Disney Movie Night: Planes

We were supposed to go to the park Thursday night, but it was supposed to rain. We decided not to chance getting caught in a thunderstorm and I'm glad we did. It turns out our local theaters were having Thursday night showings of Planes!

I was excited we didn't have to wait until Friday, and armed with 2 free tickets (one from Toys R Us and one from Disney Movie Rewards) and a coupon for $3 off popcorn (from Regal Cinema texts), it was a bargain.

We got there early, but it wasn't all that crowded. We waited in the hall until we could go into the theater.

Luckily, we had that popcorn.

Scarlett wore her tutu over her clothes...

Once inside we watched a LOT of coming attractions, while the kids kept asking "Is this Planes?"

When the movie started, they were pretty into it for a while. I wish we hadn't been quite so early because it was about half way through that Scarlett started kicking chairs and standing up. I ended up taking her to walk around, and then watched the last part of the movie sitting in the hall that lead to the doorway while Scarlett played on my phone and danced (good thing she wore that tutu!).

I did like the parts I saw. People laughed, and the visuals were pretty great. The plot was really close to Cars, and pretty predictable, but that was expected - it was originally meant to go straight to video. I'm glad it came to the big screen because the animation was made for that. Looking forward to the DVD release, though, so I can see the parts I missed!

Luke liked it, and since he's pretty much the demographic, I'm glad for that. Plus, other than the time he shouted out "What happened?!" when the screen went white, he acted appropriately for a movie theater. He is learning! And Scarlett will get there, too - hopefully in time for Frozen!