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!
" an exceptionally -good- movie but my goodness IT IS DEPRESSING! "
I see.
Depressing = Exceptional
How many times have you been married...???
I read the synopsis.
Very very sad movie.
Back on topic, why would Disney bring out a movie about a child's death and pass it off as a child's movie?
I think that single story alone is what made me the pitiful wretch I am today.
Good link, here's an excerpt,
"...Our project has opened up a fair debate about whether children should read books that have such frightening content. C. S. Lewis tackled this issue head-on and offered some good advice that informs how we select our projects:
Those who say that children must not be frightened may mean two things. They may mean (1) that we must not do anything likely to give the child those haunting, disabling, pathological fears against which ordinary courage is helpless: in fact, phobias. His mind must, if possible, be kept clear of things he cant bear to think of. Or they may mean (2) that we must try to keep out of his mind the knowledge that he is born into a world of death, violence, wounds, adventure, heroism and cowardice, good and evil. If they mean the first I agree with them: but not if they mean the second. The second would indeed be to give children a false impression and feed them on escapism in the bad sense. There is something ludicrous in the idea of so educating a generation which is born to the
atomic bomb. Since it is so likely that they will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.
In February we release two films. Our first, Bridge to Terabithia, follows our traditional model of a film based on a popular bookin this case Katherine Patersons Newbery Award Winner..."
I looked it over at Borders and read an essay in another book by the author about the genesis of the story when her son had a friend who drowned and she had to try and explain to him how such things could happen.
Having seen a number of really bad pre-adolescent movies last year (Hoot, How to Eat Fried Worms) I passed on this. But the other critics I know liked it. Now I'll have to wait for the DVD to see if I'll like it or not
With 3 small kids! I swore after that I would see the movie first or tlk to someone I knew before I took the kids.
Do the same today with the grandkids.
Disney (spits) not a thing like it used to be.
does Leslie come back as a zombie? Now that would be a movie.
Disney (spits) not a thing like it used to be."
Walt would go postal if he was here today.
Wanna really mess up a kid for life ? Take him to see "An Inconvenient Truth." Bwahahahaha !! ;-)
Now that would be abuse lol.
Where in Germany? I have family there.
Stuttgart from '75-'76. Robinson Barracks.
Disney = Spit!
Well .. recently there was a movie about a horse - can't remember the name. Took my two grandchildren .. was very disappointed. It was white men are bad, Indians were good, and the horse did all sorts of bad things to get even with the eeeeeeevil white people.
My kids were so disappointed .. they didn't like the movie at all.
"Revenge of Mr. Ed" ?
But a kid hasn't been done right and proper until he's seen Brave Little Toaster.
Close! I think the horse was named "Spirit".
I read the book in the 6th grade about 15 years ago and I knew it had a depressing ending. I told my father this, and he thought I was insane and thought Disney would edit that sad part from the film.
yeah.... and all you have to do is add a little pork, grind her up and make some really great sausage....
4 kids and I explained that it's important to eat what you kill.... and that deer really don't talk...and really aren't like people.
the thing is that giving human qualities to animals is dangerous.... two of my daughters yelled "why did they have to kill the shark?!!!!" when Jaws ended....my son and I turned and said...."THE SHARK ATE A BOAT!!!! And a BUNCH OF PEOPLE!!!....hahahahahaa.... they're older and smarter, but it showed the power of the "media" to give animals...."rights"..
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