[Northkeep] Movie warnings and a book recommendation

[Jennifer Carlson]

Ivo wrote:

>Its pretty bad when a a tear-jerker is masqueraded as a kids movie for
>advertising  (I.E. money) purposes.

That's the way Hollywood does things.  Think of "Fantasia" - all you see in 
the ads are clips of Mickey Mouse from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" sequence. 
  It is NOT a movie for small children - it won't keep their attention and 
the "Night on Bald Mountain" piece at the end always has some small children 
crying and shrieking in fright - and yet people take their small ones to 
this movie, because of the advertising.

Anyone who has read "Bridge to Terabithia" knows it is not a happy story.  
But let's face it, the scenes of the kids in their everyday lives on this 
side doesn't make for good ad copy.

Now, as for "300": it's Frank Miller, it's going to be awesome.  But it's 
also going to be heavily fantasized.  Just keep that in mind, and you'll 
enjoy the heck out of it.

Now, if you want a REALLY good book about the Spartans (and probably one of 
the best-written novels I've ever read), get your hands on "Gates of Fire" 
by Stephen Pressfield.  Awe-inspiring.  Glorious.  Will make a grown man 
cry.  Can't say enough good about it.

Talana
No longer working at a bookstore, but still passionate about books.

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