As a kid, I loved the movie Pete's Dragon (1977). At first I was not sure how I felt about a new one being done. I was not planning on watching it, but the kids wanted to. I loved it! The new one takes out the musical aspect of the movie, so it is not really an apple to apple comparison. I thought it was very well done. I am glad that there is enough of a difference that the two really are not comparable.
The kids have watched it twice now. Meli wanted to check it out again from the library, since we are reading the book. It works well, because the book is based on the new movie. It is basically word for word the same. I am curious to see if there is an old book that the original movie was based on.
This movie gets to the core of Meli that I have never seen a show do before. Given she does not watch a lot of live action movies yet. We are starting to do so. We have enjoyed the first and second Harry Potter movies and the original Jumanji. She desperately wants to see the new one. I have seen it, so I think she will be OK. She gets scared when animals look very real and are chasing people. The new Jungle Book had parts that bothered her.
Anyways, she gets so worked up watching this movie. When they are trying to hunt Elliot, she gets so fired up. She was yelling at the screen and losing her words. She was saying "I would beat them up. I want to take a sword and and hurt their heart". I have never heard her talk like this. The act of someone trying to harm Elliot put her into a frantic protection mode. Little mama bear.
The second time we watched it, which was quite some time after the first. She was so frustrated that she was crying. I had asked her if she was OK watching it. She has been fine reading the book. Visually the hunting scene would be a lot more to take in. This time she was doing good and then she got upset towards the end. I think she would have been fine, but she was also recovering from being sick. Plus, at night her eyes tend to get really tired from working so hard. (Update on eye therapy soon!)
Her last fighting words were, "I want to choke...choke...choke his heart". We had asked her if she wanted to stop the movie, but she wanted to see a happy ending. So, she laid on me and I combed her hair to help
~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~
The B Family
The kids have watched it twice now. Meli wanted to check it out again from the library, since we are reading the book. It works well, because the book is based on the new movie. It is basically word for word the same. I am curious to see if there is an old book that the original movie was based on.
This movie gets to the core of Meli that I have never seen a show do before. Given she does not watch a lot of live action movies yet. We are starting to do so. We have enjoyed the first and second Harry Potter movies and the original Jumanji. She desperately wants to see the new one. I have seen it, so I think she will be OK. She gets scared when animals look very real and are chasing people. The new Jungle Book had parts that bothered her.
Anyways, she gets so worked up watching this movie. When they are trying to hunt Elliot, she gets so fired up. She was yelling at the screen and losing her words. She was saying "I would beat them up. I want to take a sword and and hurt their heart". I have never heard her talk like this. The act of someone trying to harm Elliot put her into a frantic protection mode. Little mama bear.
The second time we watched it, which was quite some time after the first. She was so frustrated that she was crying. I had asked her if she was OK watching it. She has been fine reading the book. Visually the hunting scene would be a lot more to take in. This time she was doing good and then she got upset towards the end. I think she would have been fine, but she was also recovering from being sick. Plus, at night her eyes tend to get really tired from working so hard. (Update on eye therapy soon!)
Her last fighting words were, "I want to choke...choke...choke his heart". We had asked her if she wanted to stop the movie, but she wanted to see a happy ending. So, she laid on me and I combed her hair to help
~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~
The B Family
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