Reply to Paddington

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "Paddington"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wondering if anyone who is/was a fan of the original books has seen it.  I ADORED the original books, and am sort of afraid they have ruined it by over-Americanizing it and making it too slap-sticky (like the bathtub shooting down the stairs in the previews) and adding a villain (the closest thing that the books had to a villain was the intolerant grouchy neighbor -- and the occasional intolerant or overly stuffy Briton that they'd encounter on the streets who would look rather crossly at Paddngton, but that's about it).[/quote]

So we are the kind of household where we may just mention in passing that "sticky bears is twice as much again" or look for Number 32 Windsor Gardens on google maps, just for fun.

We just saw the movie. My kid is 5, doesn't care for scary movies. He liked the beginning slapsticky parts. The scary parts, not so much. But the movie manages to bring a modern sensibility and still stays very very close to the spirit of the original books. The Browns are quaintly eccentric. The story has very much Bond's original pro-immigration/ pro-diversity themes woven into the story. It's also a little valentine to London, with the city almost a character in the movie. It's also gorgeous -- particularly costumes and sets. I want their kitchen. :)[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics