Marley & Me

[Karen]

Marley dies?

No dog lives forever, sweetie. The book was written after his death.

[lute]

No dog lives forever, sweetie. The book was written after his death.

The worst thing about dog ownership is their life span.

[animal_rescue]

The movie was pretty good, it could have been better but the dog that played Marley was ABSOLUTELY fantastic and definitely did him some justice. The ending had my bawling my eyes out and also it was like 5am and I had been at the theatre since about 9 pm last night, so I wasn't all there. But overall I liked it.

[k9krazee]

Family and I went and watched it today. Cute movie, I liked it more than I usually do movies after reading the book. Absolutely LOVED the dog playing Marley! Of course, we were all crying at the end, some of us worse than others, Mom was bawling, lol. Definitely made me come home and give my "bad" dog a big hug!

[Daisy and Delilah]

My daughter saw it today. She was sobbing at the end.

Before the movie, she was in the restroom. All the women were wiping their eyes and sniffing. She finally asked, "Are all of you just leaving the showing of Marley and Me?" When they all answered "yes", she almost didn't go in because she knew what a wreck she would be. She had just read the book and had heard the movie wasn't as sad as the book. She was glad she saw it but she didn't know if she would recover anytime soon.

[lute]

I saw the movie last night. It was so great! There wasn't a dry eye in the theater! They didn't get too far off of the book. It was a little different, but not in a bad way.

[finn's mom]

I keep hearing that the ending is too drawn out. I remember the final chapters in the book, but I don't remember closing the book and being sad. I know I was sad when Marley died, but it seemed like there was at least a little more to the book after his death. It wasn't just "Marley died. The End.", is the movie like that? Where he just dies and that's that? I don't know, I can't remember the very end of the book, now. :/

[boomersooner]

I haven't read the book, but, being an elementary school librarian, I read the version for upper elementary/middle school age....I kept substituting "Boomer" for "Marley" and it worked just fine! HA....I want to see the movie, but I don't know if I can or not.....It's like I live with the puppy version of Marley (Boomer) but I also live with the elderly Marley (Cassie).....I'm afraid we will be facing the same thing that Marley's owners had to face when he got older very soon with Cass dog....so I haven't decided if I'm going to see it or not right now......

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Just saw the movie today.... I loved it!
I was crying like a baby during the end.... made me think of my Sadie girl.

[Alysser]

I'm going to cry, I cry every movie that involves a dog dying. When I saw "I am Legend", I think I was the only person in the theater crying over the dog, I think I made myself out to be a moron lol. Me and I_luv_rusty are seeing it today. I can't wait!

and you know, if Owen Wilson didn't have such a weird looking nose he'd be alot cuter then he is. I love Jennifer Aniston and always have, she's an awesome actress! I think it will be a pretty decent movie.

[lute]

and you know, if Owen Wilson didn't have such a weird looking nose he'd be alot cuter then he is.

LOL!!! I couldn't agree more! I thought I was the only person who saw his nose!

[Yorkie Lover]

My Mom says that she's heard it's wonderful. I wast to read it so bad, I am hoping for that book for my birthday. Too bad Netflix does not do books! Who agrees with me?

[dreamparkingspace]

Very good movie. Will add it to the dog-movie rotation when it comes out on video.

[Alysser]

This might be pretty long...lol. Lute, LOL, thank you! I think he's very cute but his nose throws me off a bit. He got punched in high school or something but still it's...odd.

I will say I found the book much more fulfilling and complete. All in all, it was a good movie, very good. But it did have it's flaws. Am I the only one who doesn't remember this guy friend of John's? I don't remember him at all. They skipped the part about Shawn his first dog too, and they skipped some other parts. I know it's a movie, and it can't be the same as the book because it's more money for them and all but it just fills the movie more and makes it better for me.

The ending was sad, needless to say. I heard everyone around me sniffeling, I was sobbing. I think I was the only one actually crying really hard. Jenna cried to, though. I feel weird about that part, I have mixed feelings. I think it was harder for me because I went through it before. Seeing another family go through pain and suffering like that hurts, and it happened to me, so to me it had a deeper meaning. I didn't feel like it had a long drawn out ending in all honestly. I think the main point of the movie was that till the VERY end that dog was loving and loyal no matter how bad and stupid he seemed. I think it shows that many people take that loyalty and love forgranted. I also felt there was some symbolism. I could be wrong or whatever but this is how it appeared to me. The girl got stabbed on the driveway. Okay? It has occured to me alot of times why he included the crime and stuff in this book about his dog. I know it's about his whole life more or less but it got me thinking. Maybe it shows the difference between the human race and the dog. The pureness and innocence of the dog race, an the evilness of the human race. I don't know, it occured to me that way.

[So-Crafty]

I saw this movie this afternoon with my sister and brother-in-law. I, too, do not recall the friend of John. The movie was sort of fast paced, in my opinion. It idled on the less important things and not enough on the more important things, however, this seemed to work for this movie.

The end of the movie had me in tears.


Does anyone else think that there will suddenly be a surge in Labradors in the near future?