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"Bridge to Terabithia" PARENTAL WARNING! SPOILERS!
Personal Viewing | Friday February 16, 2007 | Milwaukee_Guy

Posted on 02/16/2007 9:56:53 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy

A 10 year old boy and a 10 year old girl combine their art and writing talents to create a magical kingdom. Not being like all the other kids and not being fully appreciated by their parents, they embark on their own fantasy journey.

Evoking images of the "Chronicles of Narnia" and "Harry Potter" Disney paints an image of a high tech journey into yet another magical realm that children and parents can both enjoy and share together at their local theater.

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Jessie and Leslie spent an hour and fifteen minutes feeling the taunts of their peers and the demands of their parents and begin to fantasize about a kingdom they create on a piece of abandonned property next to their homes. Fleeting glimpses of magical creatures begin to draw them into their new world.

Before the fantasy world really begins to start there's only one small problem.

Leslie (Anna Sophia Robb), venturing to their secret meeting place alone. falls off the rope they use to swing over the creek and CRACKS HER HEAD OPEN AND DROWNS.

The balance of the movie depicts the shock, horror and sadness that Jessie, his family and Leslie's parents endure during the aftermath of Leslie's demise. Jessie makes ammends with his little sister and the movie sputters to a fitfull conclusion with Jessie building a wooden bridge over the creek that Leslie drowned in.

The last 45 minutes of the picture found the audience in a shocked silence.

As we left the theater 5 to 8 year olds were crying and holding their parents as they trudged off to their cars.

This -is- an exceptionally -good- movie but my goodness IT IS DEPRESSING!

"Bridge to Terabithia" defeys classification as either a children's movie or as an adult movie. Disney had to know that to be the case and chose to market the movie as a lighthearted fantasy journey.

Bottom line, it's really an adult movie being passed off as a kids movie. Notice the PG rating on this one.

I wouldn't take a pre-teen to this movie knowing what I know now.

Regardless, it is an outstanding movie. Jessie and Leslie (Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb) put in exeptional performances for child actors and will do very well in the future.

This movie gets my 4 out of 4 hankie rating!


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KEYWORDS: disney; entertainment; fantasy; movies
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Hope my movie review helps.

I have never seen so many very young children crying at a movie. Rather disturbing. The paradox is that this -is- a very very good movie.

My 14 year old could handle it, but I wouldn't take younger kids to see this.

1 posted on 02/16/2007 9:56:56 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

You just saved my 4 year old daughter from trauma. Thank you.


2 posted on 02/16/2007 10:01:45 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy
You didn't take your kids to BABY, Secret of the Lost Ledgnd when it came out years ago (1985 IIRC).

Evil "soldiers" machine gun the mama dinosaur to death...children were screaming....

Not to mention the gratuitous full frontal nudity of natives, talk about exploitation.

Yeah, it was a "Disney" flick as well.
3 posted on 02/16/2007 10:03:36 PM PST by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy
My older brother blubbered like a baby over Heidi when we were boys.

I tear up at the drop of a hat these days, but I passed on screening this movie because I reckoned it was a real tear jerker and I didn't think the rest of it was going to be very good.
4 posted on 02/16/2007 10:06:14 PM PST by johnmark7
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To: Southack
"Terabithia" is a movie about a very bright and charismatic 10 year old girls sudden death.

Why did they market it as a kid's movie?
5 posted on 02/16/2007 10:06:44 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

I read this book in school when I was 10(5th grade) but anyone younger would be upset by the ending, I agree.


6 posted on 02/16/2007 10:07:24 PM PST by darkangel82 (Socialism is NOT an American value.)
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To: darkangel82

I remember air raid drills in the 50s.

I was upset!


7 posted on 02/16/2007 10:10:28 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: ASOC

"You didn't take your kids to BABY, Secret of the Lost Ledgnd when it came out years ago (1985 IIRC).

Evil "soldiers" machine gun the mama dinosaur to death...children were screaming....

Not to mention the gratuitous full frontal nudity of natives, talk about exploitation."




Sounds like a nightmare!


8 posted on 02/16/2007 10:15:37 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: johnmark7

Did you read the book?


9 posted on 02/16/2007 10:18:48 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy
I remember air raid drills in the 50s.

I was upset!

The '50s? I was doing 'em in the'70s! 'Course, I was living in Germany at the time...

10 posted on 02/16/2007 10:24:04 PM PST by Vroomfondel
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To: Vroomfondel

Where in Germany? I have family there.


11 posted on 02/16/2007 10:25:14 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

Bend over, put your head between your knees, and kiss your a*s goodbye. LOL!


12 posted on 02/16/2007 10:25:52 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy
Wanna see a sad movie?
Graveyard of the Fireflies.

13 posted on 02/16/2007 10:26:26 PM PST by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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To: COEXERJ145

Back then it was stop, drop and cover.

They never told us your version! :-O


14 posted on 02/16/2007 10:28:19 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: struggle

What is it about?


15 posted on 02/16/2007 10:29:09 PM PST by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: struggle
Wanna see a sad movie? Graveyard of the Fireflies.

The saddest movie ever made. I felt really sad for the girl, but anger towards the boy for continually making wrong decision after wrong decision even when told he should do something different by the adults around him.

16 posted on 02/16/2007 10:33:47 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: johnmark7
I cried when my mom took me to the re-release of Bambi in the mid 80's. Bambi's mom got shot by the hunter...I wasn't ready for that.
17 posted on 02/16/2007 10:34:24 PM PST by miliantnutcase ("If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." -ichabod1)
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>>What is it about?

All I can say is don't watch it if you can't take a downward spiral into sorrow. And not melancholy sorrow, but simply abysmal, painful, deep and unforgiving sorrow. It's a war movie about WWII, except children are involved. And lemme just finish by saying children should not watch this movie.


18 posted on 02/16/2007 10:34:38 PM PST by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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To: Milwaukee_Guy
What is it about?

You can read a synopsis at this site.

19 posted on 02/16/2007 10:35:30 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: Milwaukee_Guy
Why would they market this to kids?

Hillsdale college's monthly journal has an article with the head of Walden that explains it. Very good insight as to the company's future release plans:

http://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/

20 posted on 02/16/2007 10:39:40 PM PST by RedQuill
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