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OMG they killed Bambi, again!

Just in case anyone out there actually likes going to see animal movies and plans on going to see ‘Marley & Me’ then consider yourself warned about spoilers here! OK so you’ll have to forgive me for playing around with the title a little here… it was actually Bambi’s mother who was killed by the hunter. Anyway, it is pretty much the same deal with this Marley movie, when all else fails: kill an animal. And lets not forget, this is supposed to be a comedy!

This has to be one of the cheapest methods that screenwriters use to provoke an emotion inside their audience… it is quite simple really and of course it has all be done before: you build up a character, usually a lovable little furry animal, you make the audience laugh along with it through the movie and then what? You kill it. Then just sit back and watch the tears flow out and the money roll in. So you see… my only real problem with this is how cheap and nasty it is compared to other movie that produce legitimate emotions.