Thread:Ultimatebooknerd/@comment-33161451-20190225164957

Hi, Ultimatebooknerd! I'm Karen1954. My opinion is that Bhaer should havae received more air time. The actor, though young, seemed to really understand the part, and Bhaer and Jo's relationship should have been explored more extensively. As a rule, I'm generally disappointed with British renderings of American classics because they just don't understand our point of view. This version of LITTLE WOMEN is no different. I could have written a better screenplay--at least of Jo and Bhaer's relationship. However, the actor who played the Professor WAS a really cute guy! I know the Prof was suppoed to be "old" and "plain", but I think, for the purposes of a good movie, he can be a little younger and handsomer! I would have dramatized more of their relationship using whatever clues Alcott gave in her text. AND---DADGUMMIT!---I would have done the ending just as Alcott portrayed it in the book, with him coming to call, staying a few days, disappearing, her going down to the men's area of town looking for him, and the umbrella scene. Even the American versions don't do this scene justice. I guess Mark Stanley has gone on to bigger and better things now. I wish him well--and I hope you enjoy the movie when you see it.-- Karen 