tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14505413.post2273181465259635172..comments2023-11-01T18:52:33.180-05:00Comments on From the Heart...Cheryl St.John: MOVIE REVIEW: Marley & MeCheryl St.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00947267011326863581noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14505413.post-86469895237209181802009-01-12T13:20:00.000-06:002009-01-12T13:20:00.000-06:00I am SO glad you posted your thoughts, Cheryl! I ...I am SO glad you posted your thoughts, Cheryl! I have not seen this movie and don't intend to. I can't stand movies where the family pet dies (this goes all the way back to Old Yeller), and you gave me even more reason to not go. I do appreciate that the book could be better, though.<BR/><BR/>My son wanted to take me to a movie the week after Christmas and suggested Marley & Me, thinking I would like it. I knew enough about the book ending to say no thanks. We saw Four Christmases instead and loved it!Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691366747122379190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14505413.post-72530961405037170282009-01-12T11:18:00.000-06:002009-01-12T11:18:00.000-06:00Thanks for the heads up on the film!!! My kids wan...Thanks for the heads up on the film!!! My kids want to see it too--it's a cute puppy movie (or at least it's how it appears on TV).<BR/><BR/>Might I tell you and your readers about my favorite movie review site? It's www.kids-in-mind.com <BR/><BR/>Marly & Me got a 5.4.4 on this site. 5 of 10 for Sex/Nudity, 4 for violence/gore and 4 for profanity. Many of my friends think this site is a little over the top b/c they will even count a peck on the cheek in the background as a mark towards sex/nudity. The 5 tips me off it wouldn't be for my kids. <BR/><BR/>Hope that helps you in the future.Coolestmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742283544000495664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14505413.post-67264960158708475932009-01-12T10:29:00.000-06:002009-01-12T10:29:00.000-06:00<<"But gee, I had my dog and now he'...<<"But gee, I had my dog and now he's dead.">><BR/><BR/>That's the defining moment!Rebecca Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742441556339590423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14505413.post-8510972668987399112009-01-12T09:59:00.000-06:002009-01-12T09:59:00.000-06:00<< "I'm a man and I didn't want...<< "I'm a man and I didn't want to have kids and you made me and now I see all the dreams I gave up to have kids but they're cute I guess and I suppose it was all worth it even though I had to give up my life." >.<BR/><BR/>You pretty much hit it there, Rebecca. Adding, "But gee, I had my dog and now he's dead."<BR/><BR/>And they didn't even end with a new puppy, which I was waiting, no HOPING for.Cheryl St.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00947267011326863581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14505413.post-15091395760222073562009-01-12T09:57:00.000-06:002009-01-12T09:57:00.000-06:00If the book fell into my lap I might read it, but ...If the book fell into my lap I might read it, but I won't go looking. I probably woundn't have disliked the movie so much if I had caught it on HBO one day, you know? but I paid good money and could have seen something more uplifting.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Brenda! Glad it's not just me, but sorry you had the sme experience.Cheryl St.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00947267011326863581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14505413.post-15981972483954815272009-01-12T09:56:00.000-06:002009-01-12T09:56:00.000-06:00Who, who, who markets these movies??? Who sets the...Who, who, who markets these movies??? Who sets them up as fun loving and cutsie when they are not? Thank you for the warning. <BR/><BR/>I almost took my kids to this also. I did worry a little because some of the commercials showed Jennifer Aniston talking about getting pregnant - and I worried it would turn into "I'm a man and I didn't want to have kids and you made me and now I see all the dreams I gave up to have kids but they're cute I guess and I suppose it was all worth it even though I had to give up my life."<BR/><BR/>I mean, guess what, we mothers give up a few things too! And some men really love kids and WANT to have children.<BR/><BR/>We need more women screenwriters. And not women screenwriters who write about cat-fight-weddings. Women who write about real issues.<BR/><BR/>Phew. You really hit a button :)Rebecca Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742441556339590423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14505413.post-25022529703413218932009-01-12T09:52:00.000-06:002009-01-12T09:52:00.000-06:00Cheryl I am so glad someone else thought the same ...Cheryl I am so glad someone else thought the same as I did. We made it a big family thing with the nieces and god son there was 11 of us and we were all ready for a good family movie that is NOT what we got I thought there were places in there that kids don't need to see. Plus we all cried so much it was not funny I wished I would have not seen the movie I felt terrible after I seen it and the kids kepy asking me questions about things that happened in the moive not that I am affraid to explain things to them but I didn't think the girls needed to know what a miscarrige is yet it life they haven't even started their periods. Maybe it was just me, but they were all so upset over the dog dying that it took a long time to settle them down once they got home and would not leave the dog alone. I am sure he was wondering what the heck happened. <BR/>I thought the way they promoted that movie was to the WHOLE family..Mickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105225203981978116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14505413.post-23950282940816775692009-01-11T22:35:00.000-06:002009-01-11T22:35:00.000-06:00Cheryl, so sorry you didn't know in advance about ...Cheryl, so sorry you didn't know in advance about the movie and took young children... yikes. The book is one of the most honest, funny, but moving memoirs I have read for a while - and that doesn't come across anywhere near as much in the movie. May I encourage you to read the book itself - it won't take long; it may make you look at the movie with a more positive view. <BR/>MalvinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com