Bridge to Terabithia
So over the weekend I saw a trailer for a film adaptation of the children's classic Bridge to Terabithia that's due out sometime next year.
Granted I haven't read the book since I was in 5th grade, but I don't recall any wild adventures through amazing fantasy realms with giant trees that are almost, but not entirely, exactly like the ents from Lord of the Rings and magical creatures that look like they were copied and pasted from the recent Chronicles of Narnia movie.
I recall a somber character driven piece that really got you thinking and had me bawling my eyes out by the end. The fantasy element was there, but only in the children's imagination. Either the trailer is misleading people about what the movie is really about in order to attract people who liked the LotR and CoN movies, or the movie was drastically changed from the source material to draw in fans of the LotR and CoN movies.
Either way, I don't see this one turning out well. If they're drawing in on false pretenses then people are going to have their hopes horridly dashed when they reach the big finish that the book is so famous for, and if it's been changed to be more like straightforward fantasy fare then it most certainly won't rise above the level of cookie-cutter ripoff.
Granted I haven't read the book since I was in 5th grade, but I don't recall any wild adventures through amazing fantasy realms with giant trees that are almost, but not entirely, exactly like the ents from Lord of the Rings and magical creatures that look like they were copied and pasted from the recent Chronicles of Narnia movie.
I recall a somber character driven piece that really got you thinking and had me bawling my eyes out by the end. The fantasy element was there, but only in the children's imagination. Either the trailer is misleading people about what the movie is really about in order to attract people who liked the LotR and CoN movies, or the movie was drastically changed from the source material to draw in fans of the LotR and CoN movies.
Either way, I don't see this one turning out well. If they're drawing in on false pretenses then people are going to have their hopes horridly dashed when they reach the big finish that the book is so famous for, and if it's been changed to be more like straightforward fantasy fare then it most certainly won't rise above the level of cookie-cutter ripoff.