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kalimyre

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Mar 09, 2008 18:36

So. Got Bridge to Terabithia from Netflix and watched it today. Had not read the book. Was not at all prepared for the ending.

*sniffle*

That is all.

personal, review

Comments 13

roga March 10 2008, 01:02:35 UTC

Me too! Saw it two weeks ago. The trailer made it look like a kid fantasy fic, and then WHOA, the ending! I cried for, like, ten minutes. Sniffled all the way to the end.

kalimyre March 10 2008, 02:03:10 UTC

Yeah, that's not so much a kid's movie. At least not for really little ones. Helluva punch, though, and definitely worth watching.

roga March 10 2008, 03:51:41 UTC

I agree. (and lol, just realized that I'd called it a fic instead of a film. Thank you, brain.)

clayangel March 10 2008, 01:38:31 UTC

Oh, I know. When I saw that movie, I made this:

( ... )

kalimyre March 10 2008, 02:05:50 UTC

Dude. Totally.

She's an awesome actress, too; I saw her in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where she was such a little snot, and then she's this amazing kid in Terabithia. And things were finally going so well, you know? Also, I have two small blond daughters, which does not help.

In conclusion, *sniff*

delurker March 10 2008, 02:58:50 UTC

I had to read that book for one of my English classes. Dear God but it was depressing.

kalimyre March 10 2008, 10:31:12 UTC

More depressing than the movie? Because overall it was quite good, just sniffly at the end.

delurker March 11 2008, 01:27:46 UTC

I haven't seen the movie, so I can't really compare them, but the book was quite a downer through a lot of it.

raven_lore March 10 2008, 05:45:23 UTC

*hugs*

When it came out in Italy, they sold it as a fantasy adventure and I had no clue. At the end I kept crying.

*hugs more and passes hot chocolate*

kalimyre March 10 2008, 10:32:45 UTC

*snarfs down chocolate*

Yeah, I even read a review before I picked it, but it was one of those sneaky professional reviews which does not give away the plot. It was certainly good, but wow, unexpected gutpunch much?

raven_lore March 10 2008, 17:49:58 UTC

Damn sneaky professional reviews ;)

The gutpunch was terrible and I don't know how families with kids, who seemed to be the intended audience from the trailers, dealt with how it hit the kids.

Bah...

indybaggins March 10 2008, 09:00:26 UTC

I actually like how this is a children's book. I think it has a great message and yes, it's sad and it hurts, but I'd much rather have kids see this than yet another violent cartoon.

kalimyre March 10 2008, 10:34:07 UTC

Oh yes, the movie itself is really quite good, and I imagine the book is as well. It was more the sudden hard punch at the end that caught me off guard.