TCP: Marley And Me
This is not my first time to join Tuesday Couch Potato. I just moved it to a new home. Before, I used my personal blog (Bee Mommy) to join this meme, now that this site (my review site) is slowly turning into a reality, might as well, out the TCP here. After all this site talks a lot about movies.
This week theme is about Animals, any movies that talk about animals. My first choice was Lion King and then I thought that was an easy choice. So I try to remember all the animal based film I have ever seen. I even searched on the net some movies about animals. I thought I can only find few movies that aare animal related but I was wrong, the list were endless. Then I remembered a movie have seen right after our Ondoy experience. Marley And Me.
Marley and Me is a story about Marley and me. OK not me, but the main character of the movie. On ts very essence the movie is about the dog and its relationship to its owner. In the movie, a young couple and newly married moved to Florida and started their family life together. Their plan or according to Jennifer’s plan (Jen Aniston) having kids is not on their to do list, not at this time yet. John Grogan (Owen Wilson) thinks otherwise. In order to ready Jen’s “biological clock”, he bought home a dog and named it Marley. The dog turns out to be a big dog, growing into a 100 lbs dog. He was not trained and do whatever he pleases. As the time goes by, their family grew, from one child to more. They moved to a bigger house and Marley was still with them. Their story, their life revolves with Marley around, what will they do if suddenly Marley is gone.
When I first heard about the movie, I thought it was a comedy/romantic one. Even while watching the first few parts, I really thought that in between the movie, there is something “exciting” that would happen to the relationship of the main characters. So you can imagine my boredom until the end, waiting for that “excitement” to happen. Obviously, I was wrong with my perception as the movie is not that sort. Yes, it’s a comedy and yes it has some touch of romance in it but the whole story is very different. It talks about dog and the relationship it has with its owner. Putting away my perception, in the end, I was really touched by the movie. I have never seen a full movie that depicts the relationship of an animal to its owner, in the most ordinary way. Yes, the movie was told in a very ordinary way, no visual effects, no extraordinary antics, nothing. The movie is about the story, that’s all.
The actors, Jen Aniston and Owen Wilson was a bit off at first. Aniston seems too old for Wilson but as the story goes on, their look finally made a truce. Having seen a lot of Wilson’s movie, I am not surprised on his performance in this one. There were actually instances that I think of hm as Dupree than John Grogan. I am not sure about Aniston’s performance as her character is just a supporting one (for me). The dog is really adorable, made me wanna have one. I highly recommend this movie, but not much to dog owners as there is too much emotions in the end.
So why did I chose it for my TCP entry? The simplicity of the story made an impact on me. It is something that I want to share to anyone and specially to my TCP buddies. Have an animal movie in mind? Click on the badge and join us!
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you have another blog pa pala..
anyway, i loved marley and me… it made me a cry a ton
oh I not seen it yet
oh maybe you should try watching it
really? hmm ayaw ko na to ahihi
hello momi pehpot. naku, mukhang dumadami na ang sites mo ah! kaya pa ba? hehe! nwei, thanks for joining tcp this week lahit busy ka. i haven’t seen this one so might as well add this to my movies-to-watch list. have you seen My Dog Skip yet? a very heartwarming movie talaga.
thanks for joining this week momi peh. next week, superhero movies tayo. till then, take care and happy tcp! hugs and kisses to sati my dear!
looks like you have a long list to catch up
and from what I heard, she will add more soon
adik marce natin ano, di na nga ako makahabol sa dami eh hihi
i love love love jen aniston.. gusto ko to panoorin kaya lng takot ako umiyak hahaha
in to sa listahan ko ng must watch movies 
I like the drama friends so much!
me too, enjoyed it so much!
i haven’t finished this movie..naguguluhan ako sa aso..he..he..dami ng disasters na nagawa nya..he..he…pag may time tapusin ko to
same like you when I want to watch dear will change channel.
your bf does not like the movie?
ah talaga? masyado bang magulo? ahihi
swerte ng asong to ha..!! anjan sa banner ksma si jen aniston ko hehehe
I like the banner too, they look bit alike don’t you think?
yes the banner was really cool
aww, mukhang enjoy. I used to take care of a cute dog. sobrang mahal ko yun
do you have the picture of the cute dog?
yes. show us the picture. now na. hahaha
oh red what breed is the dogs
don’t have the picture. that was a long long time ago. don’t even own a camera that time
awww, asan na ung dog?
I love puppies I saw little bit of this movie.
no watch entire show as I change to new channel
haha, now you should finish it and stop changing channel haha