Bridge to Terabithia

Watched Bridge to Terabithia with Derrick at Ps in the evening after school today. The show was almost sold out and we were lucky to get the seats.

Anyway, Bridge to Terabithia was my literature text in secondary school and i felt that i should catch the movie adaptation. However, i had forgotten most of the contents in the book except that it contains some fantasy elements in it. While watching the movie, the bits and pieces of the book came back into my memory.

Ok back to the show. Bridge to Terabithia is about a boy who had few friends in school and he got to know a new girl who just moved into his neighbourhood. They wander into the woods after school and cross a creek into a place which they called Terabithia. Both of them forge a new bond which gradually become stronger as they spend more time together in the world they created. There, they reign as king and queen of Terabithia with dark characters attacking their treehouse and Terabithians fighting alongside with them to ward off the evil characters.

The movie boosts fine acting from the young actors in the movie, namely Josh Hutcherson and Annasophia Robb. They are wonderfully natural in their roles, one being the rational and quiet guy who doesn't show much of his feelings while the other being a vivacious and outdoor-loving girl who opens up her world to experience the fantasy within. This movie is a faithful adaptation of the famous children's novel and the movie does not stray away from the storybook to create more dramatic effects. On the whole, the plot seems a little too tame and tepid for a movie adaptation. The transition from reality to fantasy seems a bit too sudden, but it's hard to fuse both reality and fantasy into the same realm. The actors in the movie are an absolute joy to watch though.

Ps: It is hard to leave the theatre with a dry eye indeed.

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