How to Train You Dragon...
How to Train You Dragon has a release date of October 15 for the USA, according to Paramount Home Entertainment. I'm kind of hoping that a European release is due not long after, or failing that, that the US blu-ray is also region B as well as A.
Toy Story 3
Loved the film, after watching supposedly dark stuff that turned out to be complete fluff like The Tale of Desperaux and that, it was great to see a mainstream company make a film that could be considered as dark as a film can get whilst still within the lowest advisory rating possible.
The auditorium was full of young children, none of which seemed to have a problem with the intensity of the whole thing, kids are a lot tougher than adults give them credit for. Of course the reason it can be so dark is that the characters are so well-known and well-liked; and once you get an audience to really relate to the characters, you can really put their lives in danger, it a legit storytelling tool that Hollywood's been seemingly ignoring for years, if not practically forever.
Essentially the reason that I went to see the thing is that I had to review the game based on it,* and I wasn't about to do that without first watching the film to avoid any potential spoilers.
Hope to write up a review shortly.
*I really did have to write a review for the game, at least if I wanted Disney to send another game later on, anyone interested in reading it can do so here; I guess you could say that I've been quite busy of late. For what it's worth Disney's report back to the site manager on my review was very positive.