Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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Oh, good lord. It's a story about the family dog. "fuck that movie?" Do you really care that much about it, Lindy?
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"Heel the love"? that has to be the stupidest tag line ever. "slow down and walk closely behind the love". that's the literal meaning.
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Also, it shouldn't be too shocking that the dog dies, if you know anything about the movie. The trailer lets on that the movie follows the family over many years (wedding, kids, etc.). Since dogs don't live forever... well...
Confession #1: that book has been at the top of my "beach read" list for about 3 years now. I still want to read it...
Confession #2: there is no way I would be able to watch that movie without crying. Even given the stupid sentimentality of the whole thing.
Confession #1: that book has been at the top of my "beach read" list for about 3 years now. I still want to read it...
Confession #2: there is no way I would be able to watch that movie without crying. Even given the stupid sentimentality of the whole thing.
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@9: I read it, it's stupid, sentimental, and I cried like an idiot at the end.
I was at the U Village QFC on Saturday and my checker was all butt-hurt that the dog dies at the end. It took all my effort to not yell "DON'T BREED, SIR." He thought it was a kids' movie, and then the dog died at the end.
Dogs die. So do cats and people. Deal with it.
I was at the U Village QFC on Saturday and my checker was all butt-hurt that the dog dies at the end. It took all my effort to not yell "DON'T BREED, SIR." He thought it was a kids' movie, and then the dog died at the end.
Dogs die. So do cats and people. Deal with it.
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Went to see this over the Christmas. The 5 year old behind me was obviously not clued in to the fact that the dog dies, and she sobbed unconsolably for the remainder of the movie. I'm pretty sure the kid is scarred for life.
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@16 Totally.
Jesus I wouldn't be so offended about this movie if they weren't obsessively marketing it to little kids. Look, I'm sure my 7 year old is going to face a fuck load of death (as a matter of fact his Aquasaur died recently) so I don't need some stupid movie that looks like it is all heart warming and cute and feel good about an awesome dog to have to end in the dog's death just to teach him a lesson he'll learn soon enough on his own.
Yeah, I get it not all movies have to end happily, and that would have been just fine for this movie too if they hadn't marketed it the way they did. If you didn't know the story you would be totally surprised that it ends the way it does based on the happy go lucky marketing of it (and frankly the choice of actors is part of this too.)
Jesus I wouldn't be so offended about this movie if they weren't obsessively marketing it to little kids. Look, I'm sure my 7 year old is going to face a fuck load of death (as a matter of fact his Aquasaur died recently) so I don't need some stupid movie that looks like it is all heart warming and cute and feel good about an awesome dog to have to end in the dog's death just to teach him a lesson he'll learn soon enough on his own.
Yeah, I get it not all movies have to end happily, and that would have been just fine for this movie too if they hadn't marketed it the way they did. If you didn't know the story you would be totally surprised that it ends the way it does based on the happy go lucky marketing of it (and frankly the choice of actors is part of this too.)
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I thought it was about the ghost of Bob Marley taking over the body of a puppy. I don't know which premise sounds worse.
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This movie is truly boring. I sat through it. There's nothing to be resolved in it, nothing the characters wrestle with, no questions to answer, not even witty dialogue to distract from the lack of plot. It's just a typical guy for two hours, then the dog dies. The guy and the dog aren't special. They aren't even emblematic of the everyman 'or the everydog', they're just average. Then the dog eats it.
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Knowing in my gut that the dog dies I couldn't figure out why that movie was so frickin' popular.
@9: If I made a family movie called "Mommy and Me" how would you expect it to end? In a hospice?
@9: If I made a family movie called "Mommy and Me" how would you expect it to end? In a hospice?
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@28. So… you knew in your gut that the dog died, but somehow you don’t agree with the notion that people shouldn’t have been surprised that he does? In the trailer it showed that they had 3 kids (oldest, maybe, I don’t know, 8 or 10)… so, when I saw that, I was like, oh, this movie takes place over a long period of time. And the family “learns lessons about life and love” or whatever. All signs point to a dead dog in the end.
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At least it wasn't born ancient, and descend over three hours screen time into senile puppyhood before blinking out and finally letting the audience escape.
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@30: Yes, I listened to my gut and I stayed away.
I feel bad for people who thought this would be a happy family movie -- why did they open it on Xmas Day instead of Yom Kippur or Good Friday?
I feel bad for people who thought this would be a happy family movie -- why did they open it on Xmas Day instead of Yom Kippur or Good Friday?
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@13: I think I know which cashier you're talking about. He talks a lot. I think he could have a conversation just as easily with a wall.
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