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| aniStunning10 |
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Jen's Obsessed Friend
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^You're right about the negativity. I'll try to take that advice.
I don't even mind a review that is well written that has a different point of view than mine. But goodness gracious, I'm picturing the Grogans and their adorable children reading that their lives are 'boring' and 'meaningless' by some snotty reviewer who is probably just cross from having cried at the ending. Some of it seems to be an attack on a family's story, and it's really rubbing me the wrong way. |
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| jen-lover |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:50 am |
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"I'm picturing the Grogans and their adorable children reading that their lives are 'boring' and 'meaningless' by some snotty reviewer who is probably just cross from having cried at the ending."
that'S true....i never even thought about the real grogans...  |
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| MrFish |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:59 pm |
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Just one guy's opinion, still I like his prediction.
Quote: Fierce competition at Christmas boxoffice
Family audiences are expected to flock to the comedy/fantasy "Bedtime Stories" and the canine hijinks of "Marley & Me."
The showdown between "Stories" and "Marley" is expected to be close. With particular interest among women, "Marley," from Fox 2000 and Regency Enterprises, should emerge with a strong second-place showing and a four-day take ranging from the mid-$20 million into the $30 million range. Based on the best-selling memoir by John Grogan and directed by David Frankel ("The Devil Wears Prada"), the PG-rated movie is bowing in 3,480 theaters. It stars Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson as a married couple who find their hands full with an rambunctious yellow lab.
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i13db0577bde6c55b03c849b09207e1e3 |
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| MrFish |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:59 pm |
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A very warm and heartfelt review:
2 paws up for film with love lesson
By Lisa Lange
I recently attended a screening of Fox 2000's new movie "Marley and Me," which opens nationwide Christmas Day, and I left the theater hoping that everyone would go see this film.
The movie's important message � that adding an animal to the family means making a lifetime commitment to treat the animal like a family member even when he or she is unruly, hard to live with, ailing or old � is something that all of us need to hear.
Unless you work at an animal shelter, you'd probably be surprised at the reasons people give for getting rid of their dogs and cats.
The animals, they say, are a bother. They bark all the time, take too long to house-train, have fleas, keep getting pregnant, are too aggressive or too timid. Countless people toss out their "pets" as they would an unwanted piece of furniture when they move.
As the number of foreclosures goes up, the problem has gotten even worse, and some people are simply leaving animals behind to starve inside empty houses � although they manage to pack up their televisions and video games. Local authorities have found starving cats and dogs locked inside abandoned homes or chained in backyards. In desperation, some animals have tried to eat drywall, plastic and garbage to survive.
When I lived in Louisiana, I used to volunteer at the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. One Saturday, I worked at the intake desk and watched as people came in and gave one sorry excuse after another for giving up their animals. "I got new furniture." "She just sits there." "She's no fun now that she's older." One man brought in two sweet Doberman pinschers who'd had their beautiful ears chopped into triangles and their tails whacked to a few inches. As he dropped off his dogs, he said simply, "I am moving."
These are the people I hope will see this movie.
Dogs and cats are a part of the family, for better or for worse, and when we bring them into our homes, we have a responsibility to love and care for them the way that Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston (playing John and Jenny Grogan) love and care for Marley in "Marley and Me." The Grogans stuck with Marley through tipped-over tables, shredded couches and eaten necklaces. They took the time to properly introduce him to their children and were with him as the aging dog began to falter and it was time to say goodbye.
I also applaud the filmmakers for changing the plot of the best-selling book � having the Grogans adopt Marley from a rescue group instead of buying a puppy from a breeder. Every puppy that is purchased from a breeder or pet store means that a potential home won't be available to a dog in an animal shelter or a breed rescue group whose life depends on being adopted.
People who are determined to have a specific type of dog or cat can adopt the breed of their choice at a rescue group or an animal shelter. And, although I recommend giving an older animal a second chance at life, if you have your heart set on, and the time to spend with, a puppy or kitten, rescue groups have those too.
In the trailer for "Marley and Me," John Grogan reminds us: "A dog doesn't care if you are rich or poor. Give him your heart, and he'll give you his." I hope this movie inspires people to stand by their animal companions � even when it's not easy � and to love them unconditionally, just as they love us.
So, please, go see "Marley and Me," and take a friend. When you have the time, money and patience to bring a dog or cat into your life � after the hectic holiday season � visit your local animal shelter and adopt one of the many animals that aren't as lucky as Marley was.
Lisa Lange is the senior vice president of communications for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 2898 Rowena Ave. 103, Los Angeles, Calif. 90039.
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http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2008/12/24/opinion/doc495216589e84a373755626.txt |
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| MegFL |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:05 pm |
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Entertainment Weekly - A-
Marley & Me
A Movie Review
By Owen Gleiberman
Posted Dec 23, 2008
In Marley & Me, it doesn't take long to learn why Marley, an incorrigibly frisky golden Labrador retriever adopted by Florida newspaper writers John and Jenny Grogan (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston), is the ''world's worst dog.'' He's friendly and lovable, but he devours everything in sight � drywall, socks, big chunks of furniture (no, he doesn't just chew on them, he eats them). As a dog owner, I can testify that Marley & Me, based on the real John Grogan's smash 2005 memoir, is the single most endearing and authentic movie about the human�canine connection in decades. As directed by David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada), though, it's also something more: a disarmingly enjoyable, wholehearted comic vision of the happy messiness of family life.
John and Jenny share an existence that, from the standpoint of our current economic times, already looks like paradise. He's a reporter who gets refashioned, by his testy editor (Alan Arkin), into a lifestyle columnist (only to keep complaining about it � poor guy!). She's a feature writer who becomes a stay-at-home mom. As the kids come along (three of them), the Grogans move into bigger and bigger houses, yet they have thwarted ambitions, fights that go on for days, and a general attitude of wistful loss toward all the freedoms they have given up to become parents. Marley & Me celebrates two ordinary people as they try to fit love, work, children, and one volcanically misbehaved pooch into a single space. Marley may be the dog from hell, but we're meant to see that the Grogans, in their hearts, wouldn't have it any other way. Marley stands in for all the unruliness that can never be domesticated out of life.
You can domesticate Owen Wilson, but the shock is how good the role of beleaguered breadwinner looks on him. He and Aniston forge a nimble connection (they even get mad in style), and Wilson has a scene near the end with Marley that's the most wrenchingly tender acting of his career. Using his scratchy, lackadaisical warmth to voice a testament to family, and to where dogs fit into it, he makes you feel like it's a wonderful life indeed.
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http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20248900,00.html?iid=top25-Movie+Review%3A+Marley+%26+Me |
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| anafromspain |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:41 pm |
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Jen's Obsessed Friend
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| There are new interview's in youtube from marley and me.... if you put in jennifer aniston and "Today" you're gonna find them! I haven't seen somo of them, so just wanted to post it. |
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| lithia fan |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:45 pm |
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Hey! Where's my individual title?
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| Meg, that's a great review from EW. Thank you for posting it!!! |
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| jenforever |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:36 pm |
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Hey! Where's my individual title?
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The reviews so far have been good but box office success is something noone can really predict. There are like a ton of movies being released tomorrow and Bedtime Stories and Marley and Me are targeting the same audience so in all the audience will have quite a few options to choose from..lol!
When will The View air? |
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| MegFL |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 4:48 pm |
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MIAMI HERALD � 3 STARS
It's a wonderful (dog's) life
BY CONNIE OGLE
The moments that best define Marley & Me, David Frankel's adaptation of John Grogan's memoir, arrive fairly early in the film. Grogan, played by an unusually laid-back and appealing Owen Wilson, narrates a swift and funny montage that features a quick succession of everyday events: Grogan discovers his first gray hair. He writes stories for the newspaper where he works. His wife (Jennifer Aniston) gushes over meeting Gloria Estefan (and finds her own gray hair). The Grogans go out to dinner, argue with his parents over the check. And their poorly behaved yellow Lab named Marley gets into a variety of riotous mischief.
As montages go, this one is a delight. No pop music, no fashion shows, just Wilson's ironic narration on all the things that make up a life: Work. Play. Fun. Love. Ideas. Waiting out hurricanes (the film is set in South Florida, after all). And dogs.
Whether you have a dog, unruly or otherwise, will impact your reaction to Marley & Me; it's a film guaranteed to appeal to tender-hearted pet lovers. But the movie, which was largely filmed in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, turns out to be less about dogs than it is about one man's trajectory through adulthood. It follows Grogan from his wedding day to choosing a puppy, through big career questions and the monumental decision to have kids. Along the way, Marley wreaks havoc, and everybody grows a little older and wiser.
There's not much plot to drive the film, but Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) frames the central conceit -- that it's the simple things like frolicking on the beach with your best friend that we need to treasure in our short time on Earth -- with common but never banal experiences. The newspaper scenes are somewhat less successful: If you were to believe Marley & Me, you'd think low-level reporters were reluctant to take better-paying columnist jobs, a shaggy dog story if I ever heard one.
Still, Marley & Me gets so many of the details right, particularly in its final act, when it turns into a five-hanky weeper. (The need for tissues cannot be overstated.) One scene involving the elderly Marley and his owner is particularly remarkable for the fact that it's something rarely, if ever, shown in a film, and yet the emotions it evokes are universal. When Grogan tells his pet, ''You're a great dog, Marley,'' we can only nod, lump in our throats, and think: Yes. That's exactly what it feels like to love your dog.
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/movies/news/story/824540.html |
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| MegFL |
| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:27 pm |
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3 Stars
Quote: One doesn't have to be a dog lover (I'm not one) to appreciate the movie. It's as much about love and family as it is about the specific kind of pet. The movie's themes are universal and its anecdotes feel more real than scripted (not surprising, considering how many of them are adapted verbatim from the memoirs). Marley & Me is a crowd-pleaser, and deservedly so. It's an enjoyable and unpretentious perspective of life that reminds us how important and rewarding the little things can be.
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| MegFL |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:29 am |
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Don't recall seeing this picture.
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| Kathy Bear |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:21 am |
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| Just watched The View. Loved it-she was having a blast and the ladies were sweet.Loved how Barbara did not like the dog that played Marley..Jennifer kept saying..he was acting!They showed so many more clips from the movie...tomorrow can't come quick enough for me..we've waited so long for a Jennifer movie!!!Bring it on!!! |
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| jenniferanistonCA |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:59 am |
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Hey! Where's my individual title?
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I'm sitting here with my tickets in hand, and I keep looking at them because I still am in disbelief!
I am SOOOOOOOOOOO freakin excited! |
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| MegFL |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:42 am |
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| I have advance tickets for tomorrow, too, for me, my son and grandson. Triple dipping at the box office. Can't wait. |
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| Kathy Bear |
| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 3:28 am |
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It opens in Brazil tomorrow. Anybody from this site going?  |
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