LITTLE CHILDREN: One Of The Year's Best Films- Page 2

[misschung]

Posted: 5/7/07 at 8:01pm

"I also thought it was as if we were seeing things through Sarah's eyes...she wondered if Jean suspected something."

that's what I thought. I also think the ending, and its lack of something "big" happening reflects the feeling readers get when they finish the book.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/7/07 at 10:38pm

The book sounds fabulous so I'm gonna have to get my hands on it. I get now what you mean about Jean, I guess when you feel you've done something wrong you think everything people do is because they caught you. Like I said since I was so involved in these characters' lives, I wasn't really being objective or analytical, I was too immersed in their story. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/7/07 at 10:51pm

As much as we wanted them too, the ending is perfect with them not ending up together.

Though I didn't love the whole MADAME BOVARY aspect. You know from that moment on what's going to happen.

[misschung]

Posted: 5/7/07 at 11:10pm

you mean the thing with the book club?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 12:09am

I half-agree with you, it did foreshadow the ending in a bit too obvious way but I liked the way it gave Sarah a way to battle that other lady and it put her choices in a feminist context. Also, the fact that she didn't kill herself at the end like Madame Bovary does in the book, sort of provided a sense of hope in the film since Sarah decided to keep on living and find a way to live. The book club scene also gave Kate Winslet one of her best scenes in the film, IMO.

[misschung]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 12:26am

She was just so great in that movie, particularly in that scene.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 6:35pm

Exactly how naked does Wilson get?

Just wondering.

[misschung]

Posted: 5/8/07 at 9:20pm

well you can't see his package, if thats what you want to know, lol.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/9/07 at 12:24am

To everyone's disappointment

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/12/07 at 6:10pm

Finally saw it this afternoon - thanks to Netflix.

What a film! I'm at a loss for words. Scary and brilliant - terrific acting, writing, and filmmaking. American Beauty of 2006. The narration was a little jarring at first, especially considering the robotic nature - then I realized it was the guy from NOVA...and realized that it was stylized to be like a PBC documentary.

Vastly underrated - though a very tough sell.

My one problem - I couldn't see a damn thing! I had to turn up the TV's brightness to see what was actually going on.

[DBillyP]

Posted: 5/12/07 at 6:59pm

I saw it last night, thanks to Netflix. It, indeed, is an excellent movie with outstanding acting. Interestingly, I found the book club scene to be Winslet's weakest. I found something something dishonest in her performance there.

[misschung]

Posted: 5/12/07 at 8:31pm

well to me, that scene in the book was sort of Sarah justifying her affair to herself by giving that little speech at the book club - and there was something incredibly dishonest about the whole affair thing to begin with. So I thought Kate Winslet acted it well, if that makes any sense