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captain queeg

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1. Always an issue when you've read something first before it's a movie

Reply to Croney (Original post)

Wed Dec 25, 2019, 08:11 PM

Dec 2019

Especially for a favorite book. Maybe you’ve even read it more than once. So you have characters defined in your mind. Maybe you don’t realize it. For me it’s not like I have a firm idea of what they should look like or act. I just know the movie version of the person is wrong.

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We just saw Little Women. My hopes were very high. [View all] Croney Dec 2019 OP

Always an issue when you've read something first before it's a movie captain queeg Dec 2019 #1

You're right. I wanted them to look a certain way and they didn't. Croney Dec 2019 #2

Agree. For me the movie was meh. dhol82 Dec 2019 #3

Oh good, it wasn't just me. Croney Dec 2019 #5

I loved the book, too, and the older movie with a young June Allyson. Laffy Kat Dec 2019 #4

Yes, June Allyson and Katharine Hepburn both played Jo, Croney Dec 2019 #6

Greer Garson also played Jo LakeArenal Dec 2019 #9

Haven't Seen The Movie, Just Clips Me. Dec 2019 #7

The previews were so bad I almost walked out on them. LisaM Dec 2019 #11

""It sounded like speeches at a Women's march" whathehell Dec 2019 #12

You don't need to be so condescending. The dialogue did not sound like the book. LisaM Dec 2019 #13

" I don't know why I didn't love this movie more." mitch96 Dec 2019 #8

Confession... IcyPeas Dec 2019 #10

Never read the book La Coliniere Dec 2019 #14

Will see this tomorrow pressbox69 Jan 2020 #15

Going to see it this week. bif Feb 2020 #16

I enjoyed it. bif Feb 2020 #17

Watched Little Women yesterday Chalco May 2020 #18

She certainly died, but I don't remember if they said what she died of. Croney May 2020 #19