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From: anna nielsen <nielsena>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:37:32 -0500
LOTR is Lord of the Rings, I think.
Cheers,
Anna
On Nov 12, 2007 12:33 PM, Sally Miller <derbymiller at fuse.net> wrote:
> Am I the only person who doesn't know what LOTR stands for? Sally Derby
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> From: "Jean Cook" <jeanmcook at yahoo.com>
> To: <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
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> Subject: [CCBC-Net] books in films
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>
> >I would just like to point out that a lot of the films people like that are
> >faithful to the books are Walden Media films (Narnia, Bridge to Terabithia,
> >Zathura (hey, I liked it), Holes, Because of Winn Dixie, Charlotte's Web).
> >It is the stated mission of this studio to take award winning and classic
> >children's books and produced faithful, family friendly fare. The studio
> >even provides in-class kits and tools to promote discussions of the
> >original books. Honestly, I will go see any film made by this studio, most
> >particularly the ones with Disney, which is easy since they don't release
> >too many each year. I'll admit the Seeker was a disappointment, but I
> >suspect that has a lot more to do with 20th Century Fox than Walden Media.
> >
> > About Terabithia, the author never gives any real description of the
> > mythical kingdom. It's whatever the reader imagines it to be. In fact,
> > in the movie, we see three different versions of Terabithia, Leslie's,
> > Jesse's, and his little sisters. If you watch carefully, the big vistas
> > they show and the individual characters are all quite different. As for
> > the trailers, everyone affiliated with the movie acknowledges they were a
> > huge mistake. Fantasy fans went expecting LOTR and were disappointing.
> > Terabithia fans didn't go because they thought it was LOTR and so missed a
> > great movie.
> >
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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:37:32 -0500
LOTR is Lord of the Rings, I think.
Cheers,
Anna
On Nov 12, 2007 12:33 PM, Sally Miller <derbymiller at fuse.net> wrote:
> Am I the only person who doesn't know what LOTR stands for? Sally Derby
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean Cook" <jeanmcook at yahoo.com>
> To: <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:05 AM
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] books in films
>
>
> >I would just like to point out that a lot of the films people like that are
> >faithful to the books are Walden Media films (Narnia, Bridge to Terabithia,
> >Zathura (hey, I liked it), Holes, Because of Winn Dixie, Charlotte's Web).
> >It is the stated mission of this studio to take award winning and classic
> >children's books and produced faithful, family friendly fare. The studio
> >even provides in-class kits and tools to promote discussions of the
> >original books. Honestly, I will go see any film made by this studio, most
> >particularly the ones with Disney, which is easy since they don't release
> >too many each year. I'll admit the Seeker was a disappointment, but I
> >suspect that has a lot more to do with 20th Century Fox than Walden Media.
> >
> > About Terabithia, the author never gives any real description of the
> > mythical kingdom. It's whatever the reader imagines it to be. In fact,
> > in the movie, we see three different versions of Terabithia, Leslie's,
> > Jesse's, and his little sisters. If you watch carefully, the big vistas
> > they show and the individual characters are all quite different. As for
> > the trailers, everyone affiliated with the movie acknowledges they were a
> > huge mistake. Fantasy fans went expecting LOTR and were disappointing.
> > Terabithia fans didn't go because they thought it was LOTR and so missed a
> > great movie.
> >
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