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I love Lassie Come Home

posted 13 years ago by marioncrane
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I realise that it's very sentimental, but for me that is one of it's many pluses. I also realise that the accents are mostly far from authentic, and I really couldn't care less.

I love Roddy McDowell's heart-rending performance, and the already stunningly beautiful young Liz Taylor, as well as the wonderful (male) dog who was Lassie.

The old couple were wonderful too, surely everyone's ideal grandparents :). When I was younger and watching this, I always hoped that they got themselves another dog. Likewise Gwenn's character. He and the adorable Toots were great; I was heartbroken as a child when Toots died - and I still shed a few tears now too.

My own (grown up) children are unable to get over the sentimentality, which I think is a shame, but the way most young people probably view LCH and similar titles, National Velvet for example. It's just a more cynical age we live in these days, sadly.

"Three years...I promise."

[–] jameselliot-1 12 years ago

I love this movie too. I always well up at some scenes: Gwenn's grief over his dog's death, a sick Lassie crawling to Elsa Lancaster's home and other moments. Good-Bye My Lady is another emotional dog and kid film. I find that modern films with dogs as the main characters are still made with sensitivity and humanity like LCH was, unlike most of what the commercial film industry cranks out today.

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