https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:36:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181865 Mon, 18 May 2015 13:31:54 +0000 woodentulip 2181865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took our kids to see Paddington this past winter. Worth adding that our kids are 3 and 5, but can't sit through any movie without getting insanely scared. We have tried all sorts, but they prefer Daniel Tiger, Paw Patrol and that kind of thing (except they looooove Frozen). But with us by their sides, popcorn in hand, we made it through! There were definitely still scary parts, but we did it! The girls were 5 and almost 3 at the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181839 Mon, 18 May 2015 13:12:32 +0000 rachiecakes 2181839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to see Lego Movie when he was 2. He did great! Didn't make a peep during the movie and like @birdofafeather 's LO, still loves it to this day!</p> <p>ETA my first movie was the 1983 re-release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. I was 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181837 Mon, 18 May 2015 13:10:14 +0000 Miss Ariel 2181837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sometimesshesings: I was obsessed with follow that bird too! Back in college I even went and downloaded a bunch if the songs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181835 Mon, 18 May 2015 13:09:14 +0000 Miss Ariel 2181835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miramira: I'm pretty sure mine was aristocats too. It must have been the same rerelease since I was born in 84. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181743 Mon, 18 May 2015 11:46:18 +0000 su9su9 2181743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's 5 and recently watched Cinderalla in the theater. My son (3.5) hasn't been to one yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181688 Mon, 18 May 2015 10:52:45 +0000 travellingbee 2181688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@miramira: We just watch Aristocats last week on Netflix and he loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181678 Mon, 18 May 2015 10:46:57 +0000 bunnylove08 2181678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5 cinderella live action. she did not sit still and wanted to leave before the movie ended. </p> <p>We went to the first showing on a weekend and there were a lot of kids there. Next time I will not come early for the show and come right when it starts so she has more of an attention span. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181524 Mon, 18 May 2015 09:07:18 +0000 sometimesshesings 2181524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsHangry: I loved Follow That Bird as a kid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181406 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:43:26 +0000 miramira 2181406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was 6 months! We went to a parent and child screening of the new Cinderella movie.</p> <p>Apparently my first one was the Aristocats. It must have been re-released because I wasn't around in 1970 when it was made. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181378 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:20:32 +0000 Mamaof2 2181378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was 4 and he saw Turbo - loved it and went well!</p> <p>DD just turned 4 and I am taking her next weekend to see Home </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181354 Mon, 18 May 2015 07:06:25 +0000 littlebug 2181354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I *think* mine was Fantasia. My parents said I was terrified. </p> <p>I just took D to his first movie last month. He was 2 (27m) and we saw Home. He did really well - sat the whole time and was pretty into it. I think it was a good first movie for him - there were no scary parts, and lots of fun music that he liked to dance to. He giggled out loud a few times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181331 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:41:36 +0000 lilyofthewest 2181331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: @ShootingStar: Mine was also ET. :happy: </p> <p>Our kiddo is 2.5 weeks old, so, no movies yet. But, if a weekend ever comes where sweetie and I have the energy for it, we plan to go to the drive in with him. </p> <p>Lots of people have suggested that newborns sleep enough that we could go to the regular movie theater with him. But, his sleep/eat/wake intervals are irregular and unpredictable. Doesn't seem much fun to pay for three tickets to a movie only one of us would see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181324 Mon, 18 May 2015 06:33:34 +0000 yoursilverlining 2181324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took LO to the live version of Cinderella, it went well, but she loves movies and sits still through them - she was a couple months shy of 3 when we took her.</p> <p>My first theater movie was the original Land Before Time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181305 Mon, 18 May 2015 05:58:39 +0000 lamariniere 2181305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 4 yo has still never been. He is terrified of animated films, so I think it's going to be a few more years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181294 Mon, 18 May 2015 05:02:03 +0000 MsHangry 2181294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents took me to see Superman when I was an infant. The first movie I remember was Big Bird's Follow that Bird when I was 2.5. I was so scared of the bad guy and that Big Bird got lost. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181271 Mon, 18 May 2015 00:43:18 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2181271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we've never been to a real theater, but we've watched several movies charlie's old elementary school. Charlie was 4 and Olive was 2 then. They did great and I think they would both be fine in a real theater at 5 1/2 and 3 1/2, but we haven't been yet!</p> <p>Oh and my first movie was Baby Secret of the Lost Legend (dinosaur movie) when I was 5 or so! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181270 Mon, 18 May 2015 00:41:31 +0000 sometimesshesings 2181270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was Pinocchio during a theatrical re-release when I was about 3. I remember being totally spooked by it, but excited to be at a theater. My 2.5 year old can watch an entire movie, but he likes to be able to move around, so I'm not sure how he'd do in a chair for two hours...</p> <p>I think I was 13 when Lion King came out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181206 Sun, 17 May 2015 21:17:39 +0000 travellingbee 2181206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: I think mine might have been ET too and I'm LOLing how old I am because Lion King came out my first year of college! </p> <p>We haven't taken DS yet because he can only get through about 45 minutes of a movie at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181192 Sun, 17 May 2015 20:56:57 +0000 ShootingStar 2181192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: Ha, mine was ET :silly:. DS doesn't have enough attention span yet for movies. I wish he did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181101 Sun, 17 May 2015 19:18:59 +0000 Espion 2181101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I, uh, remember our babysitter taking me to The Return of the Jedi... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181067 Sun, 17 May 2015 18:30:38 +0000 blackbird 2181067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was the little mermaid. We haven't taken E </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181056 Sun, 17 May 2015 18:04:14 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2181056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took him to turbo during the free summer movie day - he was 2 and he was antsy the last 30 minutes. I want to try again this summer when despicable me 2 comes out. </p> <p>I saw my first movie when I was 4 or 5, it was the lion king! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181022 Sun, 17 May 2015 17:06:33 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2181022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was 2.5 and we watched Frozen! We lasted an hour before she got antsy, but she was very quiet and calm for most of the movie. The popcorn helped, she definitely loved that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181002 Sun, 17 May 2015 16:34:21 +0000 andthewildones 2181002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>she was 2! the lorax. it was shortly after it came out and during the day on a weekday so very little people. loved every minute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2181000 Sun, 17 May 2015 16:26:54 +0000 birdofafeather 2181000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>18 months. Rio 2. She did well but we went to a kids showing where it was expected that it would be loud so I didn't worry. It is one of her favorite movies now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-movie-in-a-theater#post-2180990 Sun, 17 May 2015 16:10:50 +0000 sometimesshesings 2180990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old was your little one when s/he first saw a movie in a theater?</p> <p>How did it go?</p> <p>For fun: do you remember *your* first movie theater experience? </p>