Changes made to Marley & Me

Revision 3

Created on Sunday, 30th August 2009, 11:27
Change Submitted by David Beckett

List of Changes:

  • Title changed from Marley & Me to Marley & Me (BD)

Revision 2

Created on Monday, 29th June 2009, 19:22
Change Submitted by David Beckett

List of Changes:

    • Change #1 - Frankel.  <newline> <newline>NB:  Most of these features are exclusive to the Blu-ray Disc and the DVD is pretty thin when it comes to special features.  <newline>  <newline>[b]

Revision 1

Created on Monday, 29th June 2009, 19:17
Change Submitted by David Beckett

List of Changes:

    • Change #1 - ho begins the fil
    • Change #2 - Grogans who move fro
    • Change #3 - boom) they don’t seem to know what they want this film to be.  It is a romantic film, a rom-com, a slacker movie, a drama, a tearjerker and a family film and they use a scattergun approach to try and hit every marker along the way.  As such it feels incredibly disjointed as you’re never sure what sort of film you’re watching.  Not helping matters is the fact that Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, both fine comedic actors but out of their depth in a dramatic element, have absolutely no chemistry and don’t look like a natural couple that would dare to be intimate in an Irish B&amp;amp;B with myriad Catholic iconography on the walls.  With the film having a fourteen-year timespan, neither Wilson nor Aniston look in their late twenties at the beginning nor in their early forties at the end as it seems all that’s been done is a change in wardrobe – they don’t physically look any older! <newline>  <newline>I guess most people know the ending but I won’t mention it here but needless to say I felt it was mawkish and manipulative and they may as well have had little signs popping up saying ‘cry now’ and ‘are you crying yet?  What do you mean, no!’ <newline>  <newline>[b][url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000117749"][imgmc=0000212547.jpg][/url][/b] <newline>  <newline>Anyone who’s had a pet probably has many fond memories of them – I had a guinea pig growing up and fondly remember playing with it – but there is the flipside where the animal dies and breaks your heart.  Mine did the day before I started secondary school – talk about timing!  [i]Marley &amp;amp; Me [/i]wants to be the film that shows you the joys of having a pet as long as it’s a dog – all the extra features and John Grogan’s final monologue are all dog-related. <newline>  <newline>Needless to say, I hated this but I haven’t heard a bad word from anyone else who’s seen it so what do I know?  It’s obviously not for me.[/page1][page2][heading]The Disc[/heading] <newline>[b] [/b] <newline>[b]Extra Features[/b] <newline>There is a Dog Training Trivia Track which can be incorporated into the film or watched separately and I braved the seventeen minutes of content before giving up half way through.  This is only of interest to people who have a puppy or are thinking of getting a puppy as there is plenty of advice of what to do with a puppy.  !) they don’t seem to know what they want this film to be.  It is a romantic film, a rom-com, a slacker movie, a drama, a tearjerker and a family film and they use a scattergun approach to try and hit every marker along the way.  As such it feels incredibly disjointed as you’re never sure what sort of film you’re watching.  Not helping matters is the fact that Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, both fine comedic actors but out of their depth in a dramatic element, have absolutely no chemistry and don’t look like a natural couple that would dare to be intimate in an Irish B&amp;amp;B with myriad Catholic iconography on the walls.  With the film having a fourteen-year timespan, neither Wilson nor Aniston look in their late twenties at the beginning nor in their early forties at the end as it seems all that’s been done is a change in wardrobe – they don’t physically look any older! <newline>  <newline>I guess most people know the ending but I won’t mention it here but needless to say I felt it was mawkish and manipulative and they may as well have had little signs popping up saying ‘cry now’ and ‘are you crying yet?  What do you mean, [apost]no[apost]!’ <newline>  <newline>[b][url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000117749"][imgmc=0000212547.jpg][/url][/b] <newline>  <newline>Anyone who’s had a pet probably has many fond memories of them – I had a guinea pig and fondly remember playing with it – but there is the flipside where the animal dies and breaks your heart.  Mine did the day before I started secondary school – talk about timing!  [i]Marley &amp;amp; Me [/i]wants to be the film that shows you the joys of having a pet as long as it’s a dog – all the extra features and John Grogan’s final monologue are all dog-related. <newline>  <newline>Needless to say, I hated this but I haven’t heard a bad word from anyone else who’s seen it so what do I know?  It’s obviously not for me.[/page1][page2][heading]The Disc[/heading] <newline>[b] [/b] <newline>[b]Extra Features[/b] <newline>There is a Dog Training Trivia Track which can be incorporated into the film or watched separately and I braved the seventeen minutes of content before giving up half way through.  This is only of interest to people who have a puppy or are thinking of getting a puppy as there is plenty of advice of what to do with a puppy. If you don[apost]t have or want a puppy then this is useless.  Each
    • Change #4 - dog(s) look suitablys look suitably hairy (as do the hairy sute leads) and
    • Change #5 - eatures. <newline> <newline>This is a horribly mawkish and manipulative film; I am sure people will tell me I[apost]m wrong, but I[apost]m not.[/page2]

Initial Version

Created on Monday, 29th June 2009, 13:59
First Submitted by David Beckett