![]() ![]() But watched now it has an added layer of interest because of the obvious similarities between it and "Twilight". What this all boils down to is that "Tuck Everlasting" first and fore mostly is a movie made for a teenage audience. Plus in William Hurt and Sissy Spacek they have great talent and they bring layers of depth to the movie in their characterisations. ![]() What for me makes "Tuck Everlasting" easier to watch than the later "Twilight" is not only the condensing down of a story to a single movie but in Alexis Bledel they have a much more appealing star. That point is whether Winnie will have to choose to become immortal and live for ever watching lives go by because of her love for Jesse or choose to live a normal life, a full life and eventually die. But that means that whilst we discover that the Tucks are immortals and they have a mysterious man hunting them down the movie more quickly gets to the point. Okay so "Tuck Everlasting" does have its differences, for one it is a single movie, thank goodness. Okay so well water drinkers is different to blood suckers and "Tuck Everlasting" is set in 1914 rather than the present but it almost feels like an origins story, a prequel it is that similar. That other movie is "Twilight" because there are some very clear similarities between the two with a family who are immortal and a romance with a human. But watching it again for the first time in 13 years and it is a very different experience thanks to another movie. I watched "Tuck Everlasting" when it came out in 2002 and to be honest I didn't think much of it and had put it to the back of my mind. It is both a cure and a curse especially when those they know grow old and die whilst it also leads to them having to watch their backs as others try to track them down. But the Tuck family have a secret, having drunk from a well they have becomes immortals, unable to die or grow older than they are. It is why one day she walks off in to the surrounding woods where she comes across Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson) drinking from a well who takes her home to meet her family Angus (William Hurt), Mae (Sissy Spacek) and Jesse's brother Miles (Scott Bairstow). From Winnie Foster we learn that at some point on our lives, when the chances are that we'll have to make a choice that will change our lifes and our beloved ones' as well, we'll have to think about them too before making the final decision, and not just on what we want.As a young lady growing up in a respectable family in the small town of Treegap, Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) has no freedom as her parents are more concerned with her having the best future than enjoying being young. But why should she stay? She has a family on her own. Winnie DOESN'T fall in love so deeply with anyone. Neither do I understand why everyone is messing with Winnie's choice, I mean, okay that Twilight puts inmortality in a super duper woopie happy ending thingie, but the era of this book is not the same. But the book is rich on itself, as a fairytale, and if you really can get into it, you'll find yourself wandering in the middle of those beautiful woods and feeling what Winnie feels. Do not expect to find anything like what you saw in the movie: there are no kisses, no young love, no waterfall scene. It is a short story, but a story we all can learn from. No one likes school books! But for me, this book was brand new, unexpected, magic, so innocent, naive. Synopsis Tuck Everlasting: Natalie Babbitts award winning book for children comes to the screen in a lavish adaptation from Walt Disney Pictures. From what I can gather, this book is something that there in the States they send you to read in schools, and maybe that's a reason why all of you don't like it very much. Walt Disney Pictures Tuck Everlasting, a timeless and enchanting adventure about one girls magical summer, will captivate audiences of any age. ![]()
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