In case you’ve been living under a whoopee cushion somewhere, or found yourself in a 3-D-Hypno-Ring-induced trance, or simply don’t live with young kids who are totally into this sort of thing, we thought we should let you know…
There’s a Captain Underpants movie now.
That’s right, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie hit theaters this weekend, and our family was among the very first to check it out.
If you’ve read our article about why we should hate the Captain Underpants books but don’t, you already know that everyone in our house loves that big, bald, tighty-whitey-clad superhero. This includes:
- Our four-year-old son who first fell in love with the books
- His seven-year-old big sis who’s been reading them to him since kindergarten
- And their tiny, one-year-old baby sister who could not be more adorable when she triumphantly yells “UNNERPANS!”
Our kids have read all the books many times over, and have been eagerly anticipating seeing the stories come to life on the big screen for months now.
So did the movie delight us or disappoint us? Here’s what we all thought:
Mommy
The whole movie was like a super fun, totally funny ride! There were lots of fart and potty humor jokes, which of course had our kids cracking up. But I think I laughed just as much as they did – maybe even more!
Daddy
I dug the look of the movie. The main storyline took place in a slick, computer-generated animation style that looked like a brighter, shinier version of the drawings in the books. But every once in a while, they’d throw in some crazy sequence that looked completely different, like a scene featuring live-action sock puppets, or a battle sequence done in Flip-o-Rama style – which are these cool, multipage interactive things you can do in every Captain Underpants book.
Mommy
Yeah, the Flip-o-Rama was my favorite part! It made you more excited to read the books.
Daddy
The music in the movie was also pretty great. There’s a performance of the “1812 Overture” done almost entirely with farts. And the “Captain Underpants Theme Song” is recorded by one of my all-time favorite recording artists, “Weird Al” Yankovic.
Mommy
And I loooved the song they played during the credits that goes, “Dude I love you, bro I love you, man I love you.” It’s really sweet. That’s why I made Andy buy the soundtrack before we even left the movie theater!
Daddy
Kids, what did you think of the Captain Underpants movie?
Four-Year-Old Son
I think I did not like it at all… (IMMEDIATELY BEAMS A HUGE, I’M-OBVIOUSLY-JOKING SMILE)
Seven-Year-Old Daughter
I think it smelled preposterously like poopy pants!
Four-Year-Old Son
It made me poop my head off!
Seven-Year-Old Daughter
It made me fart my foot off!
Four-Year-Old Son
It made me eat my dinner!
Seven-Year-Old Daughter
It made me poop my pants.
Mommy
Okay, we get it. The movie got you in a super-crazy mood, and you just want to tell a bunch of poop jokes right now. But what else did you think about it?
Four-Year-Old Son
It was different from all of the books!
Seven-Year-Old Daughter
Yeah, Principal Krupp was not in love, and all of the bad guys were not together in the books, but they were in the movie.
Daddy
Cool. What were your favorite parts of the movie?
Four-Year-Old Son
My favorite part was when George and Harold were on top of the toilet!
Seven-Year-Old Daughter
My favorite part was when they were trying to take away their laughter and their brains were talking to each other!
Four-Year-Old Son
My favorite part was when Professor Poopypants said his full name IT WAS SO FUNNY!
Seven-Year-Old Daughter
My favorite part was when I was watching and I had to stretch my leg but I could not!
Four-Year-Old Son
My favorite part was when I had to kick my head!
Mommy
Okay guys. Thanks for your somewhat useful insights into the Captain Underpants movie.
One-Year-Old Baby Girl
UNNERPANS!!!
All Of Us
Awwww! She could not be more adorable!
Has your family seen the Captain Underpants movie yet? What did you tinkle – we mean think – about it?
One reply on “A family of 5 reviews the Captain Underpants movie (in between fart jokes)”
Fun. Funny. Fun.