Up!

Friday was the first of the free films we had booked through nsfw so we started by looking at some of the literature about it and talking about what kind of film it was likely to be given the poster, the director and the outline. Then we went to the cinema, where we met up with Susan and K plus a whole bunch of other HE families we know and sat on the back row of the cinema for the first time in my life 🙂
Before the film started we had a talk by the Disney Pixar marketing manager for the UK and a chance to ask a few questions. Nothing scintillating, but nice to see them making an effort 😉 Then a trailer for the new Disney version of A Christmas Carol which was in 3-D and so scary that A was literally shaking on my lap 🙁
Up itself was very good. We all wore our 3-D specs, although A just looked through them while I held them in place for her and I had to perch mine on the end of my nose to avoid the headache I usually get from sunglasses. It was a bit loud (I find the cinema generally is) and the baddy was a bit badder and scarier than I’d expected, which caused problems for both L and A, while his main side kick was a dog, and we’ve just been working hard on helping A to overcome the sudden fear of dogs she developed without apparent cause a few weeks ago, so that wasn’t great. One of the goodies is a dog as well, so we’ve just had to dwell lots on that 😉 The boys, including M, loved it unreservedly and they all brought their 3-D specs carefully home as souvenirs.
We came home via mooching in shops (notably an extended stay and much playing in Hawkin’s Bazaar) and a huge traffic jam due to a broken down lorry on our favourite road *sigh* then settled down to make our own posters for a film similar to Up but to be Down, or In – or Sideways, if you’re K 😉
Music practice happened too, but Maths was unanimously voted to be delayed, unless you count Tutpup.