are going to take allison and emily to see the muppets - I am curious to see your parents' review. Later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadianmumof5 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 DD has her birthday party this weekend and they will be seeing Arthur Christmas. If anyone sees it before then, please post feedback!!! We check www.dove.org for movies and it says it is great for the whole family (although it shows as a PG rating here :confused:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Hugo looks as beautiful as the book. We're definitely headed to see it really soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 My mom and I have a Muppets date this weekend. I have been a Muppets fan since I could see a screen. I'm not taking the kids though, as they are too young to sit through a film in the theater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I've seen good things about Hugo. But idk if we would go see it...we don't really go see movies much, too much money! :D ETA: I use pluggedin.com for family friendly movie reviews. They don't really spin it much, just give the basics of what is in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I'd go see the Muppets for the 4yo, but we are looking forward to Hugo! Ds said one of the characters is one of the pioneers of cinema, so that's intriguing to him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 We just got home from "The Muppets". Oh, my word, it was wonderful! Sweet, funny, a home run. My 15-year-old and I were quietly singing along to "Rainbow Connection". (He's watched every season on DVD.) I found myself just smiling through most of the movie, and when I glanced over at the man next to me, he was smiling, too. :001_smile: It is PG, and some sensitive little kids might be upset by the bad guy, but otherwise it's just perfect. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 The Muppets rocked!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 We just got home from "The Muppets". Oh, my word, it was wonderful! Sweet, funny, a home run. My 15-year-old and I were quietly singing along to "Rainbow Connection". (He's watched every season on DVD.) I found myself just smiling through most of the movie, and when I glanced over at the man next to me, he was smiling, too. :001_smile: It is PG, and some sensitive little kids might be upset by the bad guy, but otherwise it's just perfect. Wendi So glad to hear this. We want to see the Muppets at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 In the minority here but we did Hugo as a read aloud a couple of years ago and I did not like the book. I'd probably go for the Muppets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2att Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 We saw Hugo on Thanksgiving. "We" consisted of 4 adults, 3 teenagers, and 2 boys ages 8 and 11. The general consensus was pretty much "boring." I thought it was a nice story, but rather slow and a bit too focused on film making, which I'm not particularly interested in. The 11-year-old and I probably liked it best, the 8-year-old was fidgety and kept saying he didn't get it (as was also the case with one of the teens, who has special needs). The other teens and adults kept waiting for something to happen, even if it was only a bit more dialogue. We probably would have been better off seeing the Muppets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 That is dd14, ds10 (down syndrome) and me. Left dh and ds17 home. We loved the movie. It was just a great story. We do plan on seeing muppets and puss in boots, but we likely will wait for them to hit the cheap theater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Our family went to see Hugo today--oh, it was GREAT! The 3D was stunning. James Cameron said it was better than (his) Avatar, which is a high compliment. The plot--interesting, well-done. And it follows the book very, very closely, with just a few minor additions to the storyline. Dd said the toy shop even looks like the picture in the book. I can understand how some may think it a bit slow and how some young kiddos might not get it, so it's prolly not for everyone. It's a story about the movies--and an homage to early movie history. That's not fascinating to everyone. It is to us, though! One neat thing we observed was that they gave the audience the chance to feel the same emotions as some of the early film goers felt--particularly in the Harold Lloyd/clock sequence. Ds LOVED it--he's a cinema major. Brilliant example of a book and film intersecting to tell a story--really, lovely! And the acting was top notch. 5 Stars, here. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 We saw The Muppets (Dh, 6 yo dd & I) today since we're in Colorado on vacation and it was 25 degrees outside. People from Texas can't do outside things when it's under 30 degrees outside:D We all loved it. DH and I normally aren't big fans of musicals but really enjoyed the movie. It was exactly what a family movie should be; lots of silliness, a struggle between good and evil, little or no crude or adult humor and no attempts by the writers to preach to the audience about some controversial topic in the modern news. This was a sharp contrast with Happy Feet 2 which we saw last week. DD enjoyed it but DH and I both hated it. Between the weird side story with the 2 male krill who discussed raising a family together, the bathroom humor and the slow boring plot it was torture to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 The Muppets was wonderful. Half the theater was singing Rainbow Connection, and I cried. :D There was a great article in Wired magazine that inspired me to go see it, and we took our out-of-town guests and dc to see it. I took little guy to see Puss in Boots, and there were definitely crude parts. Sort of like Shrek, where there is adult innuendo I think is supposed to go over the dc's heads. The theme was good, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaLee Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 We saw Muppets on Thanksgiving. It was cute, and I'm not sorry we watched it, but in retrospect I would have waited to see that one on DVD and saw Hugo in the theater instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I'm planning on getting seeing Hugo with Dr the Elder tomorrow. I didn't realize until Friday that it's The Invention of Hugo Cabret. :blush: Having now seen a trailer, I'm very much looking forward to seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadianmumof5 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 We saw Arthur Christmas this afternoon. It was OK......cute. I would probably say 3 star (out of 5). Not worth paying the regular movie admission IMHO. For reference, we LOVED Tangled, The Chipmunks Movie, and Up just to give you a frame of reference for our movie tastes :) Better to go see The Muppets I think......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I was more than impressed by Hugo and would be happy to see it again in the theatre. My not quite 10 yo liked it even more than I did, though she's opting to take her father next time. :001_smile: Everything clicked (thankfully even the child actors), but there's no way my wiggly 7yo would sit through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I read The Invention of Hugo Cabret to my kids and we all went and saw Hugo in 3D today. We loved it! It was beautiful and had a great story. Well worth the headache the 3D gave me and the price of admission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We saw Hugo and loved it, but with a 4 year old, I'd recommend Muppets. Hugo starts out kind of slow and is really geared towards older kids, probably 5th grade and up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Sorry -- haven't seen any of those, but we DID just see Puss N Boots, and it was really very good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 SillyAutismMan wanted to see them, so off to Muppets we went. Funny, good movie - however, most of the smallest kids in the theater were bawling towards the end, as the humor of the Bad Guy and his Muppet henchmen went over their heads, and to the kids those guys were just mean and scary! The Bad Guy tries to take down the Muppets (I will not go into details and spoil the film for you) and the cries of the tiny audience members escalated. Of course the Muppets prevail in the end, but by then several parents had had to take crying toddlers out of the theater. It is not a film for the tiniest of viewers. 4-yr-old should be okay...not any younger. PS I have a girl crush on Amy Adams. :-) PS Puss in Boots is fun, too. Probably not as cry-inducing as Muppets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 We saw Hugo and loved it, but with a 4 year old, I'd recommend Muppets. Hugo starts out kind of slow and is really geared towards older kids, probably 5th grade and up. I wouldn't recommend Muppets for 4 yos. It is like the old Muppet movies, with a plot line, slow songs, cerebral jokes, etc. I'd say probably Puss in Boots for a 4 yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 We loved Hugo. GREAT. Would definitely suggest that with 9/10 and olders. We haven't seen the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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