Having seen this at a prescreening, I just have to ask the above question. It improves no way on the original, lacks a connection to the children's book, and covers it all in a glossy production package that just screams dollars-to-the-studio. The animated movie captured the simplicity of a time where family farms were around, state fairs were huge draws before mega-amusement parks, and reminded us that sometimes we want to believe that magic can happen. The new one uses slick CGI, modern cues, and points a computer at you and says "YOU WILL BELIEVE IN MAGIC OR ELSE". I'm going back to 1972, thank you. I might have enjoyed the movie more if the original hadn't been so dear to me, I know, I'm not saying I'm not biased. That being the case, why not take a chance and film one of the other great children's books out there that's not been made into a movie? The one I push for is "A Conneticut Cricket In Times Square." Sadly, it doesn't have another movie to leech free publicity off of...
Review of Charlotte's Web
