NOW CLOSED Despicable Me 2 MN screenings feedback thread

[KatieBMumsnet]

This thread is for the Mumsnetters who attended one of the exclusive MN screenings of Despicable Me 2 with their little minions DCs on Sunday 16th June. We hope you all had a fab time and enjoyed the film!

We really hope you and your DCs enjoyed the preview screening.
Below are a few questions for you to answer but please do add any other comments you may have.
We'd also love it if you could upload some pictures of your day to this thread.

• Please give a brief, one sentence review of the film

• Out of 5, how many stars would you give the film? How many would your DC give it? (5 is highest and 1 is lowest)

• What was your/your DC's favourite part of the film? Who is their favourite character and why?

• What did your DCs love best about the day?

• What was your overall experience of the screening?

• If it came up in conversation, would you recommend Despicable Me 2 to friends and family? Why?

Everyone who adds their feedback to this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one winner will receive a goodie bag packed full of Despicable Me 2 merchandise.

To find out more about the film (In cinemas June 28) and watch the trailer, visit the Despicable Me 2 pages on Mumsnet

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

Really good afternoon, thank you!! :) will return with feedback!

Nonsense secondcoming, you PLANNED to come late to avoid the queues didn't you!!

Some more pics... DS1 enjoying the ipads

A better image than the one I took on my phone!

Rocking the 3-D glasses

Will be back tomorrow to add review, had a great day despite a nightmare with trains, boys and i loved the film and meeting minions!!

Have to say the main topic of conversation in my house this morning has been the minion's bum!!!

• Please give a brief, one sentence review of the film

A great return from Gru and friends where Gru finds love and the minions are up to their usual tricks.

• Out of 5, how many stars would you give the film? How many would your DC give it? (5 is highest and 1 is lowest)

My DC would give the film 5 stars and we would give the fim 4 stars (as we felt not quite as sharp as the first film).

• What was your/your DC's favourite part of the film? Who is their favourite character and why?

Our favourite part of the film was when Agent Wild shot off the end of the pier and into the water and then her car coverted to an underwater vehicle. Our favourite character was Gru as he is funny, cool, trying to be evil and failing miserably and showing his softer side at the bbq. Dcs favourite part of the film was when the icecream van hoovered up the minions and then the film panned across to them enjoying life on an island. Dc1's favourite character was Margot (the eldest girl) because she was really funny. DC2's favourite character(s) were the purple minions because they were different and made her laugh!

• What did your DCs love best about the day?

Watching the film!

• What was your overall experience of the screening?

A very enjoyable day. It was great fun. The DCs enjoyed meeting the minions and having their photo taken with them! (See one DC with minions below). They also had minions made out of balloons to take home with them which my DCs were thrilled with. When they got to their seats there was a bottle of water, a minion face mask and a lollypop for each person.

• If it came up in conversation, would you recommend Despicable Me 2 to friends and family? Why?

It was a great film and we would certainly recommend this film to family and friends. Personally I would say it wasn't quite as sharp as the first film but still very enjoyable.

A very enjoyable day out. Thank you Mumsnet for another great opportunity

DC2

Both DCs

Debs, we loved you're girls being the girls!!!

Thank you so much! We had such a great time and ds sat thought the whole film (dh and I were not expecting that!) We went to the printworks on sun and attempted to shhhhh ds with all his questions!

1. Gru and the girls are back and this time the minions are purple!
2. 5 stars from us and from ds
3. Our favourite part was the purple minions and ds fave was the chicken!
4. Ds loved all the entertainment before the screening and we will have a hard time explaining that that won't happen every time we go to the cinema! He loved the balloon artists and we have looked after his (red - his choice!) balloon minion all day.
5. overall experience was great, would have been good to know water was provided, but that's only a petty thing. We had such a fab time and thank you so much!
6. would def recommend this film to lots of people with kids of all ages.

Am off to work now, but will try and upload a pic later.

Had a brilliant time at the O2 yesterday despite being knackered by the time we got there! (Usual travelling with small children stuff...we were like the family in the Fast Show constantly running through airports with massive suitcases...'come on kids!')

• Out of 5, how many stars would you give the film? How many would your DC give it? (5 is highest and 1 is lowest)

DS (4yo): 'A hundred! I would give it all the stars there are to give it in the whole world, because it was so good.'

I would give it 4, as inevitably it wasn't quite as good as the first film but was still very enjoyable. I was a bit annoyed that Lucy was set up as a capable, albeit wacky, character but still needed rescuing at the end.

• What was your/your DC's favourite part of the film? Who is their favourite character and why?

DS: 'The great big magnet!' Favourite character is Gru 'because he shooted all the jam at people'.

I must say, the whole sequence where Gru and the two minions were under attack by the purple army, and the ensuing jam-shooting, was incredible - really well shot and so vibrant to look at, all that red/purple/yellow. My eyeballs were vibrating when we left the cinema, along with my ears

• What did your DCs love best about the day?

DS: 'Everything! The games, the balloons, the popcorn, the treats, the film - everything.' I think it's fair to say he enjoyed it

DD is almost 2 and I didn't think she'd sit through the whole film, but she was brilliant and really loved it. I suspect her best bit of the day was meeting real life minions. She kept barging into other people's photos to hang out with them some more (sorry anyone who was visited by a nosy toddler).

• What was your overall experience of the screening?

A real treat. I was worried about the volume in the cinema as I rarely go these days due to how ridiculously loud everything is, but it seemed quite sympathetically done in that respect. It was DD's first cinema trip and she was totally unfazed by the noise. I would say that it was very hot in the foyer, which made wrestling small children more uncomfortable than usual.

• If it came up in conversation, would you recommend Despicable Me 2 to friends and family? Why?

Yes I would, because like the first film it's a funny, well made family picture that everyone can enjoy. Not too sappy, not too cynical, not afraid to show 'tough' men modelling family values and respecting women. Also lots of fart jokes.

great experience, manage to cause chaos wherever we are-if you are wondering why an alarm went off at one point that was down to ds standing on the red pull string in the disabled toilets sorry everyone!
full report to follow-thanks mumsnet! really appreciated being the first into the screening so I could sit with dh and ds :)
everyone kind and lovely-not easy being in a wheelchair in those sort of crowds so big thank you all!

Testing name change.

DS1 outside the O2.

DS2 with devil eyes with the Minions.

DS2 colouring in. He has taken these to show and tell at school today.

DS1 and 2 with the tragic balloon creation.
DH managed to pop it outside the arena. DS2 is still upset.

Not sure why all my photos are sideways. They aren't when I preview the message.

Back later with feedback.