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Rocio 2022-10-07 22:39:41

The classic cartoon version I watched when I was young made me not expect too much from the movie version at the beginning. Although I have heard that this is a very good version, it seems to be the earliest sound film. Director George Cook is the director of "La Traviata" and a film master who is famous for female subjects.

The second daughter Joe is Catherine Hepburn, who was already twenty-five or sixteen years old, but she was playing a teenage girl. Kate was quite mature in nature, so she was not used to it at first. Watching her boyishly slide down the handrails of the stairs, turn over the railings, climb the windows, play with Lauriebi with a broom and a fire stick, and talk little by little like a little girl. It really doesn’t look like what I remembered. Kate, especially the long hair that has been thrown out and the short and medium hair after the long hair is sold. I still prefer Joe when he grew up and mature. He has a feminine side and has a much more beautiful hairstyle. When she reunited with Laurie's Loft, there was a frontal shot of her beautiful face, which was the feeling. It seems that my love for Kate is not deep, otherwise I will be pleasantly surprised by such a special early performance:)

The plot in the film is a bit loose and tight, but I thought of condensing the big book of the original into two hours Films that are not available are already very good to be made like this. While watching it, I recalled little by little the scenes I saw in the cartoon when I was a child, and it felt very cordial. Looking back at that time, I was a little girl who looked more like a boy than Joe. I only looked at this kind of girl-themed cartoon like a daily meal. I looked at the girls' dresses, ribbons, and curly hair. All unaware. Now it's turned around, it's great, otherwise it's terrible.

I seem to have lived the life of a little boy first, and then started to be a little girl again, so I am mentally lagging behind other female companions of the same age; hehe, how interesting.

Because it is the work of the same director, I pay attention to some similarities. The running of Joe and Laurie among the trees is very similar to the country walk of Margaret and Armand in "La Traviata", the sunshine, the branches and leaves. , So beautiful!

I have a special affection for my third sister Beth; she is a shy and introverted child. I really like her gentle dark eyes and black curly hair. I think she is a bit like Claude Kaulbai. When I was a child, I didn't like her when I watched cartoons. I thought she was too sad. It seemed that Joe was still the favorite at the time. I still remember Joe’s disapproval attitude when the older sister Meg was in love. I didn’t understand it at the time, but I didn’t like that Mr. Brooke. I don’t know why. Is it subconsciously like Joe, afraid of losing sister’s affection and friendship, and a family reunion? The happy atmosphere. There are four girls in a family. I rarely experience this feeling.

I remember that the cartoons of that year had a lot of descriptions of the background of the Civil War. This is somewhat downplayed in the movie, and it may be the only major shortcoming.

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  • Jo March: If wearing hair up means becoming a lady, I'll wear it down until I'm 100 years old.

  • Jo March: [about her short haircut] Well it's boyish, becoming and easy to maintain.