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My boys and I love to go to the movies together when my husband is working on Saturdays. One of our all-time favorite animated films was Despicable Me and we really enjoyed going to see it together at our favorite movie theater. That is why we were thrilled when we found out that Despicable Me 2 was coming to the big screen!
We made plans to go see it over and over but it seems that life had another plan and we kept having to postpone our movie date. Since we never got to see it in the movies, we were very excited to have the opportunity to watch it together on DVD. We knew that, if it was anything like the first movie, we would love the characters and all of their funny antics.
Gru, his adorable girls, and the mischievous Minions are back with a cast of unforgettable new characters in the blockbuster sequel to the worldwide phenomenon. Just as Gru has given up being super-bad to be a super-dad, the Anti-Villain League recruits him to track down a new criminal mastermind and save the world.
Partnered with secret agent Lucy Wilde, Gru, along with the wildly unpredictable Minions, must figure out how to keep his cover while also keeping up with his duties as a father. Let’s not forget that the Minions guarantee that we will be laughing non-stop with all of their silliness!
My seven-year old loved it so much that he can’t stop talking about it. His favorite part was when El Macho turned the Minions into purple Minions. He says that it was cool the way that they were just shaking and blowing raspberries with their tongues. Also, his favorite character was Lucy Wilde because he really liked her lipstick taser. I’m sure he has already recommended the movie to all of his friends in the second grade!
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I cannot wait to see this movie. I tried to see it in theaters when it came out but all showings were sold out.
We watch DVD movies in our computer(we don’t have t.v.). We either buy DVD or rent it at a video store. We watched Despicable Me 2 in a drive-in theater the first week that it was released. We really enjoyed this movie 🙂 Would love to win this for my kids 😀
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make a bunch of pizzas, get tons of pillows and pop in the movie.
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Movie night at our house would involve popcorn and PJs. Thanks for the chance!
We love movie night and actually just had one last night after our big dinner and we watched Despicable Me.. hahaha soo much fun…
Well, nothing really special since it’s just the two of us. I usually lay on the couch with the dog and my husband is in his recliner, nothing really exciting in this house. lol
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We make popcorn and cuddle up on the couch..me, my husband, and our two daughters. Sometimes we have a thing of candy as well. We try to have two movie nights a month. Usually Saturday night’s. If its a chilly night we put on the fireplace 🙂
We like to make snacks and cuddle up to watch movies. Turn out the lights too.
We usually decide on a movie together that everyone wants to see. We pop some popcorn, get a bag of M&M’s and snuggle together on the couch to watch the movie.
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Typical family movie night for us includes everyone in comfy clothing with their blankets on the couch, usually taking twenty minutes to decide on a movie :p There is always popcorn, soda, and many times some other kind of sweet as well!
we start with take out then we play some games and when we start getting tired we watch some movies
PJs, a great movie & SNACKS!
We love movie night! Occasionally I will set up a movie theatre vibe and give the kids monopoly money and give them options on yummies! popcorn, ice cream, candy bar, soda, rice cakes, raisins… I could go on… Usually my daughter goes for the fruit! I love it!
We get pizza and then eat popcorn while watching the movie.
Movie nights at my house are with popcorn or caramel corn! YUM. Maybe some other snacks as well. Since it’s holiday season now, it’s all about the Christmas movies (or soon will be).
for us,it;s 3 people crammed on the couch.
the dog pacing aound.
blankets and snacks =)
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Family movie nights at our house are simply popcorn and blankets on the couch all snuggled together. We try to enjoy the time together and it doesn’t matter what we see.
In our house movie night involves everyone turning off their phones and sitting on the sofa together. We order pizzas and act very silly sometimes. Often it’s a “family film”like this one; and of course we have popcorn!
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movie night = pizza night. be it ordered from the restaurant down the street or homemade, the are always slices being enjoyed while watching the film of the night!
pizza and a good movie
In my household we tend to start with Daddy on one sofa with two little ones and the other two one the other sofa with me. But by the end of movie we are all on one sofa cuddled up with each other and sat on by the youngest two and being sandwiched by the oldest two. It’s actually great family “love” time. Some days the oldest one stays on the other sofa and sprawls all out like a gymnast. She’s funny. Love movies, we would love to see this one. Thanks for the giveaway silkkisreviews(at)gmail(dot)com
Our movie nights consist of everyone getting together on the couch, usually snacking on something like cookies or popcorn or something.
Grab some snacks. Turn off all the lights. Enjoy the show. 🙂
We do a movie night once per week. Shopping must happen in advance, there must be a mix of salty and sweet snacks. So popcorn, Doritos (for me), and then ice cream and chocolate, not to mention I always get wrangled into ordering Pizza somehow. (Even if everyone already ate!). Once everyone nods out I put on a horror movie! 🙂
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we do movie noght at least once a night we make popcorn nachoes drinks and put on our pjs and slippers grab our blankets and crash in the livingroom for a great movie. thanks for this chance this would be a great addition to our collection
We saw this in the theater and LOVED it. It was totally better than the first one. I would love to get this on DVD so we can watch it at home, too!
Such an adorable movie. We gather round the tv with popcorn and root beer floats.
We rent a movie and usually after dinner we sit around and watch it. Hopefully we have good snacks like popcorn or pretzels and something refreshing to drink. Love movie night!!
For us it is snacks, sodas or juice and a good time. Sometimes, the kids have a difficult time staying seated to watch in entirety
Movie night at our house looks like pizza, soda and popcorn. Lots of stuffed toys and blankies are included.
Our family night is usually on a Friday or Saturday evening. I make sandwiches, or I order a Pizza. We also have popcorn and soda. We watch a kids or family type movie.
Movie night for us consists of a quick dinner like pizza. My husband and I snuggle up on the couch and the kids drag out their bean bags and blankets. Popcorn is a must!
We like watching Disney movies and eating popcorn.
For my family, a family night would include popcorn, some nice cold beverages and a comfortable spot in the living room to enjoy the movie or movie’s! Our family night would most likely be on a Friday so we could unwind from the long week, which I’m sure everyone needs to do.
We make popcorn and get pizza, usually, and gather together under blankets to watch something. If it’s just my husband and me, we like scary movies!
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We loved the first one, so I’m so excited to see the second one! We took our son to his first theater for a movie this summer, and I am so excited to get to start taking him to more. There’s something so wonderful about the family going together to the theater. 🙂
Popcorn with lots of butter ( can never have too much butter!), our favorite movie, lots of comfy pillows and blankets and a movie we all enjoy.
we all sit on the couch together and eat popcorn and watch movies together.
Movie night in our house would be everyone piled into our bed. Everyone gets the favorite blanket and pillow and we all get snuggles in for movie time.We usually make popcorn for a snack.
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we love to watch movies and have pizza chips etc
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We try to have family movie night every week. Last night we watched the Three Stooges. We usually have pizza, turn off the lights and snuggle up. Popcorn usually makes the scene and there is always laughter. I would love to win this for my daughters. Thanks for the opportunity!
We would make a pizza or another dinner and watch the movie. Then we would have an intermission half way through the movie and make a big bowl of popcorn.
My family will sit around, decide what movie to rent at Redbox, and have one of us go pick it up. Then we will sit around the t.v and watch it! We sometimes have snacks.
We do move junk food days. We stay in our PJs all day, order pizza, and watch movies back to back. Eating nothing but junk food all day.
What would a typical family movie night look like in your household?
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Our movie night depends on the weather – hot cocoa, popcorn or popcorn balls, the entire family must be there for our family movie night (friends are welcome though)
A typical family movie night for our family is usually me chasing my two year old, and trying to still catch as much as the movie as I can. LOL Every once in awhile my toddler gets into the movie as well. Either way, we all have a lot of fun, and often have fun snacks like popcorn while we watch our movie. It is a lot of fun! DamianMom at yahoo dot com
We normally have homemade pizza puffs & popcorn. Sometimes as a special treat I’ll let my kids go to the gas station and pick out a candy to have as well. Each family member takes a turn picking the movie
In my home we love having movie night together as a family. We have snacks and talk about the movie after too! 🙂
We have a big comfy couch, so the three of us settle in with beverages and snacks. Our dog is always there too although she would prefer to be the one getting our attention.
We love having movie night. We have Netflix so we have our blu ray ready. We have a comfy couch and lounge chair. We usually have dinner while watching the movie and maybe a snack afterwards
We usually go to the store and grab popcorn/chips/soda/anything else unhealthy that we can afford. Then we huddle around the television in the living room, bundled up in big blankets and pillows, and watch. That, or we go to the theater at midnight when no one else is there, and do the same thing. (Except then we sneak tubs of ice cream in too.)
We usually order pizza and make popcorn. We cuddle up with a blanket on the couch and turn out the lights and enjoy the show. After the movie, we make ice cream sundaes.
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Movie night at our house usually begins with takeout…Indian is our favorite, followed by a yummy treat. When were done eating we each claim a part of the couch get our blankets and get ready for a movie. On special occasions we’ll have coco!
With a 3 year old and a two year old, movie night or rather afternoon can be very chaotic. If we get a movie that they end up liking its peaceful and relaxing, however sometimes they decide they are not a fan and it becomes chaotic.
We usually have all the kids and we bake chef boy r dee pizza – our favorite – before the movie. The kids love making them and its quality time spent together. Then when the movie starts we are eating pizza. These are the nest times together for us, getting all snuggled together watching movies. The last 2 where turbo and the Croods which are awesome movies and the kids just giggled all the way thru them.
We order pizza and make popcorn.
Fire in the fireplace and popcorn, ice cream and candy!
We usually pick up a deli pizza from WalMart and some nights we even have ice cream – it’s relaxing
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We saw the Despicable movie and it was very entertaining. My kids really had the fun watching it. Now, they liked to collect everything that has Minions.
We love Gru and the Minions. I am sure Despicable Me 2 will be on our holiday movie list. Hope I win the giveaway.
My toddler loves the movie. She loved the first one and then I took her to see the second. We got part 2 on DVD/Blu-Ray and now it’s her favorite again. Movie nights for us include popcorn and drinks. 🙂
A typical movie night in my house is me and my husband snuggled on the couch with our dog Bonzai. We munch on popcorn and our favorite sweet treats. My go to movie candy is usually gummy bears and my husbands favorite is peanut butter M&Ms! We love movie nights! =)
We get a family movie, pop popcorn, mix in some candy into the pop corn, get the juice boxes and sodas and lots of blankets. Everyone on the same couch even the dog for a fun family movie 🙂
We gather up the kids. We pop the popcorn, And we prop our feet up and get comfy. If it’s cold we bring in the blankets too. I love movie night!
We love a movie night with food, pizza and soda, a dessert and lots of cushy blankets and pillows.
A typical family movie night is watching a family oriented movie. We watch this movie in the living room and throw down some pillows and blankets. We also have some snacks like popcorn and chocolate.
Definitely family-oriented. Even the adults enjoy animated, so that’s not a problem. The kids always get in the floor for some reason and it’s not complete without popcorn and soda and sometimes other finger foods too.
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At our house the lights would be out, there would be a row of kids on the floor and the rest sitting with us on the couch.
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My family movie nights consists of buttered popcorn. Everyone has their own spot (couches, chairs or the floor). We all have a blanket or two! The lights go off and everyone is quiet.
Popcorn, dim lights and blankets
I love this movie. So fun!
We eat popcorn and watch our movie in our PJs
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We have alot of movie nights because there’s not much to do in the tiny little town we live in. My son usually picks the movie and we always get snacks to have during the movie. It’s fun to have something to do with just our son since I gotta pay alot of attention to our other little one right now that she’s sick. So we usually do movie night after she goes to bed.
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Everyone crammed in the living room with blankets and popcorn.
Our movie night is pizza, popcorn and on the couch with pillows. We usually get into our comfies (pjs) and grab a blanket or two with G rated movies. Sometimes we even grab stuffed animals too.
We have family movie nights on Fridays. We order pizza and we all gather around a great movie. Its a lot of fun.
Movie night includes lots of popcorn and everyone curled up on the couch under blankets all snuggled up ready to watch a fun movie!
Me, alone on the couch, with a bucket of popcorn 🙁
When my family does a movie night, we get blankets and turn the lights off. 🙂
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Movie night in our home is us parked on our sofa in front of our TV, with popcorn, or other satisfying snack (s), and a cold beverage, usually a diet soda, or sometimes hot cocoa during the Fall/Winter Season, with all the lights out, except for the kitchen light.
Movie night in our household consists of children in pajammas crowded together under blankets, giggling, repeating funny lines, and shushing each other while they munch on popcorn and watch the movie on either a computer or our projector screen. They enjoy it!
Movie night usually means a family friendly movie, popcorn, blankets, and snuggles!
My twins grab their chairs and get ready for the movie. My husband will be the one putting on the movie and I be will making the snacks. From popcorn, to drinks and some times candy.
My grandkids each have their own bean chairs and I sit in my recliner chair. We all share a bag of popcorn and candy and drink either lemonade or ice tea – sometimes I surprise them with a couple of chocolate bars.
A typical family movie night starts with us rearranging the furniture so we all get a good view of the big screen. One of us makes a huge batch of air popped popcorn with extra butter, the real thing, none of that sprinkle stuff 🙂 We get pillows, blankets, a few stuffed animals we think might enjoy the movie, too, and whatever we think might make us more comfy, which varies. We all snuggle, start the movie and wash down the buttery popcorn with ice water or lemonade when we don’t forget to get it.
A typical family movie night at my house would consist of me sitting on my recliner and my son on the couch in our living room. If Twizzlers strawberry licorice is in the house you can be sure I will be enjoying it while viewing the movie. My son will be drinking soda and eating various snacks or eating pizza maybe both.
movie night involves making hot buttery popcorn and getting all cozy on the couch together. since our son is 6 we end up watching great movies like despicable me 2, letting him stay up late, which thrills him more than anything.
Before the movie starts, it’s chaos. Everyone (my mom and my niece or my cousin, the toddler) has to get situated, snacks have to be made, bathroom breaks have to be taken. Cell phones must be flipped over to keep from seeing the screens light up from every text. Then, the show can begin!
A typical movie night in our house usually happens immediately after a board game. We love to play Sorry or Monopoly Millionaire (and usually get beat by our seven year-old son!). Afterward, I will usually make us some snacks and we’ll settle in for a movie. Our son will either snuggle up on the couch with me or he’ll squish into his dad’s favorite chair for some boy time. We turn the lights off and enjoy whatever movie our son has chosen.
Movie night is turning of the lights, sitting in front of the big screen and eating popcorn.
A typical movie night for my family looks like a good time. We are all huddled up on one couch together. We have popcorn or other snacks and just sit back and relax with the movie.
We all put our pjs on. Then we pop popcorn and make hot chocolate. Then we all snuggle up and watch our favorite movie.
we get popcorn and soda and go to the basement to watch it on the big tv.
Movie night at my house? Chocolate, Popcorn, soda or iced coffee. Oh yeah!!!
When my boys were small we would put our pj’s on, make popcorn and throw pillows and blankets on the floor to watch.
A typical movie night in our house is sitting on the cough with a HUGE blanket over me, my 2 & 4 year old and husband eating some popcorn!
A typical movie night for our family starts with a buffet style dinner, such as taco or baked potato bar. Everyone help prepare it so no one is doing all the work while the movie is going. We lay it all out on the living room table and everyone digs in while we start the movie. We make pallets in the floor with tons of pillows and blankets. Parents, kids, grandkids, cat and dog all pile up for a night of movies. We try to do that once a month, just to connect and be close to one another.
.typical family movie night:
whole family on a bed.
Two blankets because it’s cold.
many popcorn.
several family movies.
many drinks.
many smiles. 🙂
típica noche de cine familiar:
toda la familia en una cama.
2 cobertores por que hace frio.
muchas palomitas de maiz.
varias peliculas familiares.
muchas bebidas.
bastantes sonrisas. 🙂
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