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Why are you in Tavie's head? 10:15 PM | shower me with attention

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

They've made a straight-to-DVD film of one of my favorite books of all time.

The trailers and commercials are incredibly dismaying to me. The write-up on IMDB comforts me some - the plot seems intact, from the reports there - but the fact that they're marketing this story as another sword-and-sorcery, Narnia knock-off, annoys me no end.

This is a brilliant, moving story. It is not a "fantasy" story; the Terabithia parts are minor, and never it is even hinted at that Terabtihia is a real place. It is very decidedly a shared invention that brings these two kids together.

Maybe I haven't read this book in 20 years, but I remember that much. I read and read and read it as a kid; I did a book report on it in grade 3 and read it again in grade 6 when it was assigned to my class, even though the teacher said I didn't have to 'cause I'd already read it a million times.

Why are people trying to mess with the good books?

Labels: dvds, evil, travesties

Why are you in Tavie's head? 8:42 PM | shower me with attention