“Terabithia” remake’s commercials suck, but not the movie.

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I see on Wikipedia that the new movie of “Bridge to Terabithia” is not nearly as horrible as you might think based on the commercials.

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8 replies on ““Terabithia” remake’s commercials suck, but not the movie.”

  1. That’s what the IMDB posters said too. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. The book is awesome. Even if the movie is horrible, at least it might encourage a new generation of kids to check out the book, which was written in the 70s and takes place somewhere around Winchester, I believe.

  2. My wife and kids have been threatening to drag me to this one, and while it now seems that it would be a movie that I might enjoy (never read the book), I doubt that it’s appropriate for my six and ten year old boys.

    Thanks Waldo.

  3. What parents tend to object to in “Terabithia” (the book and the original movie) is that it involves the death of a major character, and the emotional impact of that death on the other characters. That’s certainly something that could prove a little heavy for little ones.

  4. The trailers I’ve seen seem to try and play up the “Fantasy world” angle. I read the book when I was a kid and I definately don’t remember very much fantasy. The story I remember was a pretty sad one. Hardly what I would expect kids to flock to.

  5. If parents are okay with the death scene in “The Lion King” then they should have no issues with Terabithia. I’ve never understood why parents are okay with just about any animated flick Disney tosses our way but freak when something non-animated with similar themes comes out. James, I’m not implying that that’s what you’re doing, this is more an observation of parents in general. I spent one summer working in a movie theater watching parents drag 2-year-olds to see “Finding Nemo.”

    I think the book was intended for kids in the 10-12 age range but of course it’s up to parents to decide what’s appropriate for their own kids.

  6. It’s not so much that my children can’t handle death, Megan — my oldest remembers well both of his great-grandparents (my grandparents) and impressed me when, as a five-year-old, he insisted on seeing his beloved great-grandfather in the nursing home shortly before his death — it’s just that I hate to take them to a movie where they’re expecting one thing, and get something else entirely. Especially when the commercials play up the fantasy angle, and offer the death of a major character instead.

  7. I understand. That’s what bugs me about the trailer. I have a feeling there will be quite a few angry parents/fantasy fans who will then shun what they might have otherwise found to be a great movie and book. It’s a bummer that whoever marketed this movie apparently didn’t think the story could sell itself and instead felt the need to spin the trailer so the movie appears to be something it’s not.

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