Marley & Me- The movie

Watched this for the second time today.. First time at the cinema and today on the pc.. I am not ashamed to say that I cried both times during the scenes where the dog was dying.. For a book adaptation, Marley & me, in my opinion, is not a bad movie~ Personally, I never really enjoy book adaptations, well, besides Lord of the Rings of course..

I've had the book by John Grogan since a long time ago, and read and reread it countless times.. I remember I cried buckets too while reading the book *shy*... The movie follows the story quite consistently except that they turn John Grogan (played by Owen Wilson) into a guy scared of commitment, a best friend in the form of casanova colleague of John, Sebastian Tunney is introduced, and of course, lots of little details are omitted as well, like where Marley stars in a movie called 'the last home run' and Jenny's difficult second pregnancy for example.. I really recommend the novel, whether you're a dog lover or not..

Back to the movie, It does pack some laughs, and I really liked Jennifer Aniston in this movie, maybe cos her character's name is also Jenny so she's really believable in the role! I only found some scenes with long dialogues to be a little boring, but otherwise it was fine.. Maybe they were boring cos of Wilson's way of talking which makes it sound a little monotonous.. Anyway, you can be sure that I am telling the truth when I say it was quite an engaging movie when I tell you that I didn't fall asleep eventhough I was watching the midnight show and I was mighty sleepy by then.. I did fall asleep the next afternoon while watching Tales of Despereaux at the cinema.. So there!

A total of 22 different dogs played Marley the dog, and the differences are subtle and they are all adorable.. Whether chewing couches or humping stuffed toys or terrorizing dog-sitters, all the scenes still make Labradors amazingly cute, hehe.. I also like the way some parts are narrated by the actors and the scenes move by quickly, cos this way more details are shown to the audience.. All in all, I think this was a very successful adaptation~

I still think original Marley was cuter! :D Thats the original book cover by the way~

PS: Sorry for the late review, but this movie was only shown in Malaysia quite recently.. Whats more, the cinema version has some censored parts too, but they are very minor cuts..

Title: Marley & Me (2008)
Genre: Comedy, drama
Director: David Frankel
Main cast: Owen Wilson (John Grogan), Jennifer Aniston (Jenny Grogan), Eric Dane (Sebastian Tunney), Alan Arkin (John's editor)
Rating: 4 stars!
More info: Wikipedia


Oh and another thing, I've gone international!! Heehee...
So happy when I saw this~ Still need to improve on my teeny-weeny readership tho :(