10 June 2009
Don't Bother...
... with the movie. I got the movie Little Women, the one that got the best reviews, with Katherine Hepburn and everything. I was sooo disappointed!! I didn't even finish it. It's not that it was a bad movie, it just lacked the depth of the book. You lost the lovely interaction of Marmee with the girls, you lost many of her best teaching moments. You lost the distinction between "Little Women" and "Good Wives." Meg was making eyes at Mr. Brooks practically from the first time that they saw each other. And Jo. Oh my, all the acting seemed overdone, but Jo especially seemed over the top and larger than life. Even more than she was in the book. I guess I should have known better... I never like movies that I've read, and the more recently I've read the worse it always is. I specifically didn't read Lord of the Rings again before I watched those because I didn't want to spoil it. I should have known better.
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That's a shame. I've never seen the Katherine Hepburn movie, but I did like the more recent one with Susan Surandin and Wynona Rider. While not as good as the book (movies never are) I thought they did a pretty nice job.
Wasn't it Katherine Hepburn that did so nicely in "My Fair Lady?" Anyway, I was tremendously disappointed.
No no.. that was Audry Hepburn (way better actress in my opinion)
I don't think I've actually seen any of her movies, but it's been my impression that Katherine Hepburn was a lot more flamboyant with her characters
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