I definitely cried too. As a young reader I preferred “Just as Long as We’re Together” but I’m so glad that the trailer gets the right vibe of humor and heart.
I had the exact same reaction at the exact same place! Marketing genius at work, keeping that to the last moment in the trailer. (And I also LOL'd at the Tic Tac purchase.)
So smart!! (The cashier's face in that scene was also great; I loved his absolute boredom vs the girls' horror, because those few seconds encapsulated that very tween worry that Everyone Is Constantly Judging You while also showing that in reality, most of the time other people don't even notice whatever it is that you're embarrassed about.)
I'm not a huge fan of nostalgia (because I Am Old and Uncool and I still would like to forget the late seventies and all of the eighties) so the tone of the trailer I found irksome at first. Like, yes, good for you, you wore ol' Judy down and fifty years later, you got the movie made. The children being dragged by their nostalgic grandmas to this flick could care less. However, once it drilled down the focus on the story - and the heroic blood-staunching was hysterical - I thought they'd be okay. Blume is right that the film looks better now than the book. And I LOVE that there's Black girl hair care rep in there with the scary straightening comb stuff!!!
And yeah - I totally missed that this was in the works.
Yeah, I think the second half of the trailer—the horror of the Your Changing Body assembly, the hair straightening, the Tic Tac moment, the We Must bit—is what really sold it for me? The first half felt much more Generic Tween Movie.
I think, too, for me, that seeing a tween-centric movie that stars actual tweens made me realize yet again how sad I am that some jerk at Netflix cancelled The Baby-Sitters Club, because that show was a warm-hearted, cozy treasure.
I definitely cried too. As a young reader I preferred “Just as Long as We’re Together” but I’m so glad that the trailer gets the right vibe of humor and heart.
Ooooh, I haven't read that one in AGES, I'll add it to my pile to revisit!
I had the exact same reaction at the exact same place! Marketing genius at work, keeping that to the last moment in the trailer. (And I also LOL'd at the Tic Tac purchase.)
So smart!! (The cashier's face in that scene was also great; I loved his absolute boredom vs the girls' horror, because those few seconds encapsulated that very tween worry that Everyone Is Constantly Judging You while also showing that in reality, most of the time other people don't even notice whatever it is that you're embarrassed about.)
I'm not a huge fan of nostalgia (because I Am Old and Uncool and I still would like to forget the late seventies and all of the eighties) so the tone of the trailer I found irksome at first. Like, yes, good for you, you wore ol' Judy down and fifty years later, you got the movie made. The children being dragged by their nostalgic grandmas to this flick could care less. However, once it drilled down the focus on the story - and the heroic blood-staunching was hysterical - I thought they'd be okay. Blume is right that the film looks better now than the book. And I LOVE that there's Black girl hair care rep in there with the scary straightening comb stuff!!!
And yeah - I totally missed that this was in the works.
Yeah, I think the second half of the trailer—the horror of the Your Changing Body assembly, the hair straightening, the Tic Tac moment, the We Must bit—is what really sold it for me? The first half felt much more Generic Tween Movie.
I think, too, for me, that seeing a tween-centric movie that stars actual tweens made me realize yet again how sad I am that some jerk at Netflix cancelled The Baby-Sitters Club, because that show was a warm-hearted, cozy treasure.