Repost: “Thomas Vinterberg's pedantic and twisted adaptation of Far From the Madding Crowd is a bad sign. Its Bathsheba-- a Victorian-era woman who inherits and capably runs a farm, and also rejects the humble man who truly loves her in favor of a shallow but dashing soldier-- is all wrong."
That soldier was played by Tom Sturridge, and I also realized at the end that it was the little brother from Pirate Radio.
Continue the repost (the part I think is the best comment): "Carey Mulligan too often squinches her face in a self-satisfied smile, and when she comes out with a line like 'I have no need of a husband'-- a bit of dialogue completely in tune with Hardy's sensibilities-- it's less a natural outburst than like something she read in a pamphlet."
Really, that smile always reminds me of the Daisy in Gatsby, and then I watched and thought that Mulligan is also suitable for green tea... (I still like her "Growing Up Education" the most.) In
the end, I guess people who have read the original will be disappointed , repost: "As written by Hardy, Bathsheba is bracingly whole and human; here she's been outlined, and thus circumscribed, by an eager student's highlighter."
So, I'll read the original book when I finish the final exam.
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