It's the day of the big footrace at school. But Jess Aarons is stuck with his big sister's old pink sneakers. This only draws more teasings from all the bullies at school, but Jess was their constant victim. He's also the victim of his parents' neglect and his sisters' fights. But this school day is different. A new girl, Leslie Burke, walks in the classroom and later lines up for the race, the only girl. She beats Jess but encourages and tries to be friends with him. It turns out that she moved just next door to him and she opens the doors to the magical world of Terabithia, teaching Jess the power of imagination.
That's all I'll give you of the storyline, as spoilers for this one would be deadly. But if you are looking for a second NARNIA, you've come to the wrong place altogether. The land of Narnia is closer to real, and Terabithia is strictly short and clearly imagined when it bursts through the real world. The plot is a bit wobbly and all over the place. There are scruffy scary-ified squirrels and a friendly giant pops up here and there in Terabithia. Younger children may be afraid of all this. Overall, there's really not a lot of Terabithia, this movie's happenings take place in the real world. The bullies are all very mean. They constantly tyrinnize the schoolyard, call people names, and steal precious twinkies. Jess and Leslie get even with one of the bullies by writing her a fake love note from the coolest kid in 8th grade. It turns out later that this bully is subject to abuse from her dad, and in turn gets left out by her fellow bullies. In this time, Leslie gives her advice on how to deal with teasing. Jess pushes his little sister, Maybelle to the ground and leaves her out of his play, but makes up with her in the end. There are a few cuss words. Jess mimicks his dad. The Aarons take Leslie to church with them one week and Leslie remarks later, "You know that whole Jesus thing? It's pretty interesting!" Maybelle tells her, "it's not interesting - it's scary." She says that God will send you to hell if you don't believe in the Bible. But Leslie doesn't believe that for a minute. She thinks that God is too busy with his creation to send people to hell. Later Jess's father tells him that he doesn't think that God sends good people to hell.
I don't have much on the good side to say about this movie, besides the fact the AnnaSophia Robb's performance was astounding. Josh Hutcherson wasn't bad at all, but AnnaSophia Robb is just about equilvalent to the child version of Keira Knightley. If you are thinking about watching this film, be forewarned: despite the glamor of the cover, this film isn't one of Disney's gems - it's just another bit of Disney's trash. If you are a kid under 13, definatley have your parents watch it first. BRIDGE to TERABITHIA is not worth your time or money. But just to be fair, I shall put this intruiging little trailer on here!:P
2 comments:
very good discreption by you Meggy!
Thanks for writing this.
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