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DamselJillPole
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Okay tomorrow i need to go find this book at the store or library so I can sit down and read it. I'm very determined now to see the events rather then the movies perspective.


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Posted : May 31, 2010 8:29 pm
Liberty Hoffman
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^^ you should! the book is very well worth reading! I think Leslie's death is far more sad in the 2007 version of the movie than the book, but that's just my personal opinion. :)

I am going to watch the new version of the movie again.....it's been way too long! :D I need to see it again!


NW sister - wild rose ~ NW big sis - ramagut
Born in the water
Take quick to the trees
I want all that You are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADBC57vKfQ

Topic starter Posted : June 4, 2010 10:36 am
DamselJillPole
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Haha how long LH, about two days? ;) :D

I know it is good. I keep saying everyday when I wake up I'm going to have to watch BTT again and I can never find the time to sit and watch it. I need to try tonight.


Long Live King Caspian & Queen Liliandil Forever!
Jill+Tirian! Let there be Jilrian!

Posted : June 4, 2010 12:02 pm
Liberty Hoffman
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Haha how long LH, about two days? ;) :D

close.....I week. :D =)) :p but I love it! :D

I love the part in the new movie where May Belle says "It's a free country!" when Jess and Leslie don't want her to come with them :D


NW sister - wild rose ~ NW big sis - ramagut
Born in the water
Take quick to the trees
I want all that You are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADBC57vKfQ

Topic starter Posted : June 5, 2010 9:28 am
Aslans Country
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Have you read the book and do you own it?
I read the book after I saw the movie (the new one) and yes, I own it. I can't actually remember it that clearly, but it's a really good book.

Have you seen the 1985 version of the movie?
I didn't know there was one.. but judging by other people's comments, it's not that great, so I probably won't watch it. :p

Have you seen the newer version of the movie?
Twice. :) I knew that

Spoiler
Leslie was going to die
but I still wasn't expecting it to happen when it did. After I read the book, I watched it again, and it's a great movie. Although I agree in that showing all the Terabithians was a bit misleading, I don't know how else they could have done it. That kind of thing works well in a book, but not on film.

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Posted : June 5, 2010 4:37 pm
waggawerewolf27
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have you read the book and do you own it? Yes, I have read the book, having borrowed it from the library. I don't own the book, and I don't remember if I bought it at some stage for one of my children. If they have a copy I will borrow it back.

have you seen the 1985 version of the movie? No. It never occurred to me to watch it at the time, even if I noticed it was on the movies. I guess I was busy.

have you seen the newer version of the movie? Of course I saw this movie. I borrowed it from the video shop and enjoyed the movie immensely.

By the way, Liberty Hoffman, thank you for the thread. I thought of one such thread but didn't know whether it belonged in this forum or the talk of narnia forum, since this book & its movie so openly refers to the Narnia chronicles.

I'll admit I'm a Terebithia newbie. I've only seen the 2007 movie version, though good friends have described the book and how it compares to the movie to me. .....

The thing I remember most is that the father, Jack Aarons, struck me as kind of a 'grumpy old man' (especially, for example, in the greenhouse scene). .....

edit: clarification, inspired by GtG's question below: I'm not picking on the actor for his portrayal of the father; in fact, he shows versatility in the two roles I mention here. I figured he was mean in the book, or at least in the movie script. It's the way he treats Jesse that annoys me a little, but I understand he was written that way.

I think the father in the book/movie had every right to behave the way he did, since he had a long trip to and from the job he had taken to support the family. He did seem a bit unfair to me at first. Like his wife he seems to favour the elder girls too much, in comparison with Jesse, but I realise that he was strictest with Jesse because he was so strict on himself, that being how he saw being a man entailed.

Spoiler
I loved the way he changed and was so sympathetic and supportive to Jesse when Lesley was killed.

And I noticed some of the symbolism and such that flew over my head a few years ago, which made me appreciate the story a lot more. She really is a good writer! I think it was the 70s-and-redneck-ness of the book that turned me off, both of which the movie removed, so.

It all depends on what you mean by 'redneck-ness' of the book. Wherever you go, country communities are often considered conservative sorts of people, sometimes suspicious of 'outsiders', and staunchly loyal to their own community, not necessarily to the point of racism. In the seventies it was far more common for children to get a belting from their parents, sometimes for discipline but not always, in the days before people started talking about 'child abuse'. And it was bad form for children to complain about it. As the book also makes clear, it wasn't exactly the most prosperous farming area which is depicted - more like one that was struggling to keep going, if it wasn't for the fathers having city jobs.

Lesley's family seem to be escapes from the City; if you want short-hand names for groups of people, you could call them 'basket weavers'.

Spoiler
I loved that Lesley elected to go to church with Jesse and his family, that it was thanks to Lesley's family that Jesse could eventually build a proper little bridge, and that it was thanks to Lesley's friendship that Jesse learned to be a lot more accepting of others, especially May Belle.
Life can be so short, you know. As you say, Alyosha, 'The story isn't anti-Christianity, it just shows people who are looking for truth and haven't quite found it yet'

Posted : June 5, 2010 7:21 pm
Liberty Hoffman
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NarniaWeb Master

By the way, Liberty Hoffman, thank you for the thread.

you are welcome! I wasn't sure how well it would turn out, but it seems that a lot of people like it! :D

I just got the DVD of the newer version out of the library again! I am going to watch it this week!


NW sister - wild rose ~ NW big sis - ramagut
Born in the water
Take quick to the trees
I want all that You are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADBC57vKfQ

Topic starter Posted : June 6, 2010 3:36 pm
sandyentersNarnia
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have you read the book and do you own it? No but some say it is very very nice!

have you seen the 1985 version of the movie? hmmm, I've heard of it but never got the chance to. ;))

have you seen the newer version of the movie? Yes I did, and it really amazed me with the graphics and I almost cried when Anasophia died, :(.

"Two sides of the same coin"

Posted : June 7, 2010 7:26 am
Liberty Hoffman
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NarniaWeb Master

Josh Hutcherson is awesome in the scene when Jesse's dad is hugging him and he's bawling his eyes out after Leslie's died. I mean, wow! he has tears pouring down his face and it just about broke my heart to watch it!
he did an awesome job as Jess! :-bd


NW sister - wild rose ~ NW big sis - ramagut
Born in the water
Take quick to the trees
I want all that You are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADBC57vKfQ

Topic starter Posted : June 7, 2010 10:45 am
DamselJillPole
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Your right LH. Josh Hutcherson could seriously act and it was very believable in that scene starting from the point where he goes to the creek where

Spoiler
Leslie died to pushing his sister and breaking down with his father
was such a great tear jerker. He had to of thought of something that really upsets him in real life to bring that out of him into his acting.


Long Live King Caspian & Queen Liliandil Forever!
Jill+Tirian! Let there be Jilrian!

Posted : June 7, 2010 11:32 am
sandyentersNarnia
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Gosh. I can't believe that acting really is hard especially when crying. :| . but I really liked the movie! two thumbs up!!!

"Two sides of the same coin"

Posted : June 7, 2010 3:01 pm
DamselJillPole
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Well sometimes in acting with some actors they stop acting and start realizing the situation as if it was real life and going on at that moment. I can tell Josh Hutcherson is one of those actors because he is very believable.


Long Live King Caspian & Queen Liliandil Forever!
Jill+Tirian! Let there be Jilrian!

Posted : June 7, 2010 7:13 pm
sandyentersNarnia
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wow. acting really is a tough work too but worth working hard for.

"Two sides of the same coin"

Posted : June 8, 2010 3:30 am
pickle
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have you read the book and do you own it? Yes, I've read it multiple times and I love it! Yes I have it.

have you seen the 1985 version of the movie? No

have you seen the newer version of the movie? Yes I loved it. :D

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thanks for the avy and sig, Eustace+Jill!

Posted : June 8, 2010 9:00 am
Liberty Hoffman
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NarniaWeb Master

has anyone watched the new movie with commentary? I have done so a bunch of times and it's so awesome! the commentary is done by Josh Hutcherson, Annasophia Robb and Lauren Levine (one of the movie's producers). it's very enjoyable and funny! :D


NW sister - wild rose ~ NW big sis - ramagut
Born in the water
Take quick to the trees
I want all that You are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADBC57vKfQ

Topic starter Posted : June 8, 2010 9:42 am
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