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ampersandwitch:
Well?  Anyone?

We could discuss stuff.  Like how it's not Narnia, or how we hated it because it was sad, or how all atheists are going to hell.  These are the things they're discussing on IMDB.

jimbunny:
The point at which I really know my day is going to shit is when I realize I've been reading imdb message boards for the past half-hour.

That said, I just saw Bridge last night...and I've got mixed feelings about it. There were a lot of moments that were just irredeemably cheezy and poorly executed - for lack of a better adjective, "Disney" (that's not to say that Disney hasn't produced its fair share of magic, but you probably know what I mean). They took creating a "kids movie" and used it as a license to skimp on quality. My most profound complaint about this movie is that it could have been so much better.

There were definitely moments that worked. I won't go into specifics for fear of spoilers (and, as a side note, anyone who gives away this story deserves to be shot). They were, however, relatively few. Their presence, in my opinion, is mostly due to the fact that - even though they apparently threw this movie together without much regard to quality - the story that underlies Bridge (ie the book) is pure gold.

I'm too tired to come up with a good transition, but there was way too much CG in the film. My favorite moments in the movie were when they used it minimally, to suggest the imaginitive powers of the main characters. The last scene goes completely overboard, and as a result it's rather a let down, when the last moments of this movie should be the most powerful (see the 1985 version).

It is (or should be) a sad movie, but that is no reason to hate it! There should be more sad kids movies.

Pegasus King:
I haven't seen it yet, so I'm not going to judge.

My problem is that after LotR, I've felt that every new fantasy book-to-movie produced feels subpar compared to what we got in those films.

It's about as hot a commodity as superhero flicks, and those are a dime a dozen these days.

I plan to see it soon, but hopefully it won't let me down like Eragon.

God, I don't think anything could let me down like Eragon.

Dimmukane:
Fuck that movie.  When the hell were there big dumb trolls in the book?  There weren't.  So again, for clarity, fuck that movie.

ampersandwitch:
All right.

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