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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
An excellent film, well thought through.
In my opinion, this film should be part of the national curriculum for history studies. The 'Nazi' attitude is clearly displayed without graphic violence. The innocence of the friendship of the two boys, and the 'growing up' of the 12 year old girl offer an insight to what may have actually happened. At least that's the message I took from the film, and it would be interesting if any other folk would agree, or not. The fact that no attempt to hide the attitude from the two children was a little disturbing. Also blocking the view out of one window as it overlooked the 'camp' was also a bit of a shock. I would definitely recommend this film to anyone who has an interest in the second world war period.
Back to the Secret Garden (2000)
An excellent re-visit to a classic movie
This is the third time over a few years that I have seen this film, it is always hard to follow an excellent film such as the original. Back to the Secret Garden does an excellent 'job' in my opinion. The storyline flows well.
I have the original DVD of the original film, but for the moment have the sequel above as a TV recording. It is my intention, as with the Railway Children, and other films in our collection to have the original DVD 'set' to add to our growing collection of classic films.
If you have not seen this sequel for fear of it not being as good as the original, then rest assured, if you liked the original, you'll like this version too.