"Oh, hey, you're the tree."

[rubykatewriting]

Speak is on Lifetime right now. I love it a lot. It is such a perfect adaptation of the book. Steven Zahn as Mr. Freeman was a stroke of genius. That moment towards the end when Melinda shows him her secret room? GUTS me ever damn time I watch. My favorite, though, is the end of the movie, Melinda in the car with her mother, finally telling her everything.

Sweet Jesus, I'm tearing up just thinking about it.

In other news, that of the WTF variety, a bug committed suicide against the side of my head. I thought it rather rude and presumptuous of the bastard.

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[halfway2home.livejournal.com]

That was definitely one of Lifetime's better films. I watched it randomly one weekend.

Steve Zahn? Completely underappreciated. He's always good and does a nice variety of littler character parts. "Shattered Glass" comes to mind.

[lulabo.livejournal.com]

My dad teaches that book every year to his lower-level kids, and they love it. I'm trying to hook him up with the movie version so he has that option if he wants it. It's good, then? Good.

Suicidal bug = not cool, dude. Fly to your death on your own turf.

[briary-flower.livejournal.com]

Is that the girl who spent that whole movie, whatchamacallit, frozen, and then made eyes at her own brother? BTW, having a bug hit you in the head is better than having one go into your mouth when you're running. Not that I would know anything about that.