Marley & Me

[irishbunny]

Omg has anyone seen it? I wish I hadn't seen it, I'm still crying the end is so sad! :cry1:

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

i will not see it cause i know basically what the movie is about and w hen it originally came out was when i lost Sooty and i knew that i would have been a mess if i watched it,lol. I have no intentions of ever seeing it actually cause i dont want to cry

 

[irishbunny]

Don't watch it it is a great movie but jeez even my brother cryed, I never cry at movies! I have an old dog too so like it got me thinking about when we loose her and stuff it's so sad.

 

[Mrs. PBJ]

Omg I saw it and cried. But the moral of the story is great. I own it and I think I will watch it tonight again.

Stick with it through thick and thin.

 

[Amy27]

I didn't watch it when it first came out because I knew it would upset me. I borrowed the movie from a friend several weeks ago and haven't watched it yet. I need to invite a friend over to watch it with me because I don't want to watch it by myself. I really want to watch it but then I don't. lol

 

[DeniseJP]

I read the book - an outstanding book BTW - and bought the movie and everytime I watch it, I cry, especially since my first dog was a yellow Lab I got three days before I was married...and he had to be put to sleep when he was 14 as he had lymphatic cancer...the only thing the movie did not do to reality was the wagging tail... even as Sparky was being injected with the final shot, he started wagging his tail and the vet said, "That is a typical Lab, wagging the tail to the end."

I also cry if I read the book...so I make sure I read it alone.

I now have 3 year old Quinn - a yellow Lab. He is very different from Sparky, who was a bit of a badass, albeit sweet to his family. Quinn will melt into a puddle of yellow fur if you look at his crosseyed and he loves to be petted and fussed over.

When Benn's friend Kate was over we watched it with Kate and I bawling our eyes out... Benn thought we were funny.

Oh well... do watch it with an understanding friend... it shows we have heart.

Denise

 

[PepnFluff]

Quick tip, don't watch it on a long haul flight when the lights are on. I did and bad move, I was bawling it was such a sad story and I was in the middle seat so I couldn't try and hide my tears, embarassing much :embarrassed:I was like a fountain and i don't cry in movies...Like never ever :bawl:

 

[irishbunny]

I went out and gave my dog a hug after I watched it.

 

[Bunnys_rule63]

Yes,I was literally sobbing for the last 20 minutes or so.:blushan: My friend who I went to the cinema with said "I didn't even cry this much in Schindler's list!" I just kept imagining that Marley was Ollie (my cat) as he means the world to me and is getting quite old now ( he's going on 14). :cry2

It is a good film though. I'm going to the read the book after my exams are finished.

 

[Boz]

I love the movie! Even though I cried, I love the rest of it.

If you haven't read the book, read it. The movie doesn't explain half of the book. In fact, there are a lot of differences and things they miss. An Example, getting Marley was actually Jen's idea, not John's, there was no blindfold surprise in the book. Another example is that Jen and John BOTH name Marley, not just John.

Obviously, they can't cover everything in the movie otherwise it'd be really long! But that's what makes the book even better. I laughed, I cried, I pretty much expressed every emotion with that book.

 

[MyLOVEABLES!!]

:'( i love and hate Marley and Me...
I watched it the first day it was out in the cinema's here... everyone was sobbing by the end of the movie, even my sister who hates movies like this... Imma go hug Luca now. At least he's still got around 9 or so years i'll make the most of it.

 

[Flash]

A few years ago when I was walking my clients dogs I saw the book on a table in most of my clients houses. So I thought I got to get and it was really a very good book butI cried so much I had to put the book down several times. The book is always better then the movie and I liked the movie as well and as my sister said to me after she couldn't finish it, that I love to torture myself. I had labs and I thought of them too and miss them.

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

I waited until the movie came out on DVD because I heard that it was sad and that everyone in the cinema was crying - I didn't want to cry in front of everyone.
I sat through the whole movie waiting for tears to come, and actually started tearing up when the dog went to the vet the first time. I had a weird feeling in my throat the last like hour, because I knew what was coming. I cried a lot.

I both like and hate movies like that. Has anyone here seen Fluke? I think it's a Disney movie, but I'm not sure. I've only seen it once (have to watch it again) and that movie is sad too!

I've yet to read the book, but I'm acutally looking for it, because I want to read it.

Emily

 

[MyLOVEABLES!!]

:cry2 !!!!!!!!

I watched it again last night . . .

stupid stupid me.

 

[irishlops]

i read the book. i dont movies or films from books as the book is the best. wellf or me any way.
i loved the book. and its a true story.
my dog is 12yrs old now. all his family. mother. father. brothers and sisters and a few uncles and aunts have died... poor sockey. to say the truth. he does not hav much left...

 

[fuzz16]

its a touching movie and i want my dad to watch it but i know how hard it will be for him. the dog weve had for 15 years is getting old and weve been talking about putting him down...hes at the point of being unable to even get up on his own any more.

 

[MyLOVEABLES!!]

Awwh.. m golden retriever Luca is restig his head on my knee as im typing this imma turn of the comp and bring him to bed... maybe a lil treat 1st

 

[Bassetluv]

I first came across the book when I was on a trip in D.C. last year with my sister. I'd never heard of it before, but it was on a sale table and as soon as I picked it up, knew I had to read it. (LOL...my sister was excited because Madeleine Albright was in the store signing autographs, while I didn't even notice; I was simply excited over discovering Marley & Me.) When we returned home I began to read the book and found I couldn't put it down...and the final pages had me sobbing.

Then ads for the movie came out not long afterward and I knew I had to see it. And same thing...the ending was almost too hard to bear, because it touches that part of every animal lover who has a special bond with their pet.

I think Marley & Me also affected me deeply because my own dog (Kaya) is tipping the age scale at almost 13 now. I've had a few dogs in my life over the years, starting with a most enigmatic beagle mix when I was growing up; but for all of the dogs I've met, Kaya is by far my *heart dog*. She's with me everywhere I go, my furry sidekick. Even when we first met it was special; she was in her cage at the HS; I was a volunteer dogwalker who'd sworn off ever getting another dog...but the moment we saw each other for the first time it was instant recognition -- a soul connection. And as she ages it's always at the back of my mind that some day...well, we will have to part. And I don't know if I could bear it.

Anyway, the book is very well told, the movie is an absolute gem to watch, but both evoke deep emotional responses that will have you running to hug your furry best friend. Treasure every moment with them...I think that's what this story is so successful at reminding us.

 

[Jenson]

I saw it a few days after it came out in the UK, I had my eyes shut and my fingers in my ears at the end...I couldn't watch, I knew I was going to cry and I didn't want to in front of my friends because they know I get so emotional about dogs.

Then I turn to my friends at the end and see tears running down their faces, it was quite funny!

 

[SunnyCait]

If you guys liked Marley and Me, you have to read The Art of Racing in the Rain. I bawled my eyes out. http://www.garthstein.com/arr/index.php