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Thank goodness for Marley & Me

#1 Post by kayrharris » Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:38 pm

the movie...that is. They've all gone to see it! Peace at last and maybe a nap!
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#2 Post by secondchance » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:53 am

Except for that short stint at 4:05 am...

8)

Let us know how they liked the movie.

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#3 Post by SportsFan68 » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:07 pm

Yes, how did they like the movie?

I've been looking for which release got #1, but I guess that doesn't come out until after the weekend.
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#4 Post by kayrharris » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:22 pm

The females all liked the movie, but every single one of them cried their freaking eyes out!
Payton (she's 17) came in announcing she felt like she'd been to a funeral! The guys all thought they dragged out the
inevitable a bit too long. My brother in law's girlfriend had a yellow lab much like Marley that she lost not long
ago, and he said Laurie cried all the way home (90 miles!) and used a half box of kleenex. So I guess it depends
on your tendency to cry in movies as to whether you will like it or not.

I read the book, so I knew better than to see the movie. Last movie I saw was "We are Marshall"...omg, we
all cried like babies watching that one too!
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#5 Post by SportsFan68 » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:24 pm

Maybe I'll wait until it comes out on video and watch just the first three quarters of it.

I will not watch Old Yeller ever again.
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#6 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:32 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:Yes, how did they like the movie?

I've been looking for which release got #1, but I guess that doesn't come out until after the weekend.

Marley and Me was #1 on the first day of its release, according to a story I saw last night.

The Tom Cruise-as-a-Nazi movie dropped to #4.
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#7 Post by SportsFan68 » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:35 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:Yes, how did they like the movie?

I've been looking for which release got #1, but I guess that doesn't come out until after the weekend.

Marley and Me was #1 on the first day of its release, according to a story I saw last night.

The Tom Cruise-as-a-Nazi movie dropped to #4.
OK, that works.

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#8 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:37 pm

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111799 ... id=13&cs=1

I found the link, for those who demand documentation (not sprots):

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111799 ... id=13&cs=1
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#9 Post by ulysses5019 » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:53 pm

kayrharris wrote:The females all liked the movie, but every single one of them cried their freaking eyes out!
Payton (she's 17) came in announcing she felt like she'd been to a funeral! The guys all thought they dragged out the
inevitable a bit too long. My brother in law's girlfriend had a yellow lab much like Marley that she lost not long
ago, and he said Laurie cried all the way home (90 miles!) and used a half box of kleenex. So I guess it depends
on your tendency to cry in movies as to whether you will like it or not.

I read the book, so I knew better than to see the movie. Last movie I saw was "We are Marshall"...omg, we
all cried like babies watching that one too!
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#10 Post by BackInTex » Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:50 am

We saw Marley & Me on Christmas Day.

Yeah, I teared up a bit. We were expecting a light hearted uplifting movie. Valkyrie would have been more uplifting. Seeing Nazis killed is always uplifting. I couldn't convince my wife of that though.

I'll give Marley & Me 4 out of 5 stars. It was good. Aniston has never been better (acting or looking). She was actually very good. As was Wilson.
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#11 Post by MarleysGh0st » Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:49 pm

The movie definitely has a tear-jerker ending.

And not just because people would name their dog after my cousin Bob, without ever thinking of naming one after me. :P
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#12 Post by ulysses5019 » Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:33 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:The movie definitely has a tear-jerker ending.

And not just because people would name their dog after my cousin Bob, without ever thinking of naming one after me. :P

You mean Bob Marley is dead?
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