mom31257 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 is your favorite? I am leading a book/movie club this year, and it's our first book. The kids are reading the book at home. We'll get together to discuss the book and watch the movie. We will then discuss the differences. Does one version stick closer to the book? I haven't seen either in quite some time, and we're not finished with the book yet. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) :bigear: We are reading this again right now. I grew up on the 1973 version, but I haven't seen it since I was probably DS's age. After we read the book a few years ago, I took DS to see the newer one at the summer free movies. I honestly can't really remember it. Edited August 18, 2012 by kebg11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We only have the 1973 animated version. It is true to the book and well-done, which is why I voted for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 We have only watched the 2006 version (well, I saw the other, but so long ago I can't comment!) Button loved it. End of story :) . He really, really enjoyed the book and just loved this film adaptation. He's super sensitive and finds almost all movies too scary/stressful, and he loved this one. I myself really enjoyed the visual element, and thought it was beautiful to watch and very well done overall; but there are some departures from the story. The one I remember best -- and which bothered me the most -- is that in this movie there is a sense of Charlotte being unpopular with the barn animals and so she is lonely for a friend when Wilbur arrives; and at least one animal says she is icky/scary for being a spider. In the book, on the other hand, there was the sense that Charlotte was generally highly-regarded, and much was made of her beauty (as I recall -- granted, it was usually Wilbur praising her, but nobody argued with him). However, Button didn't seem to notice; and much was well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmall Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I always liked the older one because it was more to the book. My children loved the songs, especially when the goose teaches Wilbur to speak. They picked up some wonderful vocabulary. AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 i am partial to the animated version because it is from my own childhood. both movies are great though. i say rent them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 i am partial to the animated version because it is from my own childhood. both movies are great though. i say rent them both. :iagree: I voted for the older one, but they're both wonderful! One of my all-time favorite books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Both my kids and I love the newer, 'real people' version over the cartoon version. It is so sweet, and little Dakota Fanning makes a very good Fern. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 They're really both good movies. Both have a few changes from the book but are overall true to it. I don't even have one I prefer - they're both fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I LOVE the new one. Even just the scenery and the buildings are beautiful to look at. I am surprised more people didn't vote for it. We saw it probably 3 times in the theatre when it was out since we loved it so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I was just reading the imdb parent's guide for the 2006 version and had to laugh: Sex & Nudity 1/10 A boy and a girl look at each other and smile in a few scenes, and then run off holding hands in another scene. Violence & Gore 2/10 A man picks up a piglet, and then a heavy axe, and walks out of a stall where is confronted by his daughter who protests the fact that he is going to kill the piglet (the man relents). A girl punches a boy in the arm. A girl tackles her younger brother who was trying to kill a spider (the boy had trapped the spider in a jar). A rat is chased by two crows who squawk and dive toward it: one pokes it with its beak, and the other rolls it in an empty can, but the crows crash into a refrigerator and fall in a pan of wet paint. A pig slams its head into a fence plank three times, until the plank falls off and the pig runs out of the yard. A rat with a yo-yo string around its neck is pulled back and onto its back when a sheep steps on the string. A goose slaps another goose on the head with its wing. Spiders break out of their egg sack, shoot a strand of webbing into the air and sail away in the wind. A rat pulls a spider egg sack and drops it off a ledge to the hay-covered floor where it is picked up in a pig's mouth. A horse faints and lands hard on the ground, and a pig faints and lands hard on the ground. A goose egg rolls down a rat tunnel, lands on the rat and breaks open covering the rat with goo that apparently smells really bad (the animals in the bar react to the smell). A rat falls into a tattered stove in a garbage dump. Two crows are frightened by a scarecrow in a field. A man drops a cleaver that nearly strikes a rat on the ground. A piglet squeals and thrashes while in a school desk and the girl who put it there gets in trouble. Animals call a spider many insulting names (creepy, disgusting, hideous). A pig is told that he will be killed and smoked for Christmas dinner. A man pours slop (gooey brown mush) into a trough in several scenes, for a pig to eat, which it does and its face and front hooves are covered with the goo; a rat also wallows in it and eats the slop. A cow flatulates in a couple of scenes, at one time blowing in the direction of a rat that is consequently thrown off a fence. A rat burps loudly, and a cow drools Profanity 1/10 2 mild exclamations (bloody, ruddy), name-calling (stupid, hairball, creepy, disgusting, hideous). Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking None. Frightening/Intense Scenes 2/10 See Violence/Gore Total Explicit Content = 6/50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I LOVE the new one. Even just the scenery and the buildings are beautiful to look at. I am surprised more people didn't vote for it. We saw it probably 3 times in the theatre when it was out since we loved it so much! Since the old one is also good, I think many people are just voting out of nostalgia. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 My kids much prefer the newer version. They're not really big into animated movies though. It might also depend on the ages of the kids in your club. Kids older than 8 might prefer the "real" people version, JMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan.non Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 We have watched the older version probably 100 times since I bought it 6 years ago for my now 7 year old. I have seen the new version a few times (we own it too). The original is more magical to this nostalgic mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xixstar Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 To be fair - I didn't even know there was a new version. We watch it 1-2 times a month in this house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlwhopaintedtrees Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 We just watched the 1973 one last night and will be watching the Dakota Fanning version tomorrow. The kids got to pick which to watch first and they chose the animated version. I don't care for the singing parts, but of course my children loved it. It will be interesting to see tomorrow evening which one they prefer. The 1973 one does deviate a bit from the book. It's fun to catch those though. My DD enjoyed saying, "That wasn't in the book!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The old one is so dear, so precious, so close to the original book...absolutely memorable. My son said the new one was weird and depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Michelle* Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 A fair is a veritable smorgasbord-orgasboard-orgasboard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2mea Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 My kids love the older version since it was so close to the book! They have watched both versions, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The oldie. We went to the theater for the new one and we all hated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I vote for the 1973 version. Love the voices and sweetness. I didn't care for Dakota Fanning as Fern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 *I* like the new live action one best. It's delicious. I polled my oldest four, who are all very familiar with the original story and both movies. The oldest 3 said live action, and only 6.5yo dd voted for the cartoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yes!!! Lol I can hear it in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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