[bradactor]

I saw this movie myself this weekend. I have not read the book or did a long time ago. IT is a great film no matter who did it with an upbeat theme and positive message. I watched two kids in front of me in the theatre. They were doing the usual kid squirming etc before or when the movie began but you could not hear a pin drop through the middle and other parts of the movie.

IT is worth seeing

[Shortwave]

Wow! I observed the same thing! I was in a theater full of children of all ages and I had never experienced anything like it. It was NOT boring, like one previous posted estimated. It was fantastic! I don't know or care about the politics of the person who financed the film. I sometimes wonder if, out here in the blogisphere focus so much on our ideology that we fail to see things in our peripheral consciousness. Anyway, like I said. The movie is a masterpiece and history will prove it so. "A Christmas Story" was nearly a blip on the radar but is now considered one of the best Christmas movies of all time. Personally, up until I saw "Polar Express" it was my favorite but now it's a tossup between them.