I took the three big kids out for a special trip to the movies on Saturday. When we asked them what they wanted to see, it was unanimous that Big Hero 6 was the coolest one playing. “We’ve seen spoiler videos, but we won’t ruin it for you,” they said. There was an early showtime in 3D coming up in about an hour, so we quickly got everyone ready to go (seriously – who gets dressed before 11am on a Saturday if there’s nowhere to go?)
We rushed out to the theater leaving Mommy at home with the baby. We rushed across the parking lot holding hands. “Why are we walking so fast?,” asked the 4-year-old. “Because Daddy always walks fast,” said the 8-year-old. “Because we want to get good seats,” I said. The lobby was mostly empty when we arrived (Phew), and we got our tickets quickly. The kids were loving their 3D glasses…especially the smaller sizes for the boys.
We got snacks and managed to get good seats right in the middle of the theater and sat down to wait for the movie. The crinkly sounds of Sour Patch kids being scarfed down were only drowned out by the row of kids from a birthday party joking around in the front row.
The movie started with some sort of short film called “Feast” about a dog and his owner. The kids were amusingly confused and thought we might be in the wrong theater when they didn’t recognize the movie. Soon enough, though, the feature presentation started.
The first thing that struck me as the movie started was the quality of the digital animation and the 3D effect. 3D is not used as a gimmick in this film…it provides nice depth to the normal action and some exciting dramatic effects during action sequences. The kids (8, 6, and 4) paid attention the whole time with no fussing or sleeping, which says something about the pace and plot of this Disney animated feature.
Without any spoilers, the movie is an exciting story of Hiro Hamada and his quest to catch a criminal with a team he forms to support himself and his robot, Baymax. Baymax is a cute inflatable robot who’s re-purposed by Hiro to help with their tasks. The plot is fairly simple with a few twists and surprises. There’s enough action to keep little boys interested and enough character development and drama to keep our 9-year-old girl from turning up her nose.
As the movie credits rolled, the final pieces of candy was eaten, and we walked out of the theater (“Why are there so many bathrooms?, said the 9-year-old.”), I asked the kids what their favorite part or character from the movie was.
“I liked when they [Hiro and Baymax] almost fell in the water.” – Owen (4). I also enjoyed this part of the movie in which Hiro is flying around with Baymax over the city and they dive down almost into the ocean.
“Baymax, because he is cute.” – Emily (8). The robot character is very cute and funny. He has some great lines in the movie, even though he’s not much of a talker. His well-timed deadpan lines often produce the most laughs.
Have you or your kids seen Big Hero 6 yet? What did they think?
If you haven’t seen it yet, it’d be a great movie for Thanksgiving break!
We hardly EVER get to the movies anymore as an entire family, but I want to treat you and yours this holiday season! Enter below to win a $50 gift card from Fandango to enjoy a movie on us! Open to US residents 18+. Good luck!
We are dying to see this movie! We first tried to take my son to see a movie at age 3. It was a disaster. He had the attention span of a gnat, couldn’t quite find his inside voice and kept hoping up to check out various lights and other seats. We left and came back twice before we realized it just wasn’t happening. Now he’s a champion movie go-er, the only issue we have is he doesn’t share popcorn :).
Wow. You went in to the movie with an 8-year-old and came out with a 9-year-old. Did she enjoy her birthday?
HA! Thanks for that. I guess we’re always rounding up around here! Soon enough!
Annie Stow recently posted…Korus Wireless Speaker Review
My kids have just started to enjoy going to the movies together thanks to The Lego Movie. It’s not a funny story per se, but that was the first movie when I wasn’t up and down to the bathroom and finding more snacks and balancing two kids on my lap because they were bored. We can’t wait to see this one.
Alysia recently posted…Sleeping Village
We went to see Big Hero 6 and the Kids 7 and I loved it! How can you not love Baymax??? Such a great family movie.
Betsy recently posted…Holiday Gift Guide 2014!
We haven’t been to a movie in FOREVER – maybe since my nearly-7yo was a newborn? I have heard great things about this movie!
maryanne @ mama smiles recently posted…Energy Saving Hacks: Tips, Tricks, and DIY Solutions
We were just looking for a movie to take my daughter to this coming weekend and Big Hero 6 popped up. I thought it was funny that after telling me it had a “giant Staypuff marshmallow looking guy” in it, my husband went on to tell me that it was animated. But, I’ll give it to him that there was a giant Staypuff marshmallow guy in Ghostbusters and that wasn’t an animated movie.
Tamara @ We3Travel recently posted…Check the Northern Lights off your Bucket List with a Hurtigruten Cruise
my son went and saw The incredibles as his first movie and still to this day loves it.
Its so expensive, we don’t go very often, but the kids love it when we do.
My kids love Disney movies, they are willing to be good in exchange for movie time, amen.
I would love to take my mom to a movie. We haven’t been in a long time.
I love taking my niece and nephew to the movies..I remember when my nephew was younger, like 4, I put him in the seat, and it flipped up on him, as he was to light to hold it down! Even with the booster!
We can never go to the movies without buying some popcorn with extra butter. Movies make for a great date night for us.
We recently took my niece and nephew to the movies and they had a blast. No funny stories, but they are quite silly in general.
The last time I went to the movies with my family I got so startled by a jump scare moment that I literally screamed for a full minute right there in the theater while a bunch of people laughed… At me. Yes.
Such a great movie. My kids really enjoyed it and I did too!
Melanie recently posted…Mirbeau Inn and Spa and a Giveaway!
My husband and I went to see Iron Man 3 – just the two of us. We splurged and got drinks and candy at the theater. ABout 20 minutes into it, my husband’s lid came off his drink when he picked it up – and he spilled his soda all down his pants! But he didn’t want to miss any of the movie, so he sat there with soda-pants for the rest of the movie!
I like to take my kids to meet their friends at the movies, it is an easy play date.
Looks like a super cute movie! Would love a free trip to the movies with my family!!
I have been traveling a lot so we definitely need a family movie night out and saw Big Hero 6 and LOVED it. Glad to see the family enjoyed themselves.
Divina recently posted…Raising Our Sons to Be Great Neighbors and Men #BeMyNeighbor
I saw Finding Nemo when I was working for the summer in the midwest. All my coworkers laughed at how I talked just like the lobsters in the movie. I swear I don’t have an accent.
I adore the movies and always have. Once when my brother and I were kids my mother left us at the movies and thought that my dad was picking us up. We watched 101 Dalmatians 3 times, but we didn’t mind. (this was in a pre-DVd era!)
My 5 year old loves to go to the movies. She also likes to frequent the restroom so mommy misses most of the plot 🙂
My nephew always asks for movie admissions as gifts for birthdays and holidays. He loves to go to see them.
I don’t have any funny stories, but I am looking forward to seeing The Hobbit in theaters!
we love going to the movies, especially the really nice BIG 3D theater. The first time we went, we saw World War Z. When a zombie jumped out, the lady behind us screamed and threw her popcorn at us LMAO
I haven’t seen it yet and missed the preview here! It looks super cute and everybody I know that has seen it loves it!!
Krystyn @ Really, Are You Serious? recently posted…40 Weeks
My husband hates that I eat popcorn one at a time. He can’t hear me when I’m talking to him, but he can hear me crunching on popcorn. I usually offer to sit away from him.
We love heading to the movies
When I take my granddaughter to the movies, she always sits in the same spot… unfortunately the seat next to her spot is broken and I have to sit in it everytime!
The theater close by recently did a renovation and its supposed to be awesome so I can’t wait to go. Sometimes I go with my niece or go my girlfriends.
I can’t wait to see the new Hobbit movie at the movies!
I can’t wait to take my son to his first movie! My husband and I were planning to take him after his 3rd birthday. We will pick seats close to the aisle just in case we have to slip out early, though!
I’ve been dying to see my beloved Keanu in “John Wick” but have no sitter so I’ll be lucky to go see “Penguins of Madagascar” with my kids.
We love to go to the movies on a Sat afternoon.
I played hookey one day when I was in High School and went to see Ferris Buelers Day Off. It was playing at a theatre that released movies at a discounted price months after they have already been pulled from the main theatres. I was the absolute, only person in the theater seeing the movie when I was there. I pretended like I was a millionaire enjoying my own private home theatre, I’ll never forget that!
I love the movies! I brought my lil guy to see “Frozen” last year. Tried to step out for part I had read might scare him. No way!! He just wanted to stay and watch. Still singing “Let it Go”!
My husband and I love watch movies. we just our first baby 2 weeks ago. hopefully we can still go to the movie once a month.
This is such a great prize – the kids LOVE going to the movies!!
My 1st grader thinks this movie looks “totally cool mommy”
My husband and I went to see Expendables 2 and when it came to reveal the Lone wolf (Chuck Norris part) my husband said very loudly Oh my God it’s Chuck Norris and everyone started to laugh loudly needles to say I was very embarrassed and gave him the look.
I have no great movie stories, other then the fact that we love the movies and this would be an awesome gift.
My oldest son just want to see it with one of his friends and absolutely loved it. I had to stop him from talking more about it he was giving half the movie away lol.
My son loves movies but we have only been a couple times and this would be a perfect way to bring him again!
We love the movies too! But struggle to find something that carries the 3 year old’s attention! It a good thing for alone time for my bigger kid to go to a movie alone with either Mommy or Daddy.
Ida Mae recently posted…Jack’s Construction Site Birthday!
We normally go to drive ins or movies on the lawn in town when we take the kids. They are young so these have been a way to accommodate all of us when going. My youngest doesn’t have the attention span yet for a theater. This would be awesome to do with my oldest though.
Family movie days are so fun!!!!
i would love to take my daughter to the movies. she is at an age now that she may sit down the entire time.
We took our whole family to see Mama Mia a few years ago. My hubby and I had seen it the night before and since my hubby loves Abba, he sang OUT LOUD all the songs in the movie to all of us and everyone in the place!!!
My little boy has only been to the theater about 3 times in his life. This would be a great one to take him to next!
Entered the rafflecopter form as “Wild Orchid”
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
i dont have a funny story but we love the movies
The Last Movie we saw was Guadians of the Galaxy! It was so much fun watching that movie, but I need to see the New Hobbit movie.
We just went to the movies Friday to see Hunger games. We had so much fun and it had been so long since we have been out as a family. I love it! Thank you
I remember going to the movies when I was nursing my daughter and we went to an early show out of town and we were the only ones there and I took my baby and nursed her and she slept through the movie
when magic mike came out I was whooping and hollering like I was at a club lol
The last movie we saw was Big Hero 6 which was my son’s first movie in a theater.
I tend to wait for movies to come out on netflix or tv because of the cost to see in the theater.
I loved Big Hero 6 it was funny and sad at times. I went in thinking it was not going to be good but I found my self really liking it laughing at times and the crying at times.
I wish people would not talk “out Loud” during the movies!
Big Hero 6 was great
The cost of movies have gone up substantially. Most of the time, I wait for the movies to come out on video. Occasionally, I will go to the movies to see a movie. Sometimes, I’ve found if its an excellent movie, its sometimes better to wait a week or two so it is less crowded.
Tammy Woodall recently posted…Nutcracker Boston!
There are a lot of good movies out now between Hunger Games, Big Hero 6 and Penguins of Madagascar…this could come in handy.
My husband ALWAYS falls asleep at the movies, no matter what. And the worst part is that he snores so loud. I can hear people laughing sometimes. lol
I would pick the 20″ Jingle Bells Wreath 🙂
i dont have a funny story about the movies but i can say that the first movie my son saw in the theater was toy story 3
We go to the movies often, but I do not have any terrible or funny stories to share. I do remember being confused as to why the 3D glasses did not fit one time. Apparently, we were given kid 3D glasses instead of adult ones. We went back out and it took them awhile to find the correct 3D glasses for us.
Im dying to go to a movie, with 2 kids we never get out
We took my daughter to her first movie last year to see Free Birds. She was so excited about the movie she slid off the front of the chair.
Daniel needs to be asleep or have his head in an enormous bag of popcorn for us to make it through a movie.
Dollops of Diane recently posted…Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer The Musical: Giveaway!
My kids always have to pee at the best part!
I really want to go see gone girl but havent had the chance yet.
I don’t have any funny movie stories that I can think of right now. I do have some movie ‘quirks’ though. Whenever I go I MUST wear sweat pants or yoga pants (I like to sit criss-cross-apple-sauce in my seat and that can’t be done in non-stretchy clothing). I don’t like sitting to the left of the screen. I use the bathroom after the 2nd or 3rd preview so that I don’t have to risk needing to go during the movie.
We finally went to see Guardians of the Galaxy on Wednesday! We plan on see Mockingjay next week!
My wife slept through Star Wars! How could that happen?
We saw Big Hero 6 on Thanksgiving
I tried to watch Last Action Hero with my brothers and sister – due to jet lag I slept through the whole thing
I think the funniest story about a movie was when we brought our daughter to her first one. She was so excited about when the movie came on but after a few minutes turned to me and asked where the buttons were to change the channel!
I waited years until my daughter was old enough to see movies with me- chick flicks! It is our thing now. And during the previews, we oooh and aaaaah over future films we need to see.
I’ve seen some funny things at the end of movies during the credits so I always stay til the lights come back on.
Thanks for the contest.
Thanks for the giveaway…our kids are anxious to see “Night at the Museum 3”, it opens in mid-December.
My daughter and I went to see Marley & Me a few years back, when the lights came on after it ended we both were all teary eyed.
When I was growing up had a dollar theater a couple blocks from my apartment and practically lived there for awhile.
I really want to take my kids to see big hero 6.
My daughter really wants to see Big Hero 6.
I haven’t been to the movies in a while, but I’d love to bring my daughter to see this! Thanks for the chance!
ME AND MY HUSBAND WENT TO SEE THIS ONE MOVIE AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO SEE IT IN THE FIRST ROW,THE WHOLE MOVE WE SAT THERE STARING AT THE NOSES AND PIXELS OF THE ACTORS/ACTRESSES. Needless to say, we didn’t have a great time