Let's have a fangirl freakout over Greta Gerwig's LITTLE WOMEN (Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Timothée Chalamet)

Chalamet-me chemistry, that’s what I want to see

can't spell chalamet without me

little women cast photographed with 1860 techniques this is the best thing i’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/viPC2l7Z0q

— alice (@grangershug) February 2, 2020

i thought this movie was sooooooooooo charming, as someone unfamiliar with the text and prior adaptations

I loved it! Although i thought the time-frame jumps may give me a heart failure.

Loved it. Thought it was very “adult” ultimately, like a lot of great children’s media.

Some of the later sequences focusing on jo around beth’s death were very haunting and felt really contemporary in their depiction of loss and bewilderment

I looked at AO Scott's review again and he actually says Chalamet seems "more like a fifth March sister or an untrained puppy" than a love interest. lmfao & otm

to paraphrase a letterboxd comment i read the other day, laurie's a little woman

well less so when he's Christian Bale

mmmm Chalamet and young Bale

an ideal hetero couple

took my daughter to this last night, loved it. The undercutting of the romantic climax with the conversation with the publisher probably the most audacious touch. Cast was uniformly great, Pugh the standout imo

I mean, how do you update an adaptation of a story from the late 1800s, set in the late 1800s, for the 21st century? Give them lasers?

when Friedrich sits down at the piano toward the end, I half-expected him to play some cheeky 20thC pop piece, maybe a Tori Amos song lol

(granted that would've been p jarring)

I thought this was exquisite. I love Ronan and Chalamet's charisma is off the scale. It's worth mentioning, just because I haven't seen anyone else mention it, that Chris Cooper's performance as Mr. Lawrence is very moving.

Came in completeley unfamiliar to the story, previous versions. A few tonal bumps at the beginning I thought but a gorgeous film. Ronan is tremendous.

omg, I had no idea that was Chris Cooper!!

really liked this, super charming; i also never read the book or saw other versions, i can easily see why its a beloved story

gerwig imbues it w a lot of great, fun flourishes that really shine --ie pugh reacts to laurie's advances w/ "ive loved you my whole life" >> scene ends & we jump back 2 pugh as a younger teen making a mold of her foot to remind laurie how petite it is lmao

i enjoyed this when i was watching it but it has felt shallower and more cloying in my memory

Never trust memory.

This should’ve whupped Parasite’s ass except the Academy has snob beef with happy endings

they were both great imo, either would have been a worthy pick

I just feel like I’ll probably watch this several more times and I’ve seen Parasite exactly enough

A ton of recent winners had happy endings

Great work from everyone in the cast and handsome production design, but the shuffled narrative didn't always work for me. Gerwig seemed to want to rush through many of the key earlier scenes from the novel just to get them out of the way (really, this is an adaptation of Book 2, if you follow the original publication history). Still, I can't say I didn't enjoy the experience of watching it.

I'm making a mold of my foot for laurie to remind him I have nice feet

lmao yes

Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet both perform in a way that makes me feel more alive by way of sympathy with the amount of life they bring to every movement.

― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Saturday, December 28, 2019 12:58 AM

qftw

this already feels like a seasonal classic

"i hope he comes back, he would make a terrific friend for me"

My daughters (9 and 11) quote from this all the time and have nerded out on all the shot-by-shot cast analysis. Their fave is "There's also a lovely greenhouse!" (Tumbleweed)

Noah Baumbach's Little Men coming to Prime in 2022

what would be won or lost here if this was re-cut to be played out linearly? I actually ask because I was watching it with my mother, who loved the book as a child, but she was clearly confused and therefore didn't enjoy it. She's 85 though and often struggles with flashbacks etc. in film. She doesn't have alzheimers or anything related but I do wish I could watch a linear version of this with my mother. Ofc this is just me, I'm not saying it shouldn't have been made this way.

Chris Cooper is the absolute jewel in this version. I cried during a few of his scenes.

Perfect to re-watch this after The Shop Around the Corner.

rewatched tonight & introduced Mr Veg to the wonderful world of the Marchs

mr veg liked it a good deal! i knew he would because it is charming af

and I am so still deeply in love with it that i may watch it again tomorrow

also will go to cvs tomorrow to find a box hairdye similar to jo’s hair in the movie because i crave disappointment lol

chalamet is so 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

I have just watched this, wrapped in a blanket, it is a literal comfort blanket film for me. Saoirse’s eyes after Beth dies! The way Pugh throws the popcorn when the dad comes back! That heartbreaking scene where Laurie told Jo he married Amy!

Ah, it’s so great still. I think I will be watching this one for many years to come. And Chris Cooper is such a great Mar Laurence.

My only complaint is that Bob Odenkirk was a real weird choice for the dad. Chris Cooper was indeed great though.

I am rereading the book after many decades

my mental pictures for the characters are a mashup of the Gillian Jacobs & Greta Gerwig movies - this is how it breaks down in my imagination currently

Winona Ryder = Jo
wotsername Hermione = Meg
Claire Danes = Beth
Florence Pugh = Amy (but sometimes Kirsten Dunst ie when Jo cuts her hair & Amy gasps YOUR ONE BEAUTY I always hear in Dunst’s voice)
Susan Sarandon = Marmee
Odenkirk = Father
Timotheeeee = Teddy/Laurie
Cooper = Mr Laurence
Louis Garrel - Friedrich but only bc i am happier picturing him being hot instead of crusty

and the reason I think i picture Odenkirk is not his look but his voice? i hear Bob’s gravelly voice in the words of father. i think the casting does work but we just dont get many scenes w him unfortunately. if there was more of him, like the long scene in the book where he tells the girls what they mean to him & how theyve grown i think it would make more sense & it IS legit weird seeing him in the movie no argumenr

My only complaint is that Bob Odenkirk was a real weird choice for the dad. Chris Cooper was indeed great though.

oh i thought the reason for the bump here was the "lou alcott was a trans man" viral thread

"LOL it's Bob Odenkirk!" did take me out of the movie but it was such a rush that I wouldn't have had it any other way.

Do we have high hopes for the Barbie movie?

oh i thought the reason for the bump here was the "lou alcott was a trans man" viral thread

― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, May 1, 2022 2:07 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

hate this thread, nice as it seems, made by a chronic internet charlatan

lol when jo reveals she cut off her hair and everyone gasps and amy says "your one beauty!"

my favorite line