Minions--They're everywhere!

[tomarin]

The old gentleman has simply been listening to too much contemporary rap music.

 

[Della]

We don’t hear about all his little blurbs on this side of the pond, but he sounds like a straight-talking kind of guy to me. I can see one of our vets saying pretty much the same thing when the attention is on him instead of on a fly-over. Anyway, I suppose the Prince would have been an extraneous character in the Minion movie, which was long on silliness and short on character development.

 

[Exiled_Child]

Ive never understood why adults today seem to enjoy kids movies…back when we were growing up, and taken to the movies, if we were younger, adults would have us see a kids movie and the adults would go watch a film made for adults, I know for a fact NONE of my relatives would have been happy sitting thru a hour and half kids movie! LOL

My father, God bless his soul, sat through no less than twenty-five screenings of Star Wars when I was a kid. Seriously, when we pestered him, he took my friends and brother and I every weekend for a long time. Many years later I just had to laugh when, out of the blue, he would recite verbatim really long strings of Star Wars dialogue at funny moments. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I think taking us to see that film over and over and over again must have been a unique form of torture for him, but which he did out of love!

 

[tomarin]

Having elderly parents I can understand how some older people can get crotchety.

 

[Joe_5859]

Ive never understood why adults today seem to enjoy kids movies…back when we were growing up, and taken to the movies, if we were younger, adults would have us see a kids movie and the adults would go watch a film made for adults, I know for a fact NONE of my relatives would have been happy sitting thru a hour and half kids movie! LOL

I don’t think “kid’s stuff” has to be just for kids. Adults can still enjoy “kid’s books” like The Chronicles of Narnia or The Hobbit or even Dr. Seuss. There’s no reason that animated movies have to be for kids only.

I am glad to have stuff that I can watch together with my kids that we all can enjoy.

These Minions are everywhere, though! Even without watching TV commercials, they have infiltrated our home via cereal boxes.

 

[tomarin]

I don’t think “kid’s stuff” has to be just for kids. Adults can still enjoy “kid’s books” like The Chronicles of Narnia or The Hobbit or even Dr. Seuss. There’s no reason that animated movies have to be for kids only.

I am glad to have stuff that I can watch together with my kids that we all can enjoy.

These Minions are everywhere, though! Even without watching TV commercials, they have infiltrated our home via cereal boxes.

Recently I’ve been enjoying (re)-reading The Hobbit and the Chronicles of Narnia to my son at bedtime. They’re really well written. It’s happened on more than one occasion that I’ve had to continue reading after he’s fallen asleep just to find out what happens next.

 

[Joe_5859]

Recently I’ve been enjoying (re)-reading The Hobbit and the Chronicles of Narnia to my son at bedtime. They’re really well written. It’s happened on more than one occasion that I’ve had to continue reading after he’s fallen asleep just to find out what happens next.

I’m doing the same with my daughter. We just finished “A Horse and His Boy”. Five down, two to go. Then on to “The Hobbit.”

 

[tomarin]

I’m doing the same with my daughter. We just finished “A Horse and His Boy”. Five down, two to go. Then on to “The Hobbit.”

We’re in the middle of “The Silver Chair.” It’s pretty good - so far I’d say Lewis got better with each book.

When I was a kid myself “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” was far and away my favorite. Oddly it didn’t leave as much of an impression on me this time around. (Although Reepicheep stood out more as a unique character. The first time around I took him more as a comic diversion.)