I saw the preview and it looks great! I know I'll cry each time the dog dies, even though he's reincarnated as a new dog.

And thankfully each of his reincarnations look good. (Meaning he wasn't in a dog fighting ring or seriously neglected & abused).

I think it has a good meaning.

My neighbor Just gave me the book A Dogs Purpose. She got it and read it and passed it to me. I have not read an actual book in a long time not sure if I will be able to hold it to read it. I may have to get it for my tablet. She said it was very good.

A delightful read! The movie previews make me doubt that it will be as great as the book, but I do want to see it.

Read the first one and second is on the way. My daughter refuses to watch the movie though. She hates to cry in public. So, it will be me, my exchange students and maybe my son if he isn't working.

I've been waiting for it to get here.

I read the first book & cried a lot through out the book. Got the second book & can not bring myself to read it. No way will I see the movie.

I put the book on hold at my local library. I have 4 ahead of me so could be months. I will wait till the movie comes to Netflix so I can cry in the privacy of my own LR. I hate doing it in public, mainly because I am always blowing my nose when I cry.

It's not available at our library yet and 52 ahead of me, it's on hold.

They have it on amazon for cheap. I loved the trailer, but would want to read the book first.

I saw a clip on TV tonight. I'll wait to rent it. I was a blubbering fool at Marley and me.

Lily, I read Marley & Me. The last 2 chapters are wrinkled because I cried my eyes out & most of my tears fell on the pages.

It's SO hard to read & cry at the same time for me.

Then I saw the movie. The end ALWAYS brings me to tears also!! Anyone who has lost a pet and/or had their pet put to sleep remembers that pain of saying 1 last goodbye.

I was at my vet a few months ago. A couple & their 2 young children were saying goodbye to their Chihuahua before it went back to the exam room to be euthanized. That broke my heart & I cried right along with them.

When it comes to dogs, I am a major crier. Although I did become a little teary eyed at a couple places in the books, I did not get all blubbery. I think because, it was the dog itself 'speaking' and not a human describing his own agony when the dog dies. The dog was at peace with what was happening to him/her. And I knew that at the end of one dogs life, the next page would be the beginning of the next dogs life. I loved both books. So much so, that I bought 3 copies of each book. Kept a set, and passed the other 2 sets to friends with instructions to keep passing them on.

I read the book a few years ago and cried like a baby, I think each page was wet from tears. Never has a book affected me this way. That said, it was a wonderful book written from a dog's perspective.

I need to ask if anyone thought the dog was being abused in this movie. (A Dog's Purpose) A part of it was shown on our news program and the dog was clearly in distress in the water/pool. I know that one of our local pet stores is adamantly against this movie because of that scene. They were forcing him in the water and he was underwater for a time, and the crew was yelling 'Cut'. The Humane Society is investigating as well.

PETA is banning it here, Jas. Time had a piece on it in this morning's news. I'm not a movie goer...but I'm even less interested in this particular movie now that I've read about it.

http://time.com/4638694/peta-boycott-a-dogs-purpose-animal-cruelty/?xid=homepage

I am very disturbed by that clip also. It bugs me that it had to happen as the German Shepherd Dog clearly didn't want to go in the water. I didn't like how she almost drown too.

Sadly there are lots of dogs who would love to jump in the water. But for production, time & money, I guess they didn't find one for that scene.

It does sadden me as I originally wanted to see the movie. And it could hurt box office sales. It really sucks because the actors (human & dog) look like they did a great acting job. Plus it's a great story.

I would feel guilty watching a movie when I know animal abuse took place. Sadly it's not the first or last time this will happen. Hence why the circus is closing.

I agree that the dog was treated in an abusive manner. The dog was afraid, and rightly so. It should not have been forced into the pool. No dog would have been able to swim in that water, which is why the dog ended up submerged soon after being forced into the pool. I will not be seeing the movie due to the way that dog was treated.

I am not even a dog person (!!!) but having lost three cats, I have never cried at the end of a movie as I did (and still do, without fail) at the movie "Marley & Me."

The loss of a pet, be it dog or cat, is the same essential loss of a dear and beloved friend. I thought that movie depicted how you would always want your pet to go...at the end of a great life, without turmoil (medically) and with the pet knowing you were there at the end... and finally, at peace.

I don't condone cruelty.

I know many dogs that would gladly jump into the water. That poor German Shepherd is clearly terrified.

I think this will wreck their sales numbers, for sure. How many other movies used animals that were treated badly? I've seen many movies where I've had to turn away at animal scenes; just because an animal isn't hurt physically while doing something, doesn't mean he/she isn't hurt mentally.

Oh my, I am totally crushed! No, I will not go to see or in any way promote this movie now! I hadn't read or heard anything about this cruelty on the set till this morning when I signed on to internet explorer. There it was in the headlines, the premiere has been cancelled due to this.

Really when you think about it, how do movie makers get some of the spectacular scenes of some animal story lines. I am sure mistreatment happens more than we would want to know.

Well I wouldn't have watched the movie anyhow, because I would cry my eyes out and I hate to cry. The heartbreak of losing a pet is just awful. My sister and niece read the book and saw Marley and Me and cried their eyes out. I told them they were nuts haha.

After seeing the story about this new movie I definitely wouldn't go.

I will NOT be seeing this movie.

This is my standard reply I am posting everywhere regarding that stupid over edited video.
My words:
I watched several times before commenting. That dog was being recalcitrant but there was no terror in his body language. Ears were up, tail waving, leaning into his trainer. He was being more willful and just maybe a wee bit anxious about going in but there was zero terror or anything close to it. Anybody who works with larger dogs would know this. Sometimes they just balk. Just like kids will balk even thought they are normally fine with something. Once in she's a happy camper. The video is highly edited to play on the emotions of average people that don't work with dogs in advanced training or agility.

"The written commentary accompanying the edited video mischaracterizes what happened. The dog was not terrified and not thrown in the water—I’ve seen footage of Hercules earlier that day joyfully jumping in the pool. When he was asked to perform the stunt from the other side of the pool, which was not how he had been doing it all day, he balked. The mistake was trying to dip the dog in the water to show him it was okay—the water wasn’t his issue, it was the location that was the issue, and the dog happily did the stunt when he was allowed to return to his original spot."

The Rest of the Story

watchme, thank you! I appreciate seeing the other side. It's reassuring to know the animal was not abused. Goes to show, even when it's about a clip of a dog in a movie, there are two sides. And how the media once again edits and spins a story to their liking.