I received a text from the wife at lunchtime asking whether I wanted to go with her and the 3 kids to see this after work.  Great, I thought, Batman and Journey to the centre of the Earth for the grandparents then!  A couple of people in work said it was only "ok" and one was disappointed as her 6 year old was to young to "understand the message".  That'll be cos she's 6, love?!

I left work handy, cos I can, and we quickly sorted tea out and headed down the cinema.  30 minutes and Euro later there we were sat waiting for the film to start.  It eventually did, but my 4 year old was getting bored already.  The trailers did nothing for him and the short cartoon before the film just confused him.  Not a good start really.  In hindsight I'd maybe have thought about leaving him at home, but that'd probably be more dangerous, given he'd be alone with all the knives, poison and fire.

I quite liked WALL.E.  He sort of has more of an ET attitude about him than Johnny 5 (Short Circuit).  By the way, you can find many many pages devoted to why you shouldn't watch this film from fans of Johnny 5, including youtube explanations of what would happen in a fight between them.  You've gotta love the internet, it's increased our ability to share.  Anyway, where was I.... oh yes the film... it's quite cute and quaint.  You'll love the little daft fella's idiosyncracies.  There's a 'green' message, which seems a little contrived, forced even but quite apart from that it keeps you entertained.  Which is something my 4 year old wouldn't agree with.  He lasted till halfway through before he devoted more attention to the large coke we'd bought to share between all five of us (aren't we skinflints?).  Consequently, I had to take him the toilet not long after.

There's quite a significant plotline that I completely missed due to that toilet trip.  The wife can't tell me how something got resolved either, as she'd fell asleep.  My 6 year old just stared at me blankly.  My 10 year old did far better, although I'm none the wiser.  I won't spoil it here, but if anyone can tell me after they've seen it I'd love to know where the flower went?

Right, I must go and do some keep fit, recycle egg shells into my composter and empty a bottle of wine so that I can recycle the glass.  I'm not easily embarrassed by films.  Oh no.