Bridge to Terabithia TRAUMATISED me! (Reaction)

[@Mutantgamer]

The saddest thing is the last time he saw Leslie during that rain was also when he realised he had a crush on her. Only increased the heartbreak.

[@driedskull1927]

Ah, the movie that traumatized everyone's childhood.

[@Gonzo94m]

never ending story got me first...RIP Artax

[@Davedarko]

what about "My Girl"?

[@anthonyjamesvasquez]

It was the book that traumatized me when I read it in 7th grade.

[@lacthocia]

mine was actually 'My Girl' ngl. TT

[@AnimalAlmighty]

yes

[@himeoftwili]

Sad fact! Bridge to Terabithia was based on a true story of sorts regarding the author's son and his best friend. The writer of Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson, her son (David Lord Paterson) lost his best friend as a child when she was struck by lightning at 8 years old in the 1970s. Her name was Lisa Christina Hill. David helped co-write and produce this movie. BtT always breaks my heart no matter how many times I've seen it.

[@proudloser3957]

It wasn’t struck by lighting hun! It was from drowning in Lake Michigan! I live in Michigan and they have this story everywhere, and she wrote the book/movie to help kids with grieving!🥹🫶

[@gabecamus1258]

@@proudloser3957 it was from lightning the author and her son have never said anything drowning. i would trust the author to know what their own inspiration was.

[@CrimsonRayne]

​@@proudloser3957I've seen the BTS of the movie and the lightning thing is right

[@darkmode805]

Thanks for your trivia to this movie

[@jackcrofts-mullin461]

And I'm glad that David stuck to his guns about the ending. Supposedly, Disney tried to meddle and change the ending so that Leslie was just in a coma, possibly trying to plan a sequel or just to have a happy ending. David heavily fought against it, saying it betrays it completely undermines the theme and ideas of the book

[@AkashGupta-rn3gj]

Jesse, steadfast in his conviction that Leslie was more than a figment of his imagination, lived a life intertwined with her ethereal presence. Despite the doubts cast by those around him, Jesse found solace in the enduring companionship of Leslie. As the years passed, Jesse and Leslie's connection deepened, shaping the course of Jesse's life. He became a storyteller, sharing tales of their adventures in Terabithia with others who could not see Leslie. His unwavering belief in their bond inspired those who listened, creating a community that embraced the extraordinary in the ordinary. Though some dismissed Jesse as mad, others were touched by the sincerity of his tales. The town, over time, began to appreciate the magic he brought into their lives, fostering a sense of wonder and unity. In the end, as Jesse's life came to a close, he peacefully crossed the bridge, knowing that Leslie's spirit would accompany him into the unknown. The town, once skeptical, now held a quiet reverence for the man who lived a life guided by an invisible, yet powerful, presence.

[@usul573]

What?

[@jakelockley7208]

Is this how the book ends??

[@hakiymyoung2513]

Girl what are u talking about?

[@liamisaac1152]

I remember when a classmate of mine died. We both had a learning disability so we got sat nxt to eachother all year with our assigned tutor during classes. He drowned on a field trip the day before our last day of school. I was in so much shock that day. So numb, almost like everything around me was just black and white. Meanwhile everyone around me was so excited for summer vacation. This movie really connected with me now understanding a little more of what Jess was going through. The actual author was inspired to write this book because her own son lost his best friend, a little girl named Lisa, when they were 8. I believe she was struck by lightning. So she really nailed what one goes through when they’re grieving

[@Jordashian93]

Bridge to Terabithia is not only faithful to the novel but also stands to become a beloved family movie.

[@isaiahrilles6922]

I expected a kids film but what i got was the biggest heartbreak i ever felt and it still stings even after to this day. Great reaction btw❤

[@YodatheHobbit]

I don't understand this about kids today. They don't expect death and life lessons in their entertainment anymore? Kids nursery rhymes from kindergarten literally have death in them. Cartoons, looney toons have CONSTANT death in them. When did kids films suddenly become deathless? They always were when I grew up or had great risk of death between 1984-2005. Watching a movie where someone dies isn't traumatizing because it's fiction, it just makes you sad, witnessing death is traumatizing.

[@mep1990]

@@YodatheHobbit To be honest, there are depictions and depictions of death in kids' enterteinment. In cartoons like Looney tunes and that kind of stuff, death is treated very lightheartedly, which I am not totally against, but to say that's a good way of teaching kids about death is a bit much. It's films like this that are valuable because while really, really sad, they depict death and loss in a serious way, which could spark an important discussion between a kid and their parents.

[@hectornonayurbusiness2631]

Facts

[@psychojoe4764]

Its the funeral bit that always gets me bc it just smacks you in the face just how much Jess meant to Leslie

[@tonydelia9998]

The metaphor of the dark evil Phantom chasing him through the woods, only to find that its his dad trying to comfort his son about this tragedy is powerful. He's running from the reality of his friends death

[@YodatheHobbit]

This movie actually helped bring me out of depression a bit after I felt lost and gave me hope to find friends like Leslie again, even though it came out long after I was in adulthood. You're never too old to find a good friend to do fun things with.

[@cinnamonroll96]

I remember watching it around 2014 bc of Josh Hutcherson and him being my celebrity crush when I was teen, so a friend of mine and I had a sleepover and then we watched it. I think she already knew it but I was going in and was excited for a magical fantasy world of two children becoming friends, instead I was left sobbing, heartbroken and traumatized. Like damn I was lying awake for a few days bc it was so sad and I couldn't stop thinking about it.

[@RX-12]

It's too heartbreaking to have him lose his only friend in the world. I actually wrote a fanfic where he goes with her that day and they drown together because I honestly thought that would be less depressing.

[@whiskerrat]

Noooo can you give me the fanfic?? 😭😭😭

[@CodeeXD]

Bruh wut.

[@bonniestar4707]

I wanted her to come out of the castle at the end of the movie.

[@cnmatgrpy]

that is NOT a better ending bro 🫃

[@ramonmunoz7477]

Yoooo what 😂😂 ngl when I first saw it I was 11 and my first thought was "why couldn't they kill off the boy" so...

[@bloodguzzler]

I remember the trailers for this movie pissing me off because I had already read the book. The trailers went out of their way to make this movie look all whimsical like a fantasy when I already knew that the story is actually quite dark.

[@Southwest737]

Same, I was thinking they were trying to make this movie into like a rip-off of Narnia or something lol. I’m glad they stayed faithful to the book.

[@LosianOne]

I mean what are they gonna do say "come watch out film about a boy who gets a new friend who really helped him then she dies and he blames himself and goes through depression." Yeah that'll sell well to kids. I think it's better off they didn't say anything to be honest. I think that's the reason it resonates so much with those who saw it, it wasn't at all what we were expecting but will forever be a core memory because of how good it is.

[@ravensirony8415]

the book was mandatory reading in like 3rd or 4th grade for me. Looking back im like "wtf"

[@asterlofts1565]

Actually, even though what I'm going to write sounds bad... from time to time you have to make children read about stories based on good things but also about the harsh realities of life. For example, in my country Paraguay, they made us read things that in the United States would perhaps be taboo: sad and tragic books, especially Latin American ones, not just from Paraguay. Life is not always a color of roses... and if there are roses, THERE ARE THORNS IN THEM.

[@ju2545]

@@asterlofts1565NOBODY’S life is a bed of roses

[@westcoast7429]

public school is psychotic. i had to read lord of the flies in THREE different grades.

[@kylespevak6781]

"Dont know much about it" Oh this will be fun

[@apizzathatgiantforthesimpl5191]

The most devastating part about this movie is that it's based on a true story. The author of the book had a son (who wrote this adaptation) who's best friend died suddenly. The book was born out of her need to explain the death to her son and how painful and unfair it was.

[@MrsShinnjo]

I remember seeing this in theaters with my mother. I was in damn tears and I remember being upset for quite a few days after. Never have I watched it again until the clips you showed in this video. And never again will I watch it.

[@landonjackson6260]

The reason Leslie died is because its based on a true story loosely the mom wrote the book about her son and his emotional support friend who sadly passed with same names. The son helped direct I believe

[@khaiylex7866]

I remember this movie when I was a kid. I got sad for a week. I remember drawing her face on the wall of my room. Of course it's the worst drawing of her face hahaha.

[@kylespevak6781]

The movie is based on a book by the same name that was written about the author's child who experienced something similar when their friend was struck by lightning. There was an old adaptation of the movie that the author didn't quite like so I believe the director of this film worked together with the author to make sure that it came through in the right way

[@Okkotsu86275]

This movie made me feel a whole range of emotions. It’s pretty good

[@kylespevak6781]

I think it's funny when adults forget that children are some of the meanest people in existence

[@neils123]

I read this book back in 6th or 7th grade (decades ago), and I sobbed for hours afterwards. Still ranks up there among the saddest and most beautiful books I've ever read.

[@HelloThere.GeneralKenobi]

When I saw the notification for this movie I was both excited and fearful at the same time. I"m not sure that many other reactors have watched this, I'll have to look it up, but it deserves more watches. Take care of yourself, Alyska!!

[@robquinnpc]

I remember watching this when I was a kid. My daughter is 6 and into Harry Potter so I started trying to remember movies like this when I was a kid, your spiderwick chronicles, your narnias, your city of embers. And then this one popped up and I threw it on. Man I don’t remember it as good as I thought. But there was some good lessons in it.

[@B-Fehrm32]

The moment when her face turns from laughing after the “we thought you were dead” to “oh, damn!” You could see it finally pieced together for her

[@wonderer78]

I remember seeing this movie in theaters. Years later it hits even harder

[@leftundersun]

This movie is a very good depiction of grief, specially when is someone very young which is so much harder. Like, when someone old dies is just the way life is, but when it's a very young person things don't make sense. 4y ago my girlfriend killed herself, I was just like Jess, full of rage and confusion, hoping everyday to find out she was actually alive, remembering everything we talked about and what could I have done differently so she could be still alive.

[@tabataviridianamartinezgon2866]

As a matter of fact, I saw Terabithia in movie theaters in 2007 precisely, with my sister, imagine 2 girls, me with 7-8 years old, and she had 4-5, both with her mom, both happy, the movie is great, you have a good time with it, you fall in love with Leslie's character, all cool, a lot of fun, and then, "that" happens... I remember crying hugging my mom, my sister didn't quite understand back then what really happened with AnnaSophia Robb's character, but I did... and man, it hit me. And the image of this always stayed with me, I still remember it as if it were yesterday, that when we left the cinema, it seemed that we all came from a funeral or from the cemetery, a sepulchral silence and weeping here and there. Is a good movie, but I agree, you see this once in a lifetime and move on, although years later, I see others movies that traumatized even more than this one, and I DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM, "Marley and Me" or "Hachiko" with Richard Gere, with those 2 movies you will want to kill yourself of depression and total agony. And for dramas like that... there is life itself, greetings from Mexico City =)

[@jamesmeechan6983]

It's called hachi a dog's tale the film you are talking about starring Richard gere

[@Xachremos]

I have not seen Marley and Me and I will never watch that movie because I know what happens.

[@greyinvader]

I've never seen anyone react to this great movie before. Thank you for this! I remember when this first came out it was being advertised as a Chronicles of Narnia-type movie, because that was what was big at the time. I think that ad turned a lot of people off, and this hidden gem remains mostly underseen and underappreciated to this very day.

[@knight4iam]

One of my favorite quotes, "How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life." (from Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan). Technically, you got the point of the movie, but maybe not entirely. We lose people in this life so quickly, and surprisingly, and we often don't think it's "fair".

[@thaddeusskywalker5293]

Watched this film once when I was a kid. I always remembered that she died. When I re watched it as a 15-16 year old, I balled my eyes out. Hits so much harder

[@WDanielFichtel]

Ah, one of the most traumatic books ever assigned to read in school. You should check out Where The Red Fern Grows next. 😬

[@nightwingman666]

Its so weird seeing a ‘children’s movie’ knowing most of the cast is known for hardcore media. Jesse is Peeta from hunger games. Leslie was in the act mini series and Jesse’s dad I’ve seen on Sons of Anarchy.

[@SapphireBoy26]

Did you forget that Jess’ dad is also the T1000 from T2: Judgment Day?

[@nightwingman666]

@@SapphireBoy26 Terminator was before my time and I never really got into it aside from the first movie so I wouldn’t know.

[@kensym1099]

​@SapphireBoy26 whatt??!! 😯I've seen both movies plenty of times and I never put the two together😵‍💫😭

[@SapphireBoy26]

@@nightwingman666 You should see the second film. It's far superior to the first, and that's not just my opinion. It's pretty much the general consensus.

[@ottoswanson6664]

It's crazy watching this now, knowing Josh Hutcherson is gonna be playing a dad in the new Five Nights At Freddy's movie

[@GemGames3]

I never read the book, but I remember I was watching this movie on the TV thinking it was a cute and happy film about two friends making up an imaginary world and *spoilers* the scene where the parents announced that his friend died, my mum walked in and starting immediately asking questions "what happened? what happened?" while I held up my hand telling her to stop in just complete shock, it kind of destroyed the scene for me, but the scene where his religious Dad catches him in the forest and Jesse sobs about his friend 'going to hell' while his Dad reassures him (my mum had left the room by that time) that's when I broke down in tears.

[@ZeroX10-bt3qg]

Sorry I meant to say have you seen the trailers for Avatar and One Piece yet ?

[@nickjonas3704]

The music in those scenes really gets me everytime i rewatch this masterpiece 😭 R.I.P Leslie💔🙏

[@indade]

One of the hardest shifts in an unexpected movie.

[@jimmcmahon0720]

This was my daughter's favorite movie when she was a kid. I'd love to see you react to the movie John Carter because it is a Hidden Gem that not a lot of people are familiar with.

[@braydenkemper1707]

Teacher put this on for a movie day in like grade 3 and devastated the classroom lol

[@Indrajith_98]

Oh no why did I watch this . This movie made me sad for 3 days 😢

[@chanceneck8072]

Off screened to death. Maybe that's why we're even more traumatized by it...

[@knightlyvalentine]

loved this film growing up and to this day i still love it it's one of my all time favourite films it's so Beautiful and tragic at the same time it's simply a master piece

[@de606returns6]

This movie was an interesting one for me because I remember seeing it on DvD and being inspired by the concept to make my own version of Terabithia in the forest behind my house with my brother, then times changed when my brother left the house and the forest had gotten turned into a new neighborhood... Ironic huh?

[@DeathsjesterKMNP]

AFAIK the book the movie is based on was written to try to help children understand death, by grounding it in something they could relate to.

[@ddwedd8667]

I read the book in class while everyone else was working on homework and not one person made fun of me for it when i sat the book down and looked around.

[@coreyhughes1456]

Wait... I read this when I was a kid. Watching this will be really nostalgic in a weird way.

[@dontrelldurant3450]

Damn. I remember this. I was 13. Cried like a baby when she died. AND MY MOM KNEW IT!!! She bought me the book and then as I was half way through it she springs the movie on me. Cried like a baby.

[@icebreakergamez1344]

It’s based on a true story where the mothers sons friend was struck by lighting at the beach and died and she wanted Leslie to die that why but they said it was in accurate even though it happened

"I regret asking what the trauma was..." They do REALLY FUCKING BLINDSIDE YOU WITH HER DEATH!! It's just like one second she's totally alive and Jess is just having a nice day at the museum with his teacher, then he gets home... AND IT'S JUST WHAM "JESS YOUR FRIEND'S DEAD"... This was really such a BEAUTIFUL AND ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING MOVIE!!

[@SurvivorBri]

Leslie's death crushed me in ways I can't explain. I sat in the theater stunned and could barely gather my strength to move after it was over.

[@Aghsjavgzjnsvshx]

It’s sad because it’s so real it hurts. I watched this one night for fun, thinking it was just some Disney movie, just to cry myself to sleep. When I woke up, I went and cried again. I couldn’t stop crying. I told my mom about it as I started to cry, and asked if her and my dad would watch it with me that night and she agreed. That night we all got on the couch, with some tissues I bright knowing I’d need them because I knew I’d need them. Close to the end I was obviously bawling, but as I grabbed a tissue I saw my dad out of the corner of my eye with a tissue to his face, crying. My dad that made everything he did as masculine as possible, and who I’d almost never seen cry, sat there, trying to wipe the non-stoping tears coming from his eyes. I could see the same feeling I felt when first watching that movie in my dad’s eyes. It just goes to show that not even the most straight faced, nonchalant guy can hold back tears to Bridge to Terribithia.

[@DirtBirdurple]

I got my tissues ready!

[@thaddeusskywalker5293]

So looking forward to seeing Josh Hutcherson in the Five Nights at Freddy's movie! Loved him in this, Hunger Games, and Zathura (The role I most remember him in, as that movie was my childhood.)

[@robquinnpc]

Check out future man, his best work

[@Vektar]

This movie is far more impactful if you don't know its coming. No one should have said anything

[@chriscoy-jq2gp]

I love that Leslie was the bridge

[@YodatheHobbit]

Have to sit through it? Most people call that slowly being immersed and listening the music in the world of the film.

[@kylespevak6781]

I know what you mean about the teacher taking out the kid being kind of weird but she knows that he is really poor and a sweet little boy who's also an artist So it's kind of her way of helping out

[@WeeJaime]

ayyy been looking forward to this one!!! Also Lord of the rings magic deck!! will definitely be checking that out!! thank you as always!!

[@adamparker43]

LOTR-Magic The Gathering crossover I've never seen this film! Will need to watch the full reaction over on Patreon when I have the chance! Thanks for the upload!

[@Ryze80]

Who was that woman behind Jess at 25:07 and why did the background noise change when she walked behind him he also had a weird look on his face to?

[@trickshotsmoviesandcubing2317]

he was seeing Leslie

[@robertbunting3117]

Little Hutcherson is sooooo good in this, they all are.

[@ragebyte]

Reminds me of My Girl. I watched this one once and My Girl once. Couldn't watch them again. They were good movies.

[@soyabean-of9wz]

You are not TRAUMATISED That's a good thing You are a strong woman Some were TRAUMATISED for weeks

[@Matthewsmith-2024]

I had such a crush on Anna Sofia Rob when I was a kid, and I remember being super hyped for this movie. This is probably one of the cruelest movies I've ever seen in my life. Even watching a reaction still hurts in that place where my heart is supposed to be.

[@sammylane21]

This book and "Dear Mr. Henshaw" are books that fascinated me and made me love reading, oddly enough when my teacher saw I was like 3 chapters ahead she got mad at me for it.This book me cry when I first read Leslie was dead, it shattered me as a little girl. I loved Leslie so much, as a lesbian I now require all my ladies have Leslie's confidence and fun nature. When I saw this movie on DVD in my teen years I just started weeping because of my memories reading the book and crying over Leslie's death.🥺💗

[@Theghostbandartisit]

In the end after Leslie died you can hear her singing over everybody else when the class sing

[@mjdaniel8710]

Went to see this with my mom knowing nothing about it, cute, fun movie, then that ending, my mom was actually mad

[@SAGMarbleRacing]

I remember watching this in 5th grade with a group of 8 kids during a hangout

[@Tjalfelauridsen]

Everybody thinks that Jess is in love with Leslie, but if that was so the movie would be so different. The whole point is that he finally gets a friend that can help him with so many things. If he had a crush on her, it would just be kind of awkward

[@ezrapark9992]

They made us read this in the 7th grade just to make sure we had a sad book lol dammit

[@joshuawells835]

Fun Fact - Terabithia has a similar name to the island kingdom of Terebinthia in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It is one of the islands in the Great Eastern Sea and the second closest to the Narnian mainland. The author of the original book commented that she realized the similarity upon rereading Narnia, but also made the point that C.S. Lewis likely drew inspiration from the terebinth tree in the bible, so both had drawn inspiration from somewhere, even unconsciously.

[@Silentstorm231]

Honestly, I felt like I was right there with Jess when I first read this book I was so shocked and depressed when it happened in the book. In the movie I didn't feel the same way because I felt like they played some stuff up from the book more than they needed to in anticipation for what happened, but I am glad they stayed faithful to the book and I felt like every actor/actress did a great job with the material.

[@SeatLeonMK2]

GOD have mercy on my soul i just finished watching for first time at 18 years old and this shit made me tear up like a baby, and i work everyday and have driving liscence and everything

[@melhawl3685]

My grandma was reading me this book. She read ahe!d and found out that Leslie died and she wouldn't finish reading it to me.

[@TheReck12]

I think the only movie to actually make me cry as a kid, so damn depressing

[@usul573]

Ahaha I remember the book. Gosh that hurt. Will never forget it.

[@bonniestar4707]

The sad part is is this was based off a true story. The authors son lost his friend after they were struck by lightning.

[@wikidclownchris]

I remember reading the book in elementary it broke me

[@theanimeniac1906]

I watched this movie as part of a fifth grade field trip. As a child I loved the movie. As an adult I still love it, as a fan and as a (unofficial) writer myself, and a person who looks very deep into things but I digress

[@sudarsanv501]

I read the book when I was 13, and saw the movie when I was 14. When I was watching the movie play out I knew what was coming, I knew where all this was leading up to but it still broke me. The last shot of Leslie in the rain haunted me for many months.

[@mattb.1357]

This movie was based on similar events that happened to the Arthur in her life

[@joerexhausen8897]

This was a favorite book when i was younger but some books are harder to be absorbed into when you grow older.

[@naught9593]

Everyone has watched this movie once, and swore it off lmao, welcome to the club

[@dirtydinner6463]

We were lucky we grow up with kids films that had real stakes and serious themes.

[@michaellivingstone2829]

My girl is a more cheer you up movie you should watch it had macauley culkin as a kid in it

[@annazveglic5740]

Omgggg I literally had to study the book of this, and this movie back in Grade 6🥺🤧Haven’t watched it since🤧

[@abelabel5239]

Nostalgic movie 😭

[@animeking4953]

i remember seeing that movie in theaters with my dad my sister my dad cried after leslie died

[@jan_Masewin]

I saw this when I was little. It being about a kid's best friend dying crushed me. And having seen Narnia and Harry Potter and glimpses of LotR already, Bridge to Terabithia did not come across as showing the power of imagination. Because the fantasy wasn't actually real within the film it felt like the comfort of fantasy was ripped away and the ending meant nothing at all

[@iMusicProfile]

“The square rolls” LMAO

[@ianhill8345]

Great reaction to a great family movie Alyska

[@rjb204]

This movie was my first heartbreak. This movie fuckd me up good.

[@Sniper-yn7hd]

Is no one going to talk about how alyska got posted by the official Star Wars KZbin page

[@jedifam66]

Came here to say this!

[@YodatheHobbit]

Like the Lego movie and Thor Ragnorok, this movie had music created by the guy who did the theme for Rugrats and was the singer of the band Devo.

[@supersaiyanjay9352]

I forgot about this movie. remember our class in elementary had to read the book then we ended up watching the movie

[@mariannielsen9631]

This is the first movie i cried to, i was 8 and had just lost my grandfather

[@sef2.0lifegoeson62]

Even as a fully grown man, watcing this years back it had me 😢

[@Luna_Queen_Wolf]

Okay this is one of my favorite movies even with the heartbreaking events in it But I'm wondering have you watched Maleficent 1 and 2 yet ? I would love to see your reaction to them ☺️