What was then this is now

Quotes Mark Jennings : Let's move out User reviews 30 Review. Top review. Decent flick in-and-of itself, if you're not a fan of The Outsiders Only thing wrong with this movie-- the decision to "update" the story to make it contemporary. Some novels lend themselves to that kind of reinterpretation easily, but S. Hinton's early works aren't among them. The book, set in the late 60s, was essentially a follow-up to "The Outsiders," picking up a few months after its TV Series left off.

The character of Ponyboy was taken out of this film for obvious reasons why would he still be 16 in ? Perhaps the filmmakers wanted this to stand on its own from Coppola's then-recent "Outsiders" adaptation, but this likely hurt "That Was Then This Is Now" in more ways than it helped it.

Details Edit. Release date November 8, United States. United States. Spanky's Saloon - 7th St East - St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Media Ventures Paramount Pictures. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 42 minutes.

Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. By what name was That Was Then The Outsiders is one of my all time favorite book and I wanted to read something similar so I picked this one up. This one's set around the time as The Outsiders and also has Ponyboy's cameo I cannot express how happy I got when I read about him!

The story's great, the book's great but I will never forgive Bryon for what he did. God, the ending was heartbreaking! Do yourself a favour and read this book. It's short, sweet and heartwrenching.

Bren fall in love with the sea. To hate the person you love the best in the world. This book is lesser known then "The Outsiders". Hinton wrote both and I am a huge fan of both these books. While I still prefer The Outsiders, this is a great book as well. Many are familiar with the plot. Mark and Bryan have been best friends all their lives. But things are changing. Bryan is changing. He is growing up and for the first time he has a girlfriend.

Mark however is not happy with this and wants things to remain just as they have always been. Things are always changing.. I am someone who is not all that comfortable with change. And growing up, I too felt this amazing free feeling, the feeling that it would always be this way.

This is such an easy book to relate to. I saw it and the ending is completely different. It actually ends on a semi happy note. I can understand the "Hollywooding" of the ending but honesty, the book's bleak ending is closer to reality and is most likely how it really would have played out. Although I felt for Mark, I do not excuse some of his actions. Likewise, I felt for Bryan, trying to stay afloat in a world that is changing, trying to hold on to both people he loves while dealing with so much.

I hope if one has not read this book and they stumble on this review, they will pick it up. Hinton is an incredible writer. She gets in side her characters heads and crafts amazing literature. I've never forgotten this extraordinary book and will reread soon. Highly recommended. You can't say 'It's just a stage,' when it's important to people what they're feeling. Maybe he will outgrow it someday, but right now it's important. The succinct That Was Then, This is Now shares lineage with two of Hinton's other books, The Outsiders and Tex , as some of the characters freely jump between or through the stories.

That Was Then. Mark, however, is a different story, and seems to have an undercurrent of unpredictability. The book details how their long-running brotherly bond is strained once events start occurring that firmly push the two boys towards adulthood.

I admire that Hinton crafted an ending here that was melancholy, and had one of the characters make a life-altering decision that appears to be divisive to readers. The author again also explores her regular theme never in a heavy-handed way, but very apparent in her stories of the importance of a positive male role model - or the problem with the lack thereof - in a boy's life.

Jazmin Jade. This book is heartbreaking. I read it years ago and wanted to read it again. Want to know the reason why it took me years to read it again? Because I cried my eyes out when I finished it the first time, that it has taken me this long to be able to read it again. The heartbreak was still there when I reached the end, but it was a memory of the original heartbreak. The characters are are very well developed making you feel everything they do, which I dont always find is possible with such short books, but it achieved completely here.

It very raw in its emotions, and uncensored in censored kinda way. The lifestyle is one that is brutally harsh and often unpleasant to think about, but the author doesnt stoop to using lots of swear words though there are plenty of occasions when they are walked around.

Hinton gives you enough to help form the image she wants, but not enough to wreck the experience of using some of your own imagination. A small touch I really enjoyed about this book is that made me enjoy it just that little bit more, the setting is the same from The Outsiders and you get to see a glimpse of the old main character Ponyboy Curtis once again, but he doesnt take over the story.

Its a great short read that will alter your soul. Irina Elena. See, everyone's talking about how the ending is wonderfully dark and hopeless and brave in its horror.

Well, I think it's bullshit. I think Mark is gorgeous inside and outside, and fearless and clever and slightly twisted and dead sexy, and I think Bryon is a flighty, selfish, irrational dick. And I'm pissed about it. Mark is surprised, and does not believe that it is true. The police come and take Mark away to a reformatory school - Mark can't believe that Bryon would let them take him away, and asks him why he's doing this - Bryon doesn't know.

Later, he acts up frequently and is sent to prison for a long time. A couple months after Bryon calls the police, he goes to visit Mark in the reformatory school. When Bryon went to visit Mark, Mark makes it very clear that he hates him. The story ends with Bryon mixed up and unsure of things, wishing he had the answers. The novel takes place in Randy , who was in The Outsiders , also appears as a hippie in this book, which is appropriate to those who have read or seen The Outsiders , as Randy is an affluent kid who feels guilty about the class division and becomes repulsed by it after Bob Sheldon 's death, which is the background and beliefs of many hippies.

Ponyboy also appears, and it has been a year since the end of The Outsiders. He no longer serves as a protagonist or narrator, and begins dating Bryon's girlfriend Cathy near the end of the novel, playing an ultimately minor role in the book.

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