Marley Me

Horrible this movie, horrible.

Do not go see it if you have ever lived the situation of getting married, getting dog, having kids, growing up then killing dog.

I didn't get a dog until I was 12 and it was hard enough for me thinking about shadow or my brothers dog Piper who I absolutely love and see fairly often.

Especially if you have labs or big dogs of any sort. If you are a cat person or a small yap dog person you can probably see this movie ok. But if you have/had big dogs and love them then I cannot stress enough that this movie should be avoided like the plague. Unless you want to get all depressed and have to relive what was probably one of the worst days of your life when you had to put down your own dog.
 
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They should have changed it to Reveille and me. That would have made it a lot better ending with all the ags crying.
 
My 4 year old boys were so excited when they say the poster for Marley & Me - since they have been reading the book "Bad Dog Marley."

There is no way in hell I am taking them to the movie. I read the book - the putting the dog down passage is gut wrenching, especially if you have ever had to have a dog put down and felt the warmth leaves the dog's body as he dies. I don't want to relive it. I think my boys are too small to handle it. Hell, Finding Nemo and Bambi are rough on kids; Old Yeller is even worse.

Just not my cup of tea.
 
It's strange that this country has gotten so soft that they get angry when a movie doesn't have a "Hollywood Ending".

And that graffiti on the billboard is funny/sad. People are so mad that they would adapt a non-fiction book accurately that they want to sabotage the movie.

#1 all 5 days it's been out. Maybe some people are ok with looking at what life brings us.

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Well since this movie has been spoiled past salvation.....

Read a letter to the editor complaining about the PG rating. Evidently the writer took her 7 year old daughter to the movie. Said she was upset that it was not given a PG-13 due to said doggie death as well as a scene of miscarriage and a scene of skinny dipping.

Way to heavy for a 7 year old, I agree. But I gotta be honest. I am torn about whether to see it because I, like most folks here, tend to recall how they felt when Old Yeller died. But then again, Jennifer Aniston did not go skinny dipping in Old Yeller. It's gonna be a toss up I tell ya.
 
I saw this movie this morning. Yes, I cried. I have had to put a couple of 4 legged friends down and currently have a 17 yr. old dog that is on the verge. Still, I loved the movie. I felt like the movie handled some sad realities in gentle ways and spent the rest of the time recognizing the humor of every day life. If you have children and a dog that may be in this situation any time in the next year, and the children are old enough that you don't plan to tell them the dog was given to a nice farmer, this moving would be a good way to deal with talking to them about it. Talk first about the cruelty of letting an animal live in pain versus letting them go, then take a hand kerchief and go.
 
i'm truly amazed at how many people refuse to watch this movie.

sure, when Marley dies it hurts. I have an 18 month old daughter and a awesome 4 year old dog who has been through a lot (lost his tongue in a paper shredder accident). So it was easy for me to get emotionally involved, and I have no shame in admitting that it was QUITE dusty in the theater for the last 20 minutes.

But the whole reason it is emotionally involving to lose a dog is because they are part of your family, and the whole movie is based on showing how important family is, and how dogs are part of that family. The movie is a celebration of life, and unfortunately death is part of it. I really urge dog lovers and people with families to see it, you will remember what is really important.
 
I think that different people see movies for different reasons. I like to go see light hearted movies that I can walk away from with a smile. I see sad things at work everyday. The last thing that I want to spend my weekend doing is seeing a sad movie. Im sure other people are looking more for a "meaning of life" type of movie. They make different genres for a reason.
 
knowing the ending to this movie likely does not spoil the emotional impact that the ending has. I can watch old yeller, where the red fern grows, or sounder knowing the entire thing and still end up crying. i haven't watched any of those movies (or read the books) in ages because of the way I feel at the end. Marley and me would be no different.

imagine if lassie dies at the end of the series, or benji dies at the end of a movie. it would be like paying $10 to sit in the dark for 90 minutes and then have some dude give you a swift punch in the gut.
 
I don't like going to sad movies. I want to see comedy, action, or hot chicks, or some combination of the above. No thanks on a moveie that is going to make me cry. I have real life for that. Movie was well done , I just don't like that type of movie that makes me walk out of the theater crying.
 
well that's my point, I don't think of this as a 'sad movie.' It is an uplifting movie, with an admittedly very sad part. It's not like Marley mauls the infant and they put him down. He provides a family with love and companionship for a full lifetime, and is rewarded with the same.
 
Anyone who thinks this is a bad movie is a bad movie critic. It is a masterpiece from beginning to end and embodies what it means to be a dog owner. I encourage all dog lovers to go see it. I've never been to a movie where you hear people laughing for the first hour and a half and sobbing for the last 15 minutes.

But that is the whole point.

If you are the type of person to trade 12+ years of love, joy, entertainment and bonding that a dog provides to avoid the painful day that is inevitable in life.... then maybe you don't need to own one.

And if you're the type of person that will trade 2 hours of a great movie to avoid a sad ending.... then don't pay to see this one.
 
Maybe I can spend two hours with my dog and take her swimming or a long walk and figure I spent two extra hours with her I would have wasted watching a movie I don't need to remind me how special she and her canine friends are.

All of you that went and chastise those of us who choose not to can think of the two extra hours you could have spent with your dog when it has to be put to sleep. Wow, the pain and how it will hurt to know you could have had two whole extra hours instead you chose to watch a movie dog die and cry.

I think I will go take my dog for yet another walk now.
 
Went to see the movie with the wife Thursday evening. Pretty good movie, certainly funny at parts, definitly sad, but not overwhelmingly so at the end. Still, I found myself trying to start off into space a bit at the end in order to distract myself to keep from really losing it instead of just tearing up.

My wife and I both got our first dog about 2 years ago. It was one of those "oh, we well we can look into getting a dog so send the wife down to the shelter to just look at whats availible and yet end up coming home with a dog" type events, so it was a little unexpected. However, after about a few months of Marley-esque behavior, at which point I had come to completely love and embrace that little furball, I had a moment when I realized that one day I would lose her and just how hard that would be. Still, my attitude is to make the most of our lives together and to invest as much love as I could into her. I still find myself thinking some days when I come home "well, I don't really feel like taking the dog for a walk", but then I remind myself that I don't ever want to the day to come when I say to myself that I wish we had just been on one more walk together or to remind myself just how happy it makes her. I know our time is somewhat limited together but I hope I always try to make the most of it while we're here together.
 
My brother has a lab that I want to dognap. I take care of him a lot and he loves me. It is so awesome to have him freak out for 5 or 10 minutes everytime I see him and have him crawl into my lap and sit there and thump his tale.

The unconditional love from a good dog that is well treated might be one of the best things in this life.

I would love to have my own dog again, but that doesn't mean I liked the movie and watching that and him dying.

Loop has a legit point. Different strokes for different folks- I could see why some would love the movie. It was well done. It's just not my thing.
 
Wulaw, I call that fun excitement the Zoomies. Zoom-zoom everywhere. They are about to crawl out of their skin. If they could they would fly because they are so excited to see you.

Cars were invented so my dog can take a ride. Stores and destinations created so there would be a place to go. Windows, so she can get the wind in the back seat. The world is her play ground. She is just too smart and investigative sometimes. That is why the refrigerator has a baby lock on it. Same with the pantry and some shelves.

What I think is funny is when you come home and then have to leave again. You get the zoomies and they calm down. You leave but forgot something and come back. You were gone maybe five minutes but to them it has been days. You get the zoomies all over again.
 
Exactly right Loop.


Last night I was baby sitting the two kids for my brothers 5th anniversary. I parked behind him and went to let him out. I was out the door for 3 minutees, walked back out and the dog freaked out again after he'd calmed down. It was funny b/c I hadn't even really been gone.

You really are right, it looks like they are coming out of their skin. I think Labs and Retrievers are they greatest dogs ever.
 
I have a question:

If you don't have a dog that you would be neglecting for 2 hours to see this movie, is it ok to go see it?

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I keeed, I keeed! No movie is for absolutely everyone and no one should harrass people into seeing a movie.

That being said, I plan on taking a pair of college girls from England to this film when it comes out here. I've already bought the 6pk of mini-Kleenex packages. They'll never know what hit 'em!
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It is only okay if you are in a cool foreign city and setting a trap for cute British lasses. If you were not with them it would not be okay since you would be wasting two hours you could be spending doing things in BsAs.
 
That you don't get to see anything would be reason two for you to cry about. You could spend two hours online finding photoshopped images of her nakey instead. Then think about Admiral Stockdale not getting to watch the game because his girlfriend would not let him. Then you have a reason to cry.
 
I get not wanting to see it because it would be tough emotionally but to get mad, to HATE the movie because the dog dies is.....stupid. Its based on a popular book. If you went to said movie without doing any research on it at all you've got no one to blame.
 
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