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Very good movie, totally misleading trailer

posted 13 years ago by kaiser100
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When I saw this movie I thought it was going to be a Chronicles of Narnia-type movie and I kept waiting for them to "cross into" Narnia. As the movie passed I thought, "they're running out of time, what's going on here?" Needless to say I was totally blindsided by Leslie's death. I was kind of in shock for the rest of the movie until the end when Jess helps his little sister cross into Terabithia and that was cathartic for me. Still I wasn't sure how I felt about the movie until I reflected on it some more and now I realize it was very good.

I would've probably enjoyed the movie more AS I was watching it without the expectations from the trailer. I should watch it again.

Did anyone else feel this way?

[–] rex-reyesiii 11 years ago

Yep you're right about the misleading trailer.

I bought the DVD expecting nothing then my Mom ruined it for me by saying a Spoiler..

"Haha!" - Nelson Muntz ... pointing at you. :)

[–] ZombieJesus92 11 years ago

Tricking children into watching a well-written movie. I think that's great!

[–] Soodinum 11 years ago

" I was totally blindsided (sic) by Leslie's death."

So was I. Just now, dickwad.

'Then' and 'than' are completely different words and have completely different meanings.

[–] jmichael3387 11 years ago

One of the best movies I've ever seen.

I watched it with no preference as to it being a fantasy or a 'normal' movie though. I was surprised that it wasn't sci-fi at all...but like I say, I didn't mind, because I like all kinds of movies. So I loved it. It was done really well. But I can see how little kids or people expecting something else would be disappointed.

But the fact that we're expecting sci-fi really made Leslie's death very unexpected. I like surprises though, so yeah, great movie.

[–] WorldWar1000 11 years ago

^Dude it's NOT sci-fi, it's just fantasy. sci-fi means science fiction, meaning science that doesn't exist yet. Fantasy is just fantasy about magical things. it's not sci-fi.

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[–] Doc110894 10 years ago

Yeah.

[–] yusef-ghanima 9 years ago

trailers are becoming evil, commercialism is terrible, many are spoilers.

i mostly will not be able to answer your reply, since marissa mayer hacked my email, no notification

[–] Dan_Garten 9 years ago

Yeah, this movie needed a better trailer.

[–] kya1 9 years ago

Yes, it was completely misleading, a lot of people were expecting it to be like Narnia, and I think that was the intention behind the trailer. Very sneaky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIJ3Rh5Qxs

[–] David_Blue 9 years ago

No. It was not cathartic; it was meaningless. It was a bunch of liars lecturing me on how to grieve, and for how long, in what five-step sequence. It was Narnia without the Narnia, which is to say: it was nothing.

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