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Car 3 Press Screening ADVENTURE in BOSTON!

Kids at Griddlers
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I took the kids into Boston to see a press screening of Cars 3. We were provided tickets to see the movie. Still cost over $50 for the adventure (dinner, parking , $14 for 3 bags of candy) but the tickets were free. Opinions on the movie are entirely our own.

From the first moment of the Cars 3 Teaser Trailer months and months ago I knew that something special was coming from the franchise. I was personally disappointed in the direction that Cars 2 took. Even though the trailer gave me chills I still held in reserve my anticipations of the movie being good. After seeing the movie last night, cheering with the assembled crowd, laughing out loud and tearing up I can unequivocally say that Cars 3 was the sequel to cars that always should have been. It was fantastic! I loved the new character of Cruz Ramirez and she is a character that your kids will also love. This movie pays tribute to the past and looks to the future in such wonderful ways. I absolutely loved Cars and Cars 3 was well worth the wait.

Our adventure brought us into Boston to have dinner at Griddlers, wait out the giant downpour and then venture to the AMC Theater. There we took our seats in the Press section and settled in to watch the movie. Behind us were 7 or 8 13 year old boys who were excited to see the movie because they were fans ever since Cars came out. This means that they were 2 when Cars came out in 2006. Boy did I feel old at that one. They were pretty good but one kid was telling a story, very animated, and he kicked my seat. I turned around and really didn’t say anything. He got really quiet and then I heard him ask a friend if he could switch seats. I didn’t even say anything to him. I guess I just looked scary. I kind of felt bad because I never handle those situations well.

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That’s Not Gonna Grow Back, Wade

Thats Not Gonna Grow Back Wade
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I saw the Deadpool movie today. I have been waiting for this movie to come out for a long time. I think that ever since I saw the leaked footage I was hoping for the movie to be made. I was not at all disappointed. It was action from beginning to end. Despite the fact that Deadpool/Wade Wilson is a character deeply rooted in sophomoric humor he does have heart. I see this in the comic books and I saw it in the movie. The storyline that I’m reading right now is the one done by comedian Brian Posehn. In that you see that Deadpool has heart, too.

Ryan Reynolds is perfect for the role. His delivery is excellent. The movie overall was so much fun and so raunchy. The violence was very tough but not as bad as the trailer for The Purge Election Day. After watching that I was uncomfortable. At least with Deadpool the violence was mostly against the bad guys or mutants who were going to be fine moments later. I loved how many pop culture references there were in the movie. I loved how Colossus was a giant boy scout and his straight man to Wade’s over the top funny man was well matched. I also liked how the movie poked fun at everything. There were some great digs at Ryan Reynolds’ previous super hero roles and the studio and even Wolverine a number of times. If I missed anything it was because the whole audience was laughing and the jokes came rapid fire.