http://ambival.net/movies/charlottes-web Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 May 2008 04:20:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://ambival.net/movies/charlottes-web#comment-2780 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » Bridge to Terabithia Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:37:35 +0000 http://ambival.net/movies/charlottes-web#comment-2780 [...] Of course, doing my homework online brought one drawback, and that was getting rather large hints at the sad ending to the story. Had I not known this was coming, I think I’d have died myself, because the movie changes tone at the one hour mark so sharply and dramatically it makes last year’s Charlotte’s Web look like, well, the death of a barn-bound spider . . . Parents of very little ones should definitely be warned. Even knowing it was coming, I had tears in my eyes for the full final act. People sold on the “Narnia”like trailer will almost certainly be turned off by this emotional closing down of the movie and I worry that Disney may have really screwed up the reception this movie will get by using that shot in the trailer and generally making it look far more in your face about its fantasy than it really turns out to be. There again, maybe they’re going for the pleasant surprise angle it certainly worked on me. [...] [...] Of course, doing my homework online brought one drawback, and that was getting rather large hints at the sad ending to the story. Had I not known this was coming, I think I’d have died myself, because the movie changes tone at the one hour mark so sharply and dramatically it makes last year’s Charlotte’s Web look like, well, the death of a barn-bound spider . . . Parents of very little ones should definitely be warned. Even knowing it was coming, I had tears in my eyes for the full final act. People sold on the “Narnia”like trailer will almost certainly be turned off by this emotional closing down of the movie and I worry that Disney may have really screwed up the reception this movie will get by using that shot in the trailer and generally making it look far more in your face about its fantasy than it really turns out to be. There again, maybe they’re going for the pleasant surprise angle it certainly worked on me. [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/charlottes-web#comment-2463 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » 2006 Movies Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:18:50 +0000 http://ambival.net/movies/charlottes-web#comment-2463 [...] Charlotte’s Web Gary Winick [...] [...] Charlotte’s Web Gary Winick [...]

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