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don't think it's that good
Antwan 2022-02-28 08:01:52
The description of class conflicts and labor disputes occupies such a large space, and naturally the love between the hero and heroine becomes less conspicuous (if the male protagonist is not so handsome, it is estimated that so many people will not think it is a romance film). In the film, we can see the impact of the industrial revolution in the UK on culture when capitalism was in the ascendant, the appearance of the city, the restraint of individuals by commercial guilds and trade unions, and the "strike" that we believe to be just in our ideology is full of two sides. There is no right or wrong, the era determines the level of people's ideology and the irreconcilability of class contradictions. It's a pity that this film uses the factory owner's human kindness and love to resolve class conflicts. This kind of whitewashing and evasion of sharp issues is like scratching the itch, which is really depressing. Not only is the line of class contradiction anticlimactic, but even the love story is a little far-fetched and pale in the context of social reality, which leads me to feel that there is no basis for the male and female protagonists to love each other, and the two lines are a bit lacking. . Maybe when the BBC was filming, it still wanted to downplay the class conflict and highlight the main line of love. It is said that the style of the novel and the TV series are very different. I haven't read the bad reviews. Maybe there are no such problems.
Extended Reading
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Hannah Thornton: A mother's love holds fast and forever. A girl's love is like a puff of smoke - it changes with every wind.
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Margaret Hale: I wish I could tell you how lonely I am. How cold and harsh it is here. Everywhere there is conflict and unkindness. I think God has forsaken this place. I believe I have seen hell and it's white, it's snow-white.