Ramona and Beezus: The movie

[strummergirl]

Posted: 3/18/10 at 6:38pm

Selena Gomez as Beezus, so you can imagine what this movie looks like.

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/45071276.html

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 3/18/10 at 7:10pm

awww i used to love those books. i hope they dont destroy them.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/18/10 at 7:28pm

Jesus Beezus!

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 1:24am

i loved then books when i was a kid... does anyone remember the Ramona tv series that aired on PBS for a while back in the early 90s? probably late 80s... i always watched it! haha

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 2:03am

Yeah, wasn't actress turned director Sarah Polley Ramona?

Jesus Beezus!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 8:07am

I hate when they make children's books into movies. The movie never lives up to the magic of the book. One of the worst examples was "Harriet the Spy." What a horrible transfer that was. The only one that I think was a good transfer was "Charlotte's Web" (the cartoon musical version).

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 11:40am

Sandra Oh! With this cast, I think I will love it.

Updated On: 3/19/10 at 11:40 AM

[Marianne2]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 12:12pm

I loved these books. But I'm not sure about Selena Gomez as Beezus.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 3:37pm

i still haven't seen "bridge to terabithia" because i loved the book so much in middle school and i'm afraid to see what they've done to it.

i think as long as "make way for ducklings" doesn't become a major motion picture featuring the voices of zach braff, robin williams, oprah and molly shannon, my childhood won't be completely raped by the film industry.
it would also be ok if justin long had a voice part, but that's about it.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 3:47pm

I loved how the books took place in the year they came out, so that Ramona was like four in the 50s and 8 in the 80s.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 3:49pm

that's how you know it's quality literature.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 3:49pm

What I'm not sure about is if kids today still read these books. Do they know who these characters are? I remember in college, the freshmen who were three years younger than me had no idea who Punky Brewster was.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 5:08pm

Once I was telling someone about my trip to the Pony Swim at Chincoteague only to find out that "Misty of Chincoteague" is a very regional book. How could anyone make it through childhood without Misty of Chincoteauge?

[blueroses]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 6:02pm

Judy Blume and Norma Klein got me through adolescence.
Updated On: 3/19/10 at 06:02 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 9:50pm

Jesus Beezus!

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 3/19/10 at 11:38pm

"How could anyone make it through childhood without Misty of Chincoteauge?"

You know, it's weird. I had a friend who reacted the exact same way when I said I had never heard of the book.

I thought this casting was announced a while back, because I remember it made me equally suspect then. Selena Gomez seems to... I dunno, mature? Stylish? The Beezus in my mind was a more down to Earth girl.

Also, did anyone else do the Henry Huggins and Ribsy books? I think my mom tried to start me on those, but I found Ramona so much more relatable and interesting.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 3/20/10 at 12:23am

^ That was my reaction about Selena playing Beezus. When I read the books, I just pictured her being a more plain looking girl. I don't even remember how old she was supposed to be.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/20/10 at 1:19pm

"Also, did anyone else do the Henry Huggins and Ribsy books?"

I started first with the Henry Huggins books. And when I had read through all of them, I started on Ramona and Beezus.

I was also very much into Encyclopedia Brown at that time.

[winston89]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 2:22am

I am still mad at Hollywood for Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. The original book in and of itself could have easily been expanded upon to make a good movie. However, they just used the title and created their own story.

[kate2]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 3:10am

I used to love these books... but I probably won't see the movie!

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 3/21/10 at 5:50pm

"henry and ribsy" was my first chapter book

[kate2]

Posted: 3/22/10 at 3:05am

That just reminded me of "Henry and Mudge." I used to loooove those books!

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 3/23/10 at 9:28am

I too am wary about the way this movie is looking.

How could you have a childhood without Ramona Quimby?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/23/10 at 12:48pm

I loved the Ramona books, and really enjoyed the Sarah Polley TV version. It's possible to not mess it up!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/23/10 at 1:08pm

Other great Bev Clear books -

Mitch and Amy
Ellen Tebbits
Otis Spofford
Ribsy
Dear Mr Henshaw (which was such a heartbreaking book!)