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Daffodil 11 Returns After Crossing THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA!!

Really? by 24200124	Jan 27th, 2007 07:18:01 AM
Cool. I remember reading this book when I was a kid. Glad to see that someone did a good job with it. Oh, and first?
Yeah, the commercials kind of bother me. by VanLingoMungo	Jan 27th, 2007 07:31:42 AM
It's being represented as some kind of Disney adventure. It's a great book, but geez (peeps who've read it, you know what I'm talkin' bout). I'd say more, but, you know, spoilers and whatnot.
Sounds good. by Atomica	Jan 27th, 2007 08:27:06 AM
Gonna take my girls to see this, it sounds like a halfway decent Fantasy like flick.
Be warned, Atomica... by VanLingoMungo	Jan 27th, 2007 08:32:59 AM
I would read a synopsis of the book before running out with the offspring to see the movie. It's not all fairy farts and magical tomfoolery.
'difficult matierial' by funnyhat	Jan 27th, 2007 08:40:23 AM
aka, 2 cousins playing doctor.
yeah, the marketing of this baffles me... by keyserSOZE	Jan 27th, 2007 09:23:47 AM
i mean, it's a fairly heavy book (in the Marty McFly sense of heavy, not the weight sense)...at least, heavy for its age range. i remember finding it kinda depressing, actually...without spoiling it.
Better than a movie that talks TWO kids... by tucson	Jan 27th, 2007 09:33:23 AM
Sheesh. Basic spelling.
Well... by halcyonseven	Jan 27th, 2007 09:37:13 AM
For me this book was a real "growing up" event as it makes you face some of the more challenging things life if going to throw at you. And no, there is no "playing doctor".
Advertising by The Funketeer	Jan 27th, 2007 10:00:30 AM
I read somewhere that the director is related to the author of the book and it's kind of a passion project for him/her so I doubt they're changing the content of the story too much. That said, I think Disney is doing a real disservice to the movie by advertising it the way they are. There are fantasy elements to the story but they all take place in the children's imagination and it's more about creativity and expression than escapism. I can see a lot of people (stupid people) coming out of this upset because it wasn't another Narnia or Lord of the Rings knock off.
Not a plant? Please. by Magunga	Jan 27th, 2007 10:56:01 AM
What person unaffiliated with this film would write "it's not overstating the case to suggest that Bridge To Terabithia is among the best, if not THE BEST film for families since E.T. The Extra Terrestrial?" I like this line, too: "I found this movie to be nothing short of a KNOCKOUT!" How about "Bridge To Terabithia is an incredible film for all ages?" Really, who writes like that? I'll tell you who: marketing whores.
we all ate crow after seeing Batman Begins by RKDN Del Sol	Jan 27th, 2007 11:20:55 AM
and in my opinion, thats enough to make this daffodil guy legit. I mean, if this was a real plant, then Batman Begins would have sucked, thus exposing his petals for all the world to see. Maybe not the most refined writer we've seen in a while, but at least this guy (?) isn't a plant. Neither am I.
TOO by Fing Fang Foom	Jan 27th, 2007 11:30:40 AM
It talks too kids, never down to them. I betcha it blows Narnia away.
SPOILER!! by Thomas Cromwell	Jan 27th, 2007 11:30:52 AM
Terebithia isn't real and Leslie dies horribly. The End.
if the guy's not a plant by BadMrWonka	Jan 27th, 2007 11:38:19 AM
he writes like one, BIG TIME. but hey, I don't care either way, I take every advance review with the same grain of salt as a planteriffic one... I think I'm one of the few people of my generation that didn't read this, although I do know the sad ending, more or less. I'll still give this one a shot if a girl will go with me. that way if I sniffle, she'll be outright bawling, and I won't look so bad.
what's next by Huffy_Henry	Jan 27th, 2007 12:42:37 PM
Where the Red Fern Grows with giant CGI werewolves? C'mon.
Dude, Cromwell, you're kind of a dick by VanLingoMungo	Jan 27th, 2007 01:01:28 PM
I don't really know what goes on in the psyche of a person who feels the need to ruin the movie for everybody else. Maybe your life is just that pathetic, I have no idea. If that's how you find joy in life, you should kinda do the world a favor and swallow some antifreeze. The end.
re: Magunga by Freakemovie	Jan 27th, 2007 01:04:10 PM
Just because he makes ridiculous hyperbolic statements doesn't mean he's a plant, it just means he's trying to copy the style of every rave review he's ever read. I suspect a lot of people would write like that if they tried their hand at a review, for better or worse.
Er, stating that you're not a plant... by AnnoyYou	Jan 27th, 2007 01:47:35 PM
...doesn't fool anyone (and claiming not to like Narnia doesn't give you any cred, dude). This movie is a total POS, something already known by the people who loved this children's book. You're not going to convince them or anyone else otherwise. When will stupid filmmakers get it that changing a beloved story so much to make it a more "commercial" (read stupid) and "accessible" (read stupid American) just ruins it for everyone? Are you listening to me, idiot makers of "The Dark Is Rising" film adaptation?
"scene-stealing newcomer Bailee Madison" by Alonzo Mosely	Jan 27th, 2007 02:09:20 PM
If you are not a plant, fine... However I think you are missing your calling in marketing...
This is heavy. by triplefive	Jan 27th, 2007 04:04:43 PM
there's that word, again, heavy. why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?
I read the script. (SPOILERS) by DarthCorleone	Jan 27th, 2007 04:37:50 PM
(SPOILERS) Whether it was faithful to the book or not, I didn't think it was good. Maybe that wasn't the final draft, but based on what I've read I don't think it changed much. Maybe the direction and performances elevated the movie, but on the page this came off as terribly cloying. Interestingly, Terabithia has a lot in common with Pan's Labyrinth, which I loved. It will be interesting to see how they compare. (SPOILERS)
CHILDREN OF FUCKING MEN by PVIII	Jan 27th, 2007 06:04:50 PM
They aren't marketing this movie to anyone who's over 12, so well written/ directed, or not, I'm going to skip it. Also, LWaW sucked (Thanks Walden) so not expecting much--even from a rental.
What's worse? by Anna Valerious	Jan 27th, 2007 07:07:47 PM
Dying of a terminal disease (AnnaSophia in this film) or dying of embarassment? (AnnaSophia in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") I think both are pretty bad...
Wait what? by Itblowstherobot	Jan 27th, 2007 07:25:49 PM
I was turned off by the previews which made it look like your standard fantasy movie. I was disappointed because I really did love the book as a kid. But I have to question: is she really dying of a terminal disease in the movie? Because if so, that's going to piss me off.
in the end of the movie.....(spoiler) by dragonchow	Jan 27th, 2007 08:32:40 PM
girl swing on a rope/ rope breaks/ girl dies/ boy severely fucked up emotionally/ THE END I read this book in third grade, it mentally scarred me for life. If your kids are loving, sweet-natured, decent types for god sake don't let them read the book (I haven't seen the movie) I'm 37 and I didn't let mine near it. I'd rather let them read playboy and look at the pretty pictures or South Park or Scary Movie or ect..... Books' ending is a serious mind *uck FOR GODS SAKE HIDE YOUR CHILDREN!!!!!!
Really!!! (spoiler) by dragonchow	Jan 27th, 2007 08:41:20 PM
The story starts off with a sad lonely boy with no real friends and an emotionally distant family who meets his soal mate has the "bestest of times!!" then she dies in a freak accident leaving him alone again. If your kids take medication for any kind on emo problem STAY AWAY FROM THE BOOK/MOVIE or be prepared for a late night emergency room visit when kiddo cuts his wrist or wakes up with night terrors
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE STORY!!!!!! by dragonchow	Jan 27th, 2007 08:46:17 PM
I was a hardcore bookworm growing up and this book is at the top of my "OH GOD I WISH I NEVER READ THAT LIST!!!!" Looking through Time Life books with photo displays of concentration camp jews was less disturbing. The emotional impact of "The Diary of Anne Frank" was less scarring. That's all.... I need to call my therapist now.....
THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA = PANS LABRYETH? by Spice-Orange	Jan 27th, 2007 09:00:56 PM
because, you know, the fairy tail is fake and the little girl dies? sadness. Del Toro is a copy cat. i call shinananiganignains!
i wouldn't compare ANYTHING disney... by occula	Jan 27th, 2007 09:05:11 PM
with something from the mind of guillermo del toro. a nice sad story about imagination and friends and a poor little girl dying at the end is NOT the same thing as a kid murdered by her stepfather and left to die in the forest. mmm-nnn. i have nothing against this book and i'm sure it's wonderful (i was the generation before the generation that reveres it), but, sorry, disney disney-fies everything it touches...except mebbe things that lasseter has a death-grip on first!
so, because i never read it... by occula	Jan 27th, 2007 09:10:10 PM
how exactly is it worse than the other books we read when we were young -like the book where the boy has to shoot his own dog? or the book where the boy's dearest friend falls out of the tree and dies? or, as you say, the book written by the little girl who hid from people who made lampshades out of human skin? geez! it can't be THAT bad!
Zooey Deschanel... by DarthCorleone	Jan 27th, 2007 09:27:22 PM
...is damn cute, though.
AIEEE! damn you spice-orange! by tango fett	Jan 27th, 2007 09:45:59 PM
you ruined Pan's Labyrinth for me. bleh. oh well. pretty sure I didn't spell Labyrinth right. too...tired...to...spell...... check.
Wasn't the basic plot co-opted ... by Bones	Jan 28th, 2007 04:14:36 AM
Wasn't the basic plot co-opted into that 90's movie "My Girl"--except they swapped genders, replaced the fantasy with Mowtown songs and (glory be)KILLED OFF MacCauley Culken with Bees? I mean--the bait-and-switch storytelling in coming-of-age stories is pretty standard...and it also really happens in life. So, what's the problem?
Did Fround do the conceptuals for this? by LittleDudes	Jan 28th, 2007 04:28:29 PM
I keep hearing conflicting reports.
Zooey Deschanel is by Spice-Orange	Jan 28th, 2007 05:45:44 PM
delicious. i want one. for Christmas? She is Elf approved.
Magunga / Freakemovie by Arguendo	Jan 28th, 2007 09:48:09 PM
I'd have to agree w/Freake. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that his overexuberence is probably evidence that he's not a plant. I think plants have developed a certain understanding by this point that an overenthusiastic review is just going to be dismissed.
Pan's Labyrinth? (spoiler) by Arguendo	Jan 28th, 2007 09:50:44 PM
I've always been particular about what I consider sad and not sad. Pan's may have had a dying girl protaganist, but her ending was in the context of doing something brave and was also couched in a potential fantasy / reality of her transcending her death. From my memory of Bridge to Terabithia, the girl just dies for no good reason. Nothing makes her death meaningful or transcendent -- that's what kinda kills you. Of course, I could be wrong -- read the book ages ago.
The ads for this pissed me off by vanfan	Jan 29th, 2007 11:05:16 AM
I read it in school, but im glad to hear that it the trailers are only a full on rape of the book. I do hope the reviewer had actually read the book before seeing this.
Pan's Labyrinth Ruiners by Ray Garraty #47	Jan 29th, 2007 11:12:49 AM
...you suck.
Zooey Deschanel by Itchy	Jan 29th, 2007 01:07:35 PM
Unbelievably cute chick. I can watch just about anything she's in ... there's something absolutely engaging about her. Oh, and she's smoking hot ... which helps.
Instead of CHILDREN OF FUCKING MEN... by PwnedByStallone	Jan 29th, 2007 03:41:00 PM
how about PULL MY FUCKING FINGER!!!
hey ray... by occula	Jan 29th, 2007 04:22:51 PM
if you troll this site enough to post on it and you haven't seen 'pan's labyrinth' yet, you deserve to have it spoiled for you! unless, of course, you live in nepal or someplace, in which case i apologize. hey arguendo - thx for the clarification...
VanLingoMungo by Thomas Cromwell	Jan 30th, 2007 02:10:13 AM
Sorry about my rather stupid post. it was late, my head hurt and i just hate the book. it won't happen again
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Like Pan's Labyrinth... by Mr Glass	Feb 10th, 2007 11:16:26 AM
...if it SUCKED! Just saw this, it's typical cloying Disney crap, don't believe the hype, go see Pan again - or A Little Princess - or My Girl.

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