Bridge to Terabithia
POSTED BY: Finn mac Cumhal
UPDATED: Saturday, March 24, 2007 22:53
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Finn - My wife enjoyed Terabithia very much specifically because it was not as much Fantasy as was portrayed on the trailers. I had to drag her to watch it with us. lol
It was during the pre-movie trailers at Terabithia that we saw the longer version of "Mimzy" that she flat out said she wouldn't go see.
I'm looking forward to it, just cause I likes to be a little kid at the movies. My daughter is my excuse to go see it so I don't look like a putz when I tell my friends what I went to see. 
My wife was never a Toys-R-Us kid, I think. 
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Well, I finally saw the movie this past weekend. I went in there expecting it to be okay, but not great, but found myself liking it anyway. I wish they would have given the story between Jess and the music teacher more screen time (and I remember his annoying sisters getting more time in the book, too), because otherwise the museum trip seems sudden (and a little pervy).
The only thing I really didn't like, aside from what they left out
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including when Jess thought he would at least get to see Leslie's body, but then found out she was cremated - as well as Jess being afraid of drowning, which gives his character more depth
was when they poured on the cheese for the first time when they swung on the rope, and all the music classes.
The work they did with the CGI (where everything started out real and sort of morphed into what there were imagining) was handled nicely. And, all things considered, they did well with modernizing the movie, but still having a sort of rural timelessness to it (Leslie's fashion and references to technology in the classroom aside).
The dad was fantastically amazing! Unbelievable how well they cast him. I liked what they did with Leslie (though I can still pretend to be upset that she didn't have brown hair at least
), and the kid they cast for Jess was pretty good. Oh, and his little sister May Bell? That girl was great, too. I skimmed through the book after I got home that night, and saw that they had taken a lot of the dialogue (especially around the end, between Jess and his teacher) right out of the book. There were a couple of places where the pacing was weird (when Leslie suggests they need a place all their own), and book-to-movie stories always feel rushed for me; overall, though, it was better than I expected it to be.
Note: Do NOT take your children to this movie, unless you intend on bringing Kleenex, too. My favorite scene in both the movie and the book
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where Jess' dad chases him down and holds him while he cries
made this little girl in the row ahead of us start bawling, and she sniffled 'till the movie was over.
(Heck, my eyes teared up a little, too.)
I give this movie a, "Wow! Well done!"
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made this little girl in the row ahead of us start bawling, and she sniffled 'till the movie was over.
(Heck, my eyes teared up a little, too.)
Not knowing the story at all, I was struck at how bummed I was for the rest of the day.
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At Leslie's death, I mean. I had a brief thought that she'd some how 'come back' and they'd see each other in Terabithia, but then realized, she was utterly gone. It was very Joss like, having her die like that.
The teacher taking Jess to the museum did seem quite strange, and sadly, in today's climate, a smidge more than inappropriate. Call me a cynic. *shrugs*
yingyang, I'm really interesteed in what you thought of book Leslie vs movie Leslie.
People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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The museum trip did come across a little inappropriate, and I’m still trying to decide if that was intentional or not. The natural reaction is to assume that it was simply a product of a rushed plot, but it’s possible that it could have been a sidetrack to distract the audience from the following events, and to that end it works extraordinarily well. I was so caught up in the weirdness of the museum trip that I was blindsided.
There was some cheese, especially on the first rope swing.
Yep, this movie will ruin your whole day. Like I said, it’s a very powerful movie, and I’m not sure what makes it so powerful. I suppose it’s just the combination of some really good acting and a good story. You fall in love with the characters and get pulled into this carefree world of make-believe, then suddenly it yanks you out and stabs you in the chest with this heartbreaking irony.
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Not many movies are able to portray the shock of death so well. You really do find yourself in a state of denial when you discover Leslie’s death. It doesn’t seem like it could be true, and it takes a while to come to terms with it.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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Yep, this movie will ruin your whole day.
It ruined mine! And no, not because I had paid to see the movie....ok, I didn't , but that's not the point. It's a good movie, only because it's also very powerful. All that stuff you said in the spoilery section is spot on.
People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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