" keep your eyes shut tight and you mind wide open"
What better companion than his own imagination can a young friendless boy at school; bullied by friends and chastised by his pragmatic father for being a dreamer, find?
The young Jess is somehow incompatible with his peers. He finds solace from the apparently strange world by retreating in his shell and pursuing his only hobby: drawing. But it is not until he befriends a new girl at school: Leslie, a ferociously independent and imaginative girl, that he discovers how beautiful a place his own imagination can be. Together they weave an imaginary world of demons and friendly trolls around their castle ( an abandoned tree-house) and christen it Terabithia. The movie revolves around their adventures and misadventures in this imaginary, yet so real fantasy land.
The movie strikes a chord with the child in you and you start thinking about those good old days : 'when you were young and you were free...' ( G n' R). It is not just a fantasy movie for children but something which everyone can relate to; for everyone has been a child once.
All the three major child actors Josh Hutcherson ( Jess), Leslie Burke ( Nancy) and Bailee Madison ( May Belle) have performed fabulously, giving the movie the right amount of childlike joy. The special effects are not too real ( they are supposed to be figments of the children's imagination) , but nor are they too imaginary to seem unreal.
A light movie that leaves you with a warm heart and a tearful eye. A nice choice for one of 'those' days.
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nice to c u blogging after quite a time. i am also braething fire on cyberspace!! came up with three blogsites in a week. Disaster situation in my brain-Floods!
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