We finally saw this film over the weekend. I had never read the book. I believe my mom had first recommended it to me back in the 80s when the first movie adaptation had been done. The book itself first came out in the late 70s. The grandkids had gone to see the new one in the theatre with their grandfather but we hadn’t seen it. I remember the kids chanting “free to pee” for months afterward.
The movie was very nicely done, we’ll probably end up picking it up. We knew what Leslie’s fate was but it still caught us a bit when it happened. The actress playing her, AnnaSophia Robb, also played Violet Beauregard in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She will be someone to watch in later years. She has quite the impact on the screen – very reminiscent of a young Winona Ryder or Christina Ricci. She can also be seen in Jumper or in the new remake of Escape to Witch Mountain.
We also took the kids to see the Spiderwick Chronicles this week. I hadn’t read these books either but Shan had read the first book and was looking forward to it. It sounds the like movie covers the whole book series. The books are very small - only a shade more than 100 pages each.
It was another fun one although it may be a bit scary for some kids. Ours were fine with it. The movie deals more with the goblins than the fairies, I’m not sure how it compares to the books. The family was nicely done and the boy playing the twins was very impressive. It was neat to see the various fencing swords being used. It’s definitely another one for the to-buy list. D3 picked up the first book yesterday and is almost through it. Now he wants a fieldguide.
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