Yesterday Uncle Troy took all 
three of us to see the movie Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. We had a lovely time—Jon is now officially comfortable with movie theatres. A little nervousness at the beginning, and hands-over-the-ears during the commercials (for which I don’t blame him one bit); but a huge bucket of popcorn and a big cup o’ pop ameliorated any rocky patches.
Not that there were many rocky patches during the movie. Thoroughly enjoyable, we also noted it favourably for being a rare animated movie that is relatively quiet. There were no thundering explosions or an Elfman-loud music score cranked up to 11. It did have wonderfully inventive sound effects, which Jon appreciated more than probably anyone else in the audience—lots of guffaws and giggles at interesting times during the show.
Jon had woken up yesterday morning excited about seeing the movie; he went to bed last night excited about having seen the movie. Today at school he wrote a cute creative writing piece about the movie (titled Wallis and Gromit and the crs of the were-rabbit). I’d post it here, but in the last sentence he actually gives away a major spoiler!
Is it as good as The Wrong Trousers?
-aiabx
A wee bit slower-paced in places, perhaps (got 90 minutes to fill rather than 20), but I’d say it’s about as much fun! Lots of tiny details and silly puns (Peter would argue great puns), some PG-rated double entendres; and lots of spiffy references to old monster movies. The first few minutes are similar to the shorts (the Rube Goldberg device to get Wallace up in the morning), since the movie doesn’t assume you’ve seen them before. But the whole feeling is snappy, spare, and very much like the W&G shorts of old; it doesn’t feel like a bloated, money-laden “movie-ization” of the films.