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Horrible...

posted 14 years ago by Tebok73509
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The book was great!

As for the movie... where do I beging...

First of all the character was sopposed to at least start out as a young girl.. Instead they use a girl who is over 20 years old to play the part of a 15 year old?!???! Seriously...

Secondly... very little effort was made. For example, she wears the same outfit the whole movie, yet not a single sign of wear and tear. Also, she wears her shoes on the beach and in the water... who the hell in the world wears shoes in the water?!?!?

Thirdly - terrible acting.

This movie really needs to be remade.

[–] Jinx-to-Ennien 14 years ago

She might wear shoes in the water to protect her feet from rocks, shells and any ocean life that could hurt her if she stepped on it. People who swim in lakes often wear water shoes so they don't cut their feet.

[–] amazon423 14 years ago

Also she was 18 years old not 15 years old. There are a lot of sharpness to ocean geography that could hurt her as well as fish and sea urchins that could poison her or make her quite sick. If you have ever been penetrated by a sea urchin you would never forget it and remember to protect your feet from them.

[–] CoriSCapnSkip (2756) 23 days ago

Some holes did appear in her outfit but not to the extent you'd expect from years of hard wear. The book character started out at 12 but you couldn't cast a 12-year-old actress and use the same girl through the whole movie considering the amount of time which is supposed to have passed, which in real life was 18 years but in the movie can't have been much more than about 5 years. The book: great. The movie: just passable.