r/BridgeToTerabithia

Edited on After Effects and Premiere Pro, would love your guys' takes.

Yeah, yeah

You scale, you fall
Sometimes it seems impossible
But your hopes and dreams
Are closer than they seem

RIP.

I always notice some new stuff I never noticed before every single time I watch the movie , and that’s really interesting to me.

And for this time , firstly I realised how my brain is trying to understand the deep layer in every scene as the story begins & all the way in the first 40 minutes before the story getting a turn and Jess adopt P.T , because the first 40 minutes are the most dense at most.

& by the deeper layer I mean…I tried to notice how Jess is rejected by his surroundings at first , and how as Leslie didn’t have a T.V , it meant that she is not at the same path as everyone else and she is living in her own world , yeah it’s obvious but I mean it in the psychological building of the characters , some thoughts like that.

i noticed something interesting as well , & that is when we first heard May Belle’s name outside her home , it was not from Jess , it was from Leslie when she said : (Hey May Belle , I don’t use my Barbie’s anymore , if you want you can have them ) , and that was right before they go to Terabithia and start their journey! , it was very early at the story.

Then how Leslie knew her name? , of course they talked together behind the scenes and we didn’t see that , they talked together without Jess I guess , & that fact helps me even further on my theory that Leslie was talking to May Belle from the beginning about Terabithia and how she & Jess are playing together , but she didn’t tell Jess not to make him uncomfortable or upset about making May Belle know.

Another evidence was about Leslie knowing his birthday , how did she know if not through May Belle as she told her , maybe when they were talking together or something , and so on.

Also , I cried at the last scene where Jess crowned May Belle as the princess , that’s where I always cry , the last 5 minutes of the film , I get very emotional then I can’t hold my tears anymore as the crown & the bridge changes.

That firstly started to happen with me after the 10th time I guess , I don’t know surely why , I have some explanations , but that scene became the place where i cry.

And that’s it!

I wanted to share my notes with you , as if we just watched the film together!

Maybe i will post this article days later , but I wrote it right after i watched the film!

Like in bridge to terebithia why not make a movie about leslie surviving and stuff. also am I the only one who has a crush on Anna sophia robb/leslie burke

It’s funny somehow to see this film’s gifs , especially at Anna Sophia’s Instagram comments , lol.

If it’s real it will be interesting.

Leslie’s face does not seem very real to me.

& even for Jess.

Edit: it’s real ✅ , look at my comment

((( Please don’t say telling Leslie about the rope and telling Jess to invite her etc )))

Note : the only roles possible are two , either be a student at the 8th grade , or a teacher in Jess & Leslie’s class.

(Most people will not understand this article…that’s okay…and I hope someone will)

As I believe Leslie is an interesting and unique character , and of course she is , and she meant to be that way as you know.

But…I had a thought recently , when I look at Leslie’s photos nowadays , and when I see her in the movie as I rewatch it…I realise something even deeper.

I realised that Leslie is not just a different , rich , good looking blonde young girl.

It’s just the surface , and she meant to be introduced to us that way and to have all the camera attention towards her through the movie , to make us feel as bad as possible about the tragedy in the end and to feel it with Jess.

But what I realised is…
In fact , Leslie is an idea , Leslie is a philosophical character which is not real.

Like , That thing cannot be real as we see it.

And don’t get me wrong , Iam not saying that because of good or bad , or to just point at her angelic nature , but it’s just how I noticed her character even further , as I exposed to it over and over and over and over.

We can talk about if Leslie can be a real person or not , I have some thoughts about that either , but just think about that , when we see Jess or May Belle or Miss Edmunds , we can discuss them , we can say their pros and cons , we can say yeah they made that right and that wrong , we can find their personality gaps , etc.

But Leslie? , I have never heard anyone talking or thinking about her that way , even me.

And I’ve never heard anyone saying that he HATES Leslie or he find this or that annoying or doesn’t make sense or too perfect…no.

And I know as Leslie was the main character and she was very innocent and that’s one of the main reasons for that.

But , please notice some of her characteristics:

Leslie didn’t make mistakes (and I mean big & with people , not simple mistakes like dropping her bag)
Leslie didn’t have any horrible past
Leslie didn’t hate anyone
Leslie didn’t get mad at Jess or anyone else even once
Leslie didn’t feel fear (even if she is careful sometimes)
Leslie didn’t have any bad creatures to fight in Terabithia
Leslie is : brave , smart , different , good looking , easy , kind , imaginative , etc

And being that perfect without even a little dark side is very very rare and suspicious in a character…

Yeah the film was convincing us to like her very much so we feel the tragedy too bad with Jess , and they succeeded.

But look at her story , the only thing we knew which is maybe bad is the fact that she is not hanging out with her family very much , and that she was alone at school as well , but the second fact is very normal for people like Leslie , because no matter how perfect you are , you still will have people who don’t like you , and so much people who are not understanding you and even see you as a weirdo , and I’ve seen it in real life , especially at that young age.

So , what Iam saying is , appearing perfect for Leslie have a deeper meaning , it’s not just to make you like her , it’s just the surface , because if she was just a normal character and a little different , they will show us some of her downsides , or her bad human side as anger or crying or being awful with Jess for example , but that never happened at all.

Even in the 1985 movie , Leslie got mad at Jess , and she appeared very normal as a girl at school , but with some imagination only.

But here she is totally different…

She is always calm , smart , unshakable , leading , defending , smiling , teasing Jess kindly , taking things easy , etc.

So my conclusion is…

Leslie is not a young kid with blood and bones…
she is not a different girl in Lark Creek…
All of that is true but as the surface only.

But what Leslie truly is :
Leslie is an idea…
a philosophical character…
a state of existence…
a flash of light who meant to change before it goes away…

And so on.

And that’s why , I still to this day don’t fully understand the whole point of her existence.

She is very very deep , as a philosophical character as i said , so analysing everything takes so much effort , and even as I knew so much about her , there is a long way to go , because she is not a real normal human being who you can know immediately as May Belle for example.

Leslie is an idea , and studying her making me analyse other big concepts like : imagination , bravery , loss , loneliness , art , freedom , catalysts , identity , etc

And that’s why she is very very complicated and interesting.

I love Leslie , and who doesn’t! , everybody loves her and she deserves that , but as iam analysing her , I should view her as she is , not only as the surface layer , and that’s really interesting.

& don’t forget to Imagine it as (better than any ADULT I’ve ever seen) instead of (Kid) , lol.