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I think the movie would be hard for him to see even if she wore a bald cap in the movie instead of shaving her head. He just likes seeing long, straight blonde hair :lol:
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Lennie1984
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Here it is - http://www.fanforum.com/f25/sofia-vassilieva-appreciation-1-because-she-s-going-shine-my-sister-s-keeper-62900961/
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Lennie1984
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^ this is the 2nd week
Yeah it did, in the first week it was no.4
Yeah it did, in the first week it was no.4
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An interview with Nick Cassavetes, the Director of My Sister's Keeper:
My Sister's Keeper Interview - Nick Cassavetes - Trailer Addict
An interview with Abigail Breslin, who plays Anna Fitzgerald in My Sister's Keeper:
My Sister's Keeper Interview - Abigail Breslin - Trailer Addict
My Sister's Keeper Interview - Nick Cassavetes - Trailer Addict
An interview with Abigail Breslin, who plays Anna Fitzgerald in My Sister's Keeper:
My Sister's Keeper Interview - Abigail Breslin - Trailer Addict
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margravine_l
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I agree, in the book they were able to give you more from Sara's perspective so you could sympathise with her more, but like you said they weren't able to do that in the movie so I found myself not really liking her character.
Definately :nod: The two young actresses were outstanding throughout this movie. I especially loved all their scenes together. I kind of wish there had been more of them and we'd seen more of their obviously close friendship/relationship. I totally lost it when [sp] Anna walked in on Kate when she was suicidal [/sp]
The flashbacks didn't bother me either, in fact, I felt they were well placed, and helped us understand the story a bit more. I
Feels Like Home. Such a great song...I where they used it in the film as well 
I liked the movie ending as well. I think it was appropriate for a movie but if I had to choose, I would agree with ice_ice_baby. I really liked the book ending because it was such a shock and totally took the decision out of anyone's hands.
I actually thought the writers would have made Anna decide to give Kate her kidney only for Kate to die anyway, that would have been interesting. I'm glad they didn't though because I liked the ending we got.
I agree ice_ice_baby, Julia wasn't need in the context of the movie but she a great character in the book and a storyline that they had the opportunity to develop in the book
Aww...that's so sweet that your dad almost cried twice. Which scenes did he have to do math in?
Definately :nod: The two young actresses were outstanding throughout this movie. I especially loved all their scenes together. I kind of wish there had been more of them and we'd seen more of their obviously close friendship/relationship. I totally lost it when [sp] Anna walked in on Kate when she was suicidal [/sp]
The flashbacks didn't bother me either, in fact, I felt they were well placed, and helped us understand the story a bit more. I
Feels Like Home. Such a great song...I where they used it in the film as well I liked the movie ending as well. I think it was appropriate for a movie but if I had to choose, I would agree with ice_ice_baby. I really liked the book ending because it was such a shock and totally took the decision out of anyone's hands.
I actually thought the writers would have made Anna decide to give Kate her kidney only for Kate to die anyway, that would have been interesting. I'm glad they didn't though because I liked the ending we got.
I agree ice_ice_baby, Julia wasn't need in the context of the movie but she a great character in the book and a storyline that they had the opportunity to develop in the book
Aww...that's so sweet that your dad almost cried twice. Which scenes did he have to do math in?
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Lennie1984
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Promoting should really start soon in UK (thats if they are coming over here to promote it), before the movie arrives in UK and US 26th June - so the cast should be done end of June or before the movie arrives esp here in the UK
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Kai_Abercrombie
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I really need to see this movie. 
One of the people I live with, her uncle (Jeremy Leven) wrote the screenplay for this (also The Notebook). She already saw it and said it made her cry like a baby. She was offered a ticket to go to the premiere but she didn't want to fly out there.
Anyways, I heard mixed reviews on it, that's why I haven't seen it yet. My co-worker just took her daughter and they loved it also. I think I'm just going to go see it.
One of the people I live with, her uncle (Jeremy Leven) wrote the screenplay for this (also The Notebook). She already saw it and said it made her cry like a baby. She was offered a ticket to go to the premiere but she didn't want to fly out there.
Anyways, I heard mixed reviews on it, that's why I haven't seen it yet. My co-worker just took her daughter and they loved it also. I think I'm just going to go see it.
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i just cried my eyes out when i saw the movie 
i loved it though... abigail breslin was excellent as Anna!
i loved it though... abigail breslin was excellent as Anna!
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Lennie1984
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I read that yesterday, this movie has less screens then the most of the movies (less then Transformers which had about 390 screens), but i am glad its done so well and in the Top 5 
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Sofia Vassilieva: Cameron Diaz Gave Me Strength
by Jeanne Wolf
Sofia Vassilieva faces plenty of challenges on the NBC hit Medium, playing a teen who discovers she has the same powers as her psychic mom. But what Vassilieva goes through in prime-time hardly measures up to what she suffers through on the big screen in My Sister's Keeper.
In the film, directed by Nick Cassavetes, Vassilieva plays a girl stricken with cancer whose mother (Cameron Diaz) is determined to save her, no matter what. Sofia, who shaved her head for the role, told Parade.com's Jeanne Wolf that there were moments when she wondered if she was going to be able to pull it off.
Feeling as sick as she looked.
"You see yourself in the mirror and it just hits you. Off camera, in some of the toughest scenes, I'd be crying hysterically between every take. I was like, 'I can't do this.' And Nick Cassavetes would be like, 'OK, you know what? You can.' And off we'd go. That was the journey for me, that ridiculous balance of letting go and then being scared to my wit's end."
An eerie premonition of going bald.
"It's funny. When I first started on Medium, they didn't like me growing my hair too long. But, I was freaked out when the hairdresser cut off even an inch. And, she would joke, 'I can't imagine what you'd be like if you ever got a part where you would totally shave your head.' Then, when I had to do it for the film, she was texting me every hour, 'Are you doing it yet? I'm so proud of you. I can't wait to see how you look with no hair.'"
Learning to live without it.
"The first week, it was beyond traumatizing. Girls are attached to their hair and I got this lesson about sort of letting it go. I did wear wigs, but I refused to wear any that were normal colors. I'd only wear like blue and red and hot pink ones made out of feathers. When I got a little bit of stubble back on my head, I shaved it into a Mohawk."
The wig that lives on.
"They saved all my hair and made it into a wig that I wore while I was doing the final season episodes of Medium. And then we donated it to Locks of Love so that a cancer patient who was in treatment could wear it."
The reward for suffering.
"I learned to be thankful for every second that we have, that one second here and that one second there. For my character, nothing else mattered as long as she had those precious seconds with people she cared about. I came into the film with fears and reservations, but I was blessed with the gift of being able to see life from a different perspective."
Mom power.
"She has always been my strength. I was doing scenes, like when I'm really getting sicker in the hospital, that were pretty gruesome. The only person who I could come back to is my mom. I would go to my trailer and I would cry. And she would just hold me."
Diaz power.
"Every day that she came on the set, there truly was a light around her. Even all that emotional stuff that we had to go through in many of the scenes became OK because Cameron was there sort of giving me strength. She can make that dreadful, emotional thing you're going through bearable. We'd be telling ridiculous BB King jokes that I still can't repeat up to this day."
Home cooking from Cameron.
"She made chili cheese fries that were delicious. She knew I was on a special diet to make me look a little sicker and she'd try to get me to eat stuff I wasn't supposed to. But I held my ground."
Committed to caring.
"I'm an honorary ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer, and I'm also associated with St. Jude's. I recently took a trip to Memphis and visited the kids in the hospital and really learned about this incredible facility founded by Danny Thomas that goes all the way. They don't just care about the sick child, they care about the whole family. Like when you're getting bone marrow transplants and you're in isolation for weeks on end--they give your parents a room next door. They really make sure that everybody is OK."
Sofia Vassilieva: Cameron Diaz Gave Me Strength | Parade.com
by Jeanne Wolf
Sofia Vassilieva faces plenty of challenges on the NBC hit Medium, playing a teen who discovers she has the same powers as her psychic mom. But what Vassilieva goes through in prime-time hardly measures up to what she suffers through on the big screen in My Sister's Keeper.
In the film, directed by Nick Cassavetes, Vassilieva plays a girl stricken with cancer whose mother (Cameron Diaz) is determined to save her, no matter what. Sofia, who shaved her head for the role, told Parade.com's Jeanne Wolf that there were moments when she wondered if she was going to be able to pull it off.
Feeling as sick as she looked.
"You see yourself in the mirror and it just hits you. Off camera, in some of the toughest scenes, I'd be crying hysterically between every take. I was like, 'I can't do this.' And Nick Cassavetes would be like, 'OK, you know what? You can.' And off we'd go. That was the journey for me, that ridiculous balance of letting go and then being scared to my wit's end."
An eerie premonition of going bald.
"It's funny. When I first started on Medium, they didn't like me growing my hair too long. But, I was freaked out when the hairdresser cut off even an inch. And, she would joke, 'I can't imagine what you'd be like if you ever got a part where you would totally shave your head.' Then, when I had to do it for the film, she was texting me every hour, 'Are you doing it yet? I'm so proud of you. I can't wait to see how you look with no hair.'"
Learning to live without it.
"The first week, it was beyond traumatizing. Girls are attached to their hair and I got this lesson about sort of letting it go. I did wear wigs, but I refused to wear any that were normal colors. I'd only wear like blue and red and hot pink ones made out of feathers. When I got a little bit of stubble back on my head, I shaved it into a Mohawk."
The wig that lives on.
"They saved all my hair and made it into a wig that I wore while I was doing the final season episodes of Medium. And then we donated it to Locks of Love so that a cancer patient who was in treatment could wear it."
The reward for suffering.
"I learned to be thankful for every second that we have, that one second here and that one second there. For my character, nothing else mattered as long as she had those precious seconds with people she cared about. I came into the film with fears and reservations, but I was blessed with the gift of being able to see life from a different perspective."
Mom power.
"She has always been my strength. I was doing scenes, like when I'm really getting sicker in the hospital, that were pretty gruesome. The only person who I could come back to is my mom. I would go to my trailer and I would cry. And she would just hold me."
Diaz power.
"Every day that she came on the set, there truly was a light around her. Even all that emotional stuff that we had to go through in many of the scenes became OK because Cameron was there sort of giving me strength. She can make that dreadful, emotional thing you're going through bearable. We'd be telling ridiculous BB King jokes that I still can't repeat up to this day."
Home cooking from Cameron.
"She made chili cheese fries that were delicious. She knew I was on a special diet to make me look a little sicker and she'd try to get me to eat stuff I wasn't supposed to. But I held my ground."
Committed to caring.
"I'm an honorary ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer, and I'm also associated with St. Jude's. I recently took a trip to Memphis and visited the kids in the hospital and really learned about this incredible facility founded by Danny Thomas that goes all the way. They don't just care about the sick child, they care about the whole family. Like when you're getting bone marrow transplants and you're in isolation for weeks on end--they give your parents a room next door. They really make sure that everybody is OK."
Sofia Vassilieva: Cameron Diaz Gave Me Strength | Parade.com
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Lennie1984
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To experience a movie at its best esp a movie that sounds great, i always suggest seeing it in the cinema - so much better, you have your full concertration on it
I am def seeing this one in the cinema, already planned the evening on 27th June with my mates, go see this movie and then dinner
The official site, has been updated - My Sister's Keeper
My desktop wallpaper is the official poster of the movie now
I am def seeing this one in the cinema, already planned the evening on 27th June with my mates, go see this movie and then dinner
The official site, has been updated - My Sister's Keeper
My desktop wallpaper is the official poster of the movie now
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Lennie1984
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Yeah i watched that as well, - Abigal is a natural crier on-screen, touches my heart when she cries, and you dont want her too
I think all of you will love it, i hope esp the ppl who havent read the book as well, i feel since i have read the book - i feel connected to the characters more knowing what's happened and how you feel about them etc
I want to watch the movie and then see what the ending is, i dont want to know beforehand
I was just thinking that since Cameron lost her dad during filming this sadly, i thinking that maybe it helped her to put a much more real and more connected to Sara performance in the movie since she was grieving the lost
Cant wait to see all of them at the premiere, hoping loads of stars turn up for it
I think all of you will love it, i hope esp the ppl who havent read the book as well, i feel since i have read the book - i feel connected to the characters more knowing what's happened and how you feel about them etc
I want to watch the movie and then see what the ending is, i dont want to know beforehand
I was just thinking that since Cameron lost her dad during filming this sadly, i thinking that maybe it helped her to put a much more real and more connected to Sara performance in the movie since she was grieving the lost
Cant wait to see all of them at the premiere, hoping loads of stars turn up for it
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funky_chick
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Just got back from seeing the movie. I thought it was very good. Although, I kept thinking the whole movie "why don't they give Sofia more to do on Medium? She's so amazing here." But, yeah, overall, the movie was very good and very well-done. But I'm really glad I read the book first, 'cause if I hadn't I probably would have been confused with all the sudden flashbacks.
Now, for a little book-movie comaprison. The only thing I really didn't like about this was getting rid of Jesse's story. Because without it, he had almost no purpose being in the movie. I think that they should have had a few times (or at least 1) where Campbell's dog starts to bark and he quickly flees (like in the book) or at least clearly explain what the dog is for and not just hope that people get it. As much as I loved the character of Julia in the book, I think that her not being in the movie kinda helped the story be shorter to fit everything in. And about the changed ending... it was a good ending for the movie, I guess, but if I have to choose which ending I like better, I would choose the book ending, if only 'cause of what a shock it was.
And since I'm not really a crier, I made it through the movie just fine, but my dad almost lost it twice :lol: He said after the movie that he had to start doing multiplication problems in his head at two different times to prevent himself from losing it.
Now, for a little book-movie comaprison. The only thing I really didn't like about this was getting rid of Jesse's story. Because without it, he had almost no purpose being in the movie. I think that they should have had a few times (or at least 1) where Campbell's dog starts to bark and he quickly flees (like in the book) or at least clearly explain what the dog is for and not just hope that people get it. As much as I loved the character of Julia in the book, I think that her not being in the movie kinda helped the story be shorter to fit everything in. And about the changed ending... it was a good ending for the movie, I guess, but if I have to choose which ending I like better, I would choose the book ending, if only 'cause of what a shock it was.
And since I'm not really a crier, I made it through the movie just fine, but my dad almost lost it twice :lol: He said after the movie that he had to start doing multiplication problems in his head at two different times to prevent himself from losing it.
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margravine_l
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Looks like it did slightly better in the UK. I think it ranked within the top 5 here
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funky_chick
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Sofia's hair is really growing back nicely :nod:
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Lennie1984
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I am pretty sure this is the official site
My Sister's Keeper
My Sister's Keeper
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Lennie1984
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Definately, tissues will be essential when i watch this - i really hope my friends like this movie, as far as i know none of them have read the book, i am urging them to read it lol
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Lennie1984
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I finally managed to do cover it lol
Everytime i read that line, it reminds me of the EE Cummings poem which i love - I carry your heart with me
I think in the NCIS episode, she must of been about 7/8 yrs old
I think this movie, will put Cameron into a different league as an actress
Thanks i found that avatar, as i was looking for icons on the movie - couldnt find that many sadly
Everytime i read that line, it reminds me of the EE Cummings poem which i love - I carry your heart with me
I think in the NCIS episode, she must of been about 7/8 yrs old
I think this movie, will put Cameron into a different league as an actress
Thanks i found that avatar, as i was looking for icons on the movie - couldnt find that many sadly
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Jeff Buckley: previously unreleased track featured on 'My Sister's Keeper' soundtrack
Jun 25, 2009, 02:46 PM | by Aly Semigran
Categories: News, R.I.P., Soundtracks
The folks at New Line Cinema are really going out of their way to bum us out with their upcoming Cameron Diaz weepfest My Sister's Keeper. First, all those "It's nothing, I just have something caught in my eye" trailers bombarded us, and now an equally heart-tugging soundtrack will accompany the Jodi Picoult adaptation -- including a previously unreleased song from the late Jeff Buckley entitled "We All Fall in Love Sometimes", which is already available for listen on the official website. My Sisters Keeper Soundtrack
Buckley, who drowned accidentally in the Mississippi River at age 30 in 1997, had posthumous success with his cover of "Hallelujah," which reached a sort of cultural saturation over the last decade or so with notable appearances on American Idol and The O.C., among others. So will this track see the same bittersweet achievement?
The song, written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, is most certainly a downer (sample lyric: "It's so strange this feeling/notions that were childish/simple tunes that tried to hide it.") Though considering the subject matter at hand, I suppose it's rather apropos.
Fans of Buckley will be far from disappointed to hear more of his understated elegance here, both vocally and on the guitar. It may not pack the same punch, or gain the same draw that "Hallelujah" did, but it certainly does showcase Buckley's talent for the mainstream once more.
What do you think of the Buckley track, Music Mixers? Does it make you want to see the movie more? Buy the soundtrack (which also features the likes of Pete Yorn, Regina Spektor and James Blunt)? Or is it all just too much of a bummer for you?
Jeff Buckley: previously unreleased track featured on 'My Sister's Keeper' soundtrack | Music news, reviews, albums, concerts, and downloads | The Music Mix | EW.com
Jun 25, 2009, 02:46 PM | by Aly Semigran
Categories: News, R.I.P., Soundtracks
The folks at New Line Cinema are really going out of their way to bum us out with their upcoming Cameron Diaz weepfest My Sister's Keeper. First, all those "It's nothing, I just have something caught in my eye" trailers bombarded us, and now an equally heart-tugging soundtrack will accompany the Jodi Picoult adaptation -- including a previously unreleased song from the late Jeff Buckley entitled "We All Fall in Love Sometimes", which is already available for listen on the official website. My Sisters Keeper Soundtrack
Buckley, who drowned accidentally in the Mississippi River at age 30 in 1997, had posthumous success with his cover of "Hallelujah," which reached a sort of cultural saturation over the last decade or so with notable appearances on American Idol and The O.C., among others. So will this track see the same bittersweet achievement?
The song, written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, is most certainly a downer (sample lyric: "It's so strange this feeling/notions that were childish/simple tunes that tried to hide it.") Though considering the subject matter at hand, I suppose it's rather apropos.
Fans of Buckley will be far from disappointed to hear more of his understated elegance here, both vocally and on the guitar. It may not pack the same punch, or gain the same draw that "Hallelujah" did, but it certainly does showcase Buckley's talent for the mainstream once more.
What do you think of the Buckley track, Music Mixers? Does it make you want to see the movie more? Buy the soundtrack (which also features the likes of Pete Yorn, Regina Spektor and James Blunt)? Or is it all just too much of a bummer for you?
Jeff Buckley: previously unreleased track featured on 'My Sister's Keeper' soundtrack | Music news, reviews, albums, concerts, and downloads | The Music Mix | EW.com
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margravine_l
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Oh really? That's cool