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By Little Mummy, July 1, 2009 1:00 pm

Okay listen up people, you’ve got to go and see Up when it comes out, 3D or otherwise you won’t be disappointed. As far as these modern animated films go this is by far the best storyline I’ve seen so far, the 3D may add another dimension, literally, however this film stands up well enough without gimmicks.

In the first ten minutes, friendship, marriage, miscarriage and death had all been covered in a short montage, be ready for some difficult questions, much of it went over Erin’s head at three, older children will take in a lot more.

The story follows a septuagenerian named Mr Frederickson who loses his wife and soulmate and ultimately faces losing his home, this is where the film really gets going and the more fantastical part of the plot kicks in which takes Mr Frederickson and various sidekicks on an adventure of a lifetime. The plot turns serious again when you realise that the whole adventure has been an outlet for Mr Frederickson’s grief which eventually forces him to move on with his life.

Take your tissues, I never thought a ‘cartoon’ could be so moving, I was stunned to find out that even my husband had had to choke back a tear. The issues were covered beautifully without being too heavy for younger viewers whilst providing some ‘meat’ for parents.

I’d go as far as to say this is the best film I’ve seen this year and, for me, ranks beside The Dark Knight and Little Miss Sunshine, high praise indeed, but well deserved.

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By Little Mummy, February 5, 2009 9:42 am

It was Erin’s birthday this week and instead of a large party we had a series of smaller birthday treats.

On Monday we decided to treat Erin to her first visit to the cinema or ‘the movies’ as she now calls it (Dad’s a film buff and Erin can recognise and name characters from the Lord of the Rings, nothing weirder than a three year old saying ‘aargh it’s Gollum’ in a mothering tone)please note I am definitely not boasting here, in fact I think it’s kind of strange! We dragged ourselves out of bed for the 10.45 am showing of Madagascar 2. Unsurprisingly the cinema was dead, I think there were about six in to view the film. We treated her to one of the kids boxes and settled down. I was a little apprehensive (she’s already walked out of the pantomime this year) and it wasn’t long before she was asking to go home, the lights hadn’t even been dipped yet! I wasn’t ready to see £20 wasted though and encouraged her to stay.

Once she realised that ‘the movies’ was nothing more than a ‘big dvd’ she was ok and started to get into it. The film was really good, in short the kooky bunch of aniamals from the first film try to leave Madagascar via the old aeroplane, the penguins attempt at fixing it fails and they end up crash landing in Africa, their native land. Alex, Gloria, Marty and crew meet their relatives and Alex is reunited with his long lost Mum and Dad. Of course Alex saves the day when the watering hole dries up and they all decide to stay in Africa and live happily ever after, or until the next instalment anyway. My favourite character was Moto-moto a sexy hippo (very funny), Erin only mentions the shark – who she didn’t like.

Lots of fun and I think she’s heading to ‘the movies’ to see Ice Age 3 next