WHAT STORY IS THAT?

14 November 2009, 02:24 AM

Santeri

WHAT STORY IS THAT?

Please, can anyone help with the name of the story by R.B.? I totally forgot it. The plot is...there's this stepfather who won't let the kids enter his study, and the kids find some kind of timer in the basement, and at the X hour they leave the house with their stepfather inside, the house flies away in the end.
Thnx.

14 November 2009, 05:53 AM

dandelion

I'm going to go with 100% not Bradbury. What say others?

14 November 2009, 09:42 AM

douglasSP

I agree. Not Bradbury.

14 November 2009, 09:52 AM

libRArY

Sounds like an early rejected script for UP

14 November 2009, 12:40 PM

Santeri

Ok, thanks anyway.

14 November 2009, 01:05 PM

Santeri

quote:
Originally posted by libRArY:
Sounds like an early rejected script for UP

And what is "UP"? Bradbury's story?

14 November 2009, 01:21 PM

libRArY

Santeri:
No! When it was mentioned that the "...house flies away..." I thought of being funny by mentioning UP, Disney's new movie. See a trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...DFU1Hr2s&feature=pyv

14 November 2009, 02:13 PM

Doug Spaulding

Up was terrific!

14 November 2009, 10:40 PM

jkt

quote:
Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
Up was terrific!

Best movie I've seen this year.

"It is such a treat having you here."

Treat?!?? Treat?!??? Treat?!?? Treat?!??? Treat?!?? Treat?!??? Treat?!?? Treat?!???

15 November 2009, 11:59 AM

Doug Spaulding

quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
Best movie I've seen this year.

That or Where the Wild Things Are. My review:

Wow. The Hollywood studios finally got it right. This is no slick, too sweet, sugar-coated, feel-good movie about childhood. This is different. You can tell from the opening seconds that this movie is going to be something different. And something special. It grabs you right away and doesn't let loose. This film is hard. It's painful. It's real. I would not be surprised to see people walk out of it for those reasons. But stick with it and you'll be treated to perhaps the best film about childhood since The Red Balloon. This is one stark, at times depressing film, but it's so emotionally involving. And so rewarding. You'll not soon forget it. You won't laugh much, but you may cry a little. This is not a kid's movie - it's an adult's movie about childhood. Do not miss this film, but it's not really meant for the younger set. Just my opinion.

10 January 2010, 12:45 PM

Kukai_Aoki

quote:
Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
Best movie I've seen this year.

My review:

Wow, Your review has made me want to see "UP". I personally dismissed it as another childish movie, but after reading this, I have a completely different mindset!

10 January 2010, 01:33 PM

Doug Spaulding

quote:
Originally posted by Kukai_Aoki:
Wow, Your review has made me want to see "UP". I personally dismissed it as another childish movie, but after reading this, I have a completely different mindset!

See Up! - it's delightful. But my review was for Where the Wild Things Are.

10 January 2010, 02:01 PM

Kukai_Aoki

Oh? Miscommunication on my part, but the message got through~!

29 May 2010, 08:47 PM

ascifiguy

Althoguth I don't remember the house flying away, tthis sounds clsoely akin to a short story, "The Veldt," set in the far future, there was a playroom for the children, which the parents were limiting time for the children to visit. Ultimately, the brother and sister lure the parents into the playroom, turning it into a veldt, complete with hungry lions to eat the parents. This was one of my favorite Bradbury stories, alongside the Illustrated Man, F451, and the Martian Chronicles.