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December 15, 2008
What? Noooo!
Apparently they are making a movie out of the best-selling book, Marley & Me. I haven't read the book, but I suppose it is a tale of a dog, the people who love him, and the lessons the simple creature teaches them. Sadly, in the end, the dog dies.
As you can see, one particular website has the big spoiler alert going on.
However, is this really even a spoiler? Any movie about an animal must eventually conclude with the pet dying, and the owner outliving the beloved animal. It's a fact of life, unless you are Leona Helmsley or your pet is a Galapagos tortoise.
It's unfortunate, but we outlive our pets. I've done it, billions of families have done it. It will continue to happen. So I don't really consider it a spoiler if we find out that ol' Marley passes away in the end. It would be a spoiler, however, if it turns out that Marley dies an unnatural death, as in this movie.
That doesn't mean I won't weep profusely if I see this movie, of course. Knowing the ending that is coming doesn't make it any easier when it does come.
entry no. 1259
Posted at December 15, 2008 02:10 PM