Cool off this summer at the Regal's FREE Family Film Festival. The films run Tuesday through Thursday at 10am on two theaters (G and PG). View "City of Ember" post.
This week we chose to see "The Tale of Desperaux", the G movie based on the book by Kate Dicamillo, because the Little Camper was joining us today along with Mr. Camper aka "Daddy".
We arrived at 9.50am and skipped the popcorn line. By this time the theater was quickly filling up. We didn't get the best seats but we were able to find two available boosters and 4 seats together. Today there were lot of dads and grandparents with toddlers and young babies in tow. Just before the show started someone came through the theater tossing free T-shirts into the crowd. I did a little "Woo-hoo" to get the campers excited...there's nothing like the word "Free" to get a crowd to raise their arms up in the air...even without knowing what was on the T-shirts everyone tried to catch one.
Since we were evenly numbered two adult and two kids, M. Camper battled the concession stand and we splurged on popcorn...two Regal Reel meals...too bad I forgot the Regal Crown Club card back at camp headquarters!
The Little Camper took one box and shared the popcorn with the Camp Director who took out the coke and the Skittles, keeping her sugar level up and his down. What is it about movie popcorn that is so incredibly yummy...oh that's right...the oil and butter!
The Tale of Desperaux is well narrated by Sigourney Weaver and includes an A-list cast. The story has great lessons, an endearing hero, and scary villains. The timid Mouse world is contrasted with the scary Rat world and the animation is so life like that I worried that the campers would get scared. Although the Toddler gave no indication that he was scared, he let us know what he thought of the movie on the way back to camp.
Testimonials:
Camp Director: "I enjoyed the movie so much that we went to get the book Kate Dicamillo's book illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering".
Mr. Camper: "That was fun".
The Big Camper: (when asked what he liked best about the movie he pointed to the Camp Director) "I liked that you were there!" (aww...later in the day he retold the story of the little mouse).
The Little Camper: "It was scary!!" (yikes!)
Activity Fee: $0
Actual Cost $11.50 (two reel meals) $26.65 (might fine burgers)
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