Despicable Me 2 - Pre-Screening

I first off want to thank Despicable Me's Facebook page for posting the offer for free pre-screening tickets. I totally wasn't expecting that, randomly saw the post, and despite a VERY slow website server I managed to come out with 4 tickets. However, they give away more tickets than there are seats for just in case people don't show. HA! Good luck with that for this movie!

Tyler is spending the week with the grandparents and going to camp so we had to wait for him to get out of camp and eat dinner before we could head out. The movie started at 7:30 and we got Tyler at 6.  Almost the whole way there all Tyler would say was BEE DO BEE DO BEE DO... We had to tell him multiple times to stop. He would then forget and start again. He most certainly drove everyone crazy. 

The tickets advised to show up early. We got there an hour early. Got our reservations checked and were assigned a numbered wrist band. We got in and the only 4 seats together we could find were in the very first row on the end. I had the worst seat EVER. I was sitting on the very end and had to spend the whole time with my head tilted up and at an angle. I could actually see the multiple layers of video that makes up a 3D movie. No wonder typically no one sits down there!

After getting out seats Tyler and I ran back to get drinks and popcorn. On our way out there was a HUGE line of people just standing out there and the lady who checked us in was explaining to a little girl that there were only 266 seats, and they couldn't help that. The number on my wrist band was 259. o.O We clearly BARELY made it. Got back to our seats to find that someone had tried to steal my seat. Free pre-screening = serious business.

**There will be NO spoilers**

If you are interested in seeing Despicable Me 2 then you almost positively saw the first one. That means you know that the main character is Gru. He's a villain who had a change of heart after adopting three orphans. Between then and now it's just been Gru and the 3 girls.

As you have seen in commercials for the new movie Gru gets approached by the Anti Villain League. Since he use to be a villain they think he may be able to help them figure out their latest mission, because they have been unable to solve it on their own. Gru at first refuses because he's a new man now. He's a dad. He has to get home to his girls. The girls are really the driving force for him in the whole movie. Gru is definitely, first and foremost, a dad.

What does being a single dad mean? It means that you are bound to have at least one crazy female in your life who thinks you need to be set up on a date. With anyone and everyone. Not to mention that he gets partnered up with Lucy Wilde, the girl you've seen in the commercials kidnapping him. With all these women around it's inevitable that little Agnes admits that she's been dreaming of having a mother. Gee, no pressure Gru!

The minions. They're the whole movie right? They bring immature humor to the movie. Not overly done though. It's more like fart sprinkles vs fart icing. The minions really are quite funny.

This clearly wasn't a special needs friendly event, but Tyler enjoyed it. He actually prefers to NOT see movies in 3D. He didn't like his seat, but he decided his seat was better than no seat at all. He loved the movie and laughed hysterically throughout. As we were leaving he was screaming about how AWESOME it was so a man outside the theatre door asked him what his favorite part was. BEE DO BEE DO BEE DO... o.O Oh my gosh... The man busted out laughing. We get out to the parking lot and a man and a woman were walking to their car, with NO children, and the man starts BEE DO BEE DO BEE DO.... Tyler's all SEE an adult is doing it too! Shoot me now! We are NOT driving back listening to more of that.

Returned my little one to the grandparents, and all ended well. My blog last week was about the negative view society takes on nontraditional families. If you read it or if you just follow my page, you know that I have a soft spot for such families. This movie is all about that and more. Sure, the kids won't likely see it that way. They may only be there for the BEE DO BEE DO, but the message is there. This movie was funny and a family must see.