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Music and Media => The Cinema => Topic started by: ctviggen on 26 Nov 2017, 12:05 pm
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Wonder is a book about a boy who is entering the fifth grade and has a deformed face. My 10 year old daughter read the book and recommended it. I listened to the book on audio, and thought it was fantastic.
The movie version is out now. Our family (we have 10 and 7 year old daughters) went to see this yesterday. I was convinced our 7 year old would not find it interesting, as it has no action and it's not a typical "kids" movie. When the movie ended, our 7 year old said, "That was the best movie EVER!" And it really was a great adaptation of the book. In short, it was a wonder. My wife cried basically the entire movie. When I went to the restroom afterwards, I overheard a man saying the same thing -- he cried the entire movie.
For those like my 7 year old, who is a kind soul and gets quite sad whenever there is a loss, there is one part of the movie that has a loss. To put this in perspective, when my 7 YO saw Big Hero Six and Big Hero has to be left behind so the girl and boy can get back through the vortex, she was devastated and freaked for a while after that. The movie does not dwell on the loss, though, so even my 7 YO was OK and the end of the movie is uplifting.
I was reluctant to see this movie, as I knew what the story was and thought it was too serious a topic. I was pushing for Coco, which just came out too. However, Coco did not fit into the time frame we needed. I do not regret seeing Wonder and would see it again, even buy it, which is the greatest praise I personally give to a movie. Most movies are "one and done" with me.
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Thanks for the review. I’m forwarding this to my brother for his grandkids.
Cheers,
Lester
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Most movies are "one and done" with me.
I was going to see Wonder last week but saw Murder on the Orient Express instead, what a dreadful waste of time that was.
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I was going to see Wonder last week but saw Murder on the Orient Express instead, what a dreadful waste of time that was.
I too found Murder on the Orient Express to be a pretentious bore, as I suspected it would be, but my wife insisted on going anyway and apparently liked it.
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"Murder . . . " I didn't even want to waste more time writing out the entire title.