<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>RayPeterson wrote:
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>Art Weingartner wrote:
Yeah we are gunna. Is it ...like...that sad? MY daughter cries if the little bear gets his porridge eaten by Goldilocks!
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I don't know what Nocternal Feeder and kennyman would say to this but in my opinion this is not a kids movie. This is not like "Beethoven", "Bingo" or something like this. It's a film about life in general. And how a dog can become a part of your family.
Don't get me wrong it's also a comedy with many parts to laugh and I really had to laugh a couple of times but don't watch it with the wrong expectations. <center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>
I understand your opinion.But my kids are not exactly little.Our oldest is gonna be 19 on Sunday,Brett is gonna be 17 in May,and as for Michelle she just turned 10 in Feb.It was Michelle who wanted us to see the movie,her class had already read the book.She told us that the story was sad because Marley dies,like Dodger died at the end.Kristen and Brett really didn't care what they saw.But everyone of us had tears in our eyes when we left the theater,and yes I know it's sad.But Dodger was our Marley,and no matter how sad the movie was.Loosing her was way harder on my kids,than seeing a movie where they knew there were several Marley's playing Marley,and that the dog was acting, not really dieing.In a way it was like watching a memorial in honor of how it was having Dodger for us,loving her,her loving us,her young days of tearing things up,her old days when we would have to pick her up so she could lay down on the bed,and of course the day the kids had to say good-bye to her,before I had to carry her to the car.She couldn't walk,the cancer had taken over her body,and you know who held her head as they put her to sleep at the vets,me.She died in my arms.I couldn't bring her home to my kids and that was real.My kids know the difference between reality and movie magic.
Now,I am done talking about this.I'm a momma and my tears need to be gone before Michelle walks in the door from school.I really care about you Ray Peterson.I know you didn't know what I would say,but what I just said, is what I would say.
But really I care about everyone on the board,Bonnie,Art,RaysY,RayP,and of course my husband Kennyman.I think of you all as my Burbs family.