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Little Women 2019
Literal trash. Just watch the 1994 version.
This movie was a mess. So disappointed. The non-linear structure was nauseating and difficult to follow. Love is reduced to frivolity and vanity. This film adaptation was disrespectful to the source material.
9/26/2021
In retrospect, I found this movie's take on the professor the most offensive. He's literally supposed to be an old man or at least older than Jo. Their love is supposed to be complicated, layered, and unlikely, which the 1994…Translated from by -
West Side Story 2021
Spielberg forgets too often that West Side Story was created for the stage and not for the big screen. In focusing more on playing with plot elements and visuals rather than allow music, lyrics, and tradition to speak for themselves, he lost a major opportunity to bring musical theater back to the center of American cultural life (which was undoubtedly a major goal in adapting this work to a movie in 2021). The modifications he makes to the original story…
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