Jezebelle Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I saw it last sunday and I must say I was pleased. Keira Knightly did a fabulous job as Anna, I really did feel her heartbreak and confuson throughout the whole film. But I think the most Kudos goes to Jude Law. He really made me feel bad for the husband, someone who I've never really felt bad for before. I wouldn't say that he got the short end of the stick but the stick he did recieve wasn't an all too pleasant one. I've seen three versions of Anna Karenina, the silent LOVE with Greta Garbo, the 1935 one also with Garbo and the 1948 one with Vivien Leigh. Up until now Vivien Leigh was my favorite version but I think this one takes the cake. The acting, directing and the stage and set set-ups were all so beautifully breathtaking and thought provoking. I think that this is a movie any Anna Karenina lover should go see. Because of this movie I am determined to read the book. Edited by: Jezebelle on Nov 29, 2012 1:12 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I think it opens here this wknd, but I may not see it till next wknd or so. Glad to hear it's good. I did read the novel many years ago.... Be prepared for a long read (Its much more involved than the movie adaptations. Part of it due to one of the male characters (forget who) getting back to the land.........) Edited by: Hibi on Nov 29, 2012 1:21 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpompper Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 thanks, jezebelle . . . I've been anxious for feedback. I liked Knightly and the director (whose name escapes me) in/of "Atonement" and "Pride & Prejudice" and wondered if they could lay anything new on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezebelle Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 I am ready for all that in depth information. You see the movies and although they are good you know the character is going through more than you can see, than they're able to show you, and the book will fill those voids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Well, I have to answer a resounding NO! I just saw it last wknd and HATED IT! UGH. What was with all that pretentious theater? It ruined it. IMO. Kyra, is no Garbo or Leigh. Had it not been for the breathtakingly beautiful actor playing Vronsky, I would've walked out. Even so, I was bored through most of it. Should not have been remade. The only aspect handled a bit better than the other versions is it expanded the Levin role a bit more...........Thankfully I had a free pass and didnt spend any money to see it, just time........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpompper Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 That's what I needed to know, hibi. Thanks. I can wait until it shows up on Oxygen between commercials whilst I multi-task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I really wanted to like it. Best seen on TV IMO............(I had no idea about the theater stuff in the screenplay) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpompper Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 A work colleague told me about that part. He liked it. I have been dubious. I so rarely see films in the theater anymore, so I wait until I get some good feedback. I think "Lincoln" was worth seeing on the big screen. I can wait for "AK" to come to TV -- which I predict it eventually will since Oxygen shows "Pride & Prejudice" with Keira Knightly every other weekend, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I didnt understand what Stoppard was trying to say, as parts of the film were filmed outdoors. It just made for a weird juxtaposition. And it ruined the ending. I thought Kyra was out of her depth, but otherwise, technically it was well made..........not my cup of tea ( I liked the two other versions...flawed though they may be. At least they were filmed as a film........) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Yeah, either one way or the other. For awhile I started to accept it, and then they'd go outdoors. Did they run out of production money? (LOL) I started getting very tired of that ballroom set........and what was wrong with the sound? I dont know if was my print, but I couldnt hear a good deal of the dialogue, it was so low. (turn up the volume when it hits tv, dpompper!) Edited by: Hibi on Dec 17, 2012 1:43 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpompper Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 <(turn up the volume when it hits tv, dpompper!)> Yeah, cuz I'm at about that place, hibi. In fact, I watch DVDs with subtitles on. I'm afraid I'm going to miss something important in the dialog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbabe Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 why would you when you have Garbo in it twice - the silent LOVE and Anna Karenina in which she breaks your heart and you feel the pain of a mother being torn from her child in that scene with Basil Rathbone yelling at her as she descends down the staircase like her heart has been ripped out of her chest - see the Garbo version please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 In that case, turn up the volume even MORE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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