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Dancer in the Dark (2000)
mixed reviews
***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** my husband and i both like bjork's music. he loves the film, i don't.
i enjoyed the movie up to a point.
my big problem is how unrealistic the courtroom scene is. yes, court appointed attorneys are notorious for not doing anything for the defendant. however, the judge should have known better, as well as the jury. this for me really is what kills the movie for me.
spoiler----
i can't remember the character's name that joel grey plays, but he has the same name supposidly as selma's father. (or maybe she just used it because he was a famous czec actor). but still, any thinking person would have asked the question....maybe her father has the same name? (but that is really beside the point because she didn't send the money to her father)
the fact that she holds her secret so tight and won't let anyone help her, even in court on the stand. how ignorant can the eye dr. be? he was fooled by selma into thinking she could see. just all these holes that set it up so selma would die in the end. blech.
my husband on the other hand loves the acting, loves the story. we agree that the music is good. i enjoyed most of the music/dance scenes except for the last one in prison.
Emma (1996)
preferred over the others
of the three versions of Emma, i would say this is a good version. the earlier version, bbc production from the 70s followed the book almost word for word. this version of emma, while not as close to the book , follows it a lot better than the version with paltrow and northam.
mark strong as mr. knightly is old enough to show the age difference between emma and mr. knightly. i also thought this version did a much better job of showing was a shallow character mr. churchill is.
however, it didn't do as good a job of showing mr. woodhouse as the worrying hypochondriac (which is very evident in the 70's version, and hardly existent in the paltrow/northam version).
Emma (1996)
preferred over the others
of the three versions of Emma, i would say this is a good version. the earlier version, bbc production from the 70s followed the book almost word for word. this version of emma, while not as close to the book , follows it a lot better than the version with paltrow and northam.
mark strong as mr. knightly is old enough to show the age difference between emma and mr. knightly. i also thought this version did a much better job of showing was a shallow character mr. churchill is.
however, it didn't do as good a job of showing mr. woodhouse as the worrying hypochondriac (which is very evident in the 70's version, and hardly existent in the paltrow/northam version).
Flambards (1979)
addicted as an adolescent
my mom suggested that i might like this show, it had horses and was set in england. i was about 14 or so. and i loved it. but we moved to a place where our PBS reception was terrible (no cable). but every time it came on, i would try to watch it thru the bad reception. it was a happy day for me when i found it for sale.
i find the ending so poignant...mark's thoughts about finally growing up and dick's conversation with christina about inheriting the earth. so much that was lost during WWI, and the hope for the future.
a wonderful coming of age and growing up into adulthood story.