The 2019 version concentrated more on Jo’s rationale, so you get a stronger sense of Jo’s priorities and thoughts. And the 1994 version focused more on Laurie expressing his love, so you really feel his joy and despair.
I believe that it is a generation thing. The older generation will always see bale as their perfect Laurie while younger generations will rave for Timothee. I think both did a great job. But I love the chemistry between Timothee and Saoirse. I think they are tremendous actors that deserve the praise for this adaptation.
Not that you asked for my opinion on your comment, but I personally see bale as the perfect Laurie! Like you said, they both did great, but I just feel like Laurie's chosen style suits Bale a lot more. Timothee definitely looks great as Laurie, though! And I just overall liked the '94 Little Women more than the 2019 version.
Nah, I grew up with the 1994 movie. I felt nothing for it all these years and feel nothing for it now but to wish that it would be over soon. But the very first time I saw the 2019 version, it moved me to tears multiple times, and I go months without crying and years without crying in front of my family. Even rewatching it I hang on every word. The 1994 movie feels to me as it did when I was young: rehearsed, and inauthentic. The raw emotion of this remake is unparalleled by any movie I've seen still. Like a love letter to a real life
The pain of "and I'll watch." is so real. I said the same to my best friend, nearly 2 years ago now, when she started dating. She worried I'd feel abandoned, and replaced, but how I feel hardly matters. I love her. I will love her if she never marries and stays with me forever, I will love her if her husband loves or can't stand me, and I will love her as she chooses her husband if that's what it comes to, and she'll love him. And I'll watch.
My husband was in a similar position...and spoiler alert, we're married and expecting. That said, those were some extraordinary circumstances. Series of epiphanies led me to conclude he was the only person I could trust like that. My genuine advice: focus on moving on. Take some time apart and grow. 90% of the time in these situations, there is some amount of maturity missing. She probably sees your passion as somewhat misinformed. You need perspective so she doesn't feel like she's climbing up on a pedestal she's doomed to fall from.
I feel like the older one was definitely written by a person who wished Jo and Laurie ended up together. That interpretation is framed more as a tragedy. The new one was written by a person who liked that Laurie married Amy, which I personally prefer. Amy encourages Laurie to aim higher in life and do something of consequence whereas he and Jo would have just argued. I’m glad the Amy/Laurie dynamic got to shine in the new one. It just makes more sense to me.
I hate it because I love it. Winona had such sexual and romantic chemistry with Christian that I couldn't see them as siblings, whereas the 2018 movie actually seems a lot more loyal to the book as I can tell they would not have been happy together
The 1994 version is not the original. That's a remake as well. That being said, the 2019 version does a better job at establishing that Laurie and Jo would not be happy together, and that they argue even when Laurie is proposing
I dont know, some tearing apart. I love Bale as Laurie, and Timothee hes sincere and so convincing in pain, in his own way, you cant explain. But well, i prefer Saoirse as Jo, maybe 1994 faded and i need to watch it thoroughly, but now, i prefer Saoirse as Jo by her charcter, by her strong will and ideals, and her childish restlessness.
I'm sorry but the 1994 version feels so much more natural. It's two best friends who have chemistry but Jo understands that they can't make each other happy and Laurie understands that Jo doesn't know herself half as well as she thinks she does. There's actual tension and the feel of a profound turning point in a relationship even without seeing the rest of the film. They're two people who love each other in very different ways. You can see Jo almost wishing she could give in, and feeling actual pain because she knows it's ultimately not the right thing.
The one with Bale was NOT the original. Ugh 😫 There were 2 before the 1933 version where they spoke. The first was lost the second was silent. There was another in the 40s and now these two. I'm never disappointed with how the actors of each film have embraced their rolls. For me none will top the 1930s version as it was the first I saw:)
I like the new version more than the original so much. because in new version the characters are better portraited. The actings are much more subtle, especially Jo, much better acting. Jo in the new version is a much rounded person but Winona's acting was so blend. Also I love the ending of this version too. I like how the "happy ending" was what Jo wrote to please the publisher, not her real intention. It's more Jo than ever!
Hmm christian bale the original huh lol. God im old as i grew up on the black n white 1949 version which was even way before even my time. And there was a 1933 version before that.
wow, I haven't seen the 90s version in years Bale is SO creepy as Laurie. Bale's Laurie just comes off as predatory, repeatedly kissing and pawing at her without any consent and getting right up in her face, like he thinks a yes is guaranteed if he just keeps pushing. The remake has Laurie genuinely thinking they have a chance, and being really earnest about it because he mostly thinks Jo is just doubting herself, not their potential relationship. He's a bit melodramatic but way less creepy. I don't ship it either way but the new version is a MASSIVE improvement if you actually want to think of Laurie as a halfway decent person.
Oooh I can't wait till your hopelessly in love with someonee and have your heart ripped out and pretend like you'll sit there all stoic and rational haha.
@@CB-rv2lj I’m a lesbian, lol. you think I *haven’t* had my heart crushed by a girl who can’t feel the same way? I coped by going ‘wow that sucks but at least we’re friends’ not making a melodramatic confession trying to pressure her into it, attempting to kiss her and refusing to take no for an andwer
Honestamente, me gustó más la versión de Winona y Christian... no digo que la otra no sea excelente, pero se me hace una perfección en todo sentido con Winnie y Christy... solo es un gusto personal 😉
I just can't see Timothee as an equal partner to Saoirse. He looks like a 15-year-old boy, while she seems to be a mature woman. This just doesn't look plausible to me.
Bale's laurie is disgusted. He forced her to kiss even she didn't agree and asked her to quit her writing dream. The book has more respect to women than the 1994 ver
'Timothee's version was a whiny brat who just basically loudly blurted out i love you, marry me. and kept whining about it like he was having a temper tantrum. no finesse. lol. seriously though i turned off the movie after watching the 2019 version. acting sounded forced and fake, no smooth transitions at all.
The script for the 2019 scene is horrible! Love 1994, I would’ve liked 2017 to be thrown in the mix because I did like Jonah Hauer King and Maya Hawke.
@@SIGSEGV1337 right. That's the story she wrote, in which she changed the ending to appease the publisher. But in real life, she never married nor had any serious relationship with any man that we know about.
@@audience7264 What makes you think she was merely appeasing the publisher and not writing her desires? Emily Bronte was the same but she was very clearly also heterosexual. It's a bit presumptuous to claim that any woman who doesn't find a suitable suitor is homosexual.
@@SIGSEGV1337 i was merely speculating, as reflected by my word "consideration." Nothing is certain about her sexuality except that you seem to be certain that she is hetero? How do you know this?
The newer version is too wordy. Particularly in the scene where Teddy / Laurie is saying he wanted to marry joe. All those words from Jo was just too much. In the times that this film depict people spoke for poetically which is why the older version from 1994 made more sense. But it's not the original version the original version starred Elizabeth Taylor and it took place in the late 40s I believe
The 2019 version concentrated more on Jo’s rationale, so you get a stronger sense of Jo’s priorities and thoughts. And the 1994 version focused more on Laurie expressing his love, so you really feel his joy and despair.
I love the 2019 version there's just something about how Jo's eyes look and how desperate Laurie sounds and just feels in general
I believe that it is a generation thing. The older generation will always see bale as their perfect Laurie while younger generations will rave for Timothee. I think both did a great job. But I love the chemistry between Timothee and Saoirse. I think they are tremendous actors that deserve the praise for this adaptation.
Not that you asked for my opinion on your comment, but I personally see bale as the perfect Laurie! Like you said, they both did great, but I just feel like Laurie's chosen style suits Bale a lot more. Timothee definitely looks great as Laurie, though! And I just overall liked the '94 Little Women more than the 2019 version.
you're wrong. I want to see Timothy and a young Winona together 😁
I'm a part of the younger generation and still prefer Christian Bale so-
@@zemium0. Have you seen the mini series from 2017?
Nah, I grew up with the 1994 movie. I felt nothing for it all these years and feel nothing for it now but to wish that it would be over soon.
But the very first time I saw the 2019 version, it moved me to tears multiple times, and I go months without crying and years without crying in front of my family. Even rewatching it I hang on every word. The 1994 movie feels to me as it did when I was young: rehearsed, and inauthentic. The raw emotion of this remake is unparalleled by any movie I've seen still. Like a love letter to a real life
It's not a remake. It's a new adaptation of a novel.
The way she said “we’d kill eachother”🤣🤣 her tone and facial expression and all. I love this scene
The pain of "and I'll watch." is so real. I said the same to my best friend, nearly 2 years ago now, when she started dating. She worried I'd feel abandoned, and replaced, but how I feel hardly matters. I love her. I will love her if she never marries and stays with me forever, I will love her if her husband loves or can't stand me, and I will love her as she chooses her husband if that's what it comes to, and she'll love him. And I'll watch.
Christ man, that is heartbreaking.
My husband was in a similar position...and spoiler alert, we're married and expecting. That said, those were some extraordinary circumstances. Series of epiphanies led me to conclude he was the only person I could trust like that. My genuine advice: focus on moving on. Take some time apart and grow. 90% of the time in these situations, there is some amount of maturity missing. She probably sees your passion as somewhat misinformed. You need perspective so she doesn't feel like she's climbing up on a pedestal she's doomed to fall from.
Set her free. It’s not fair to her and for yourself.
you deserve better. this comment was from a year+ ago and i hope now that you've realized that you do absolutely deserve better for yourself.
I feel like the older one was definitely written by a person who wished Jo and Laurie ended up together. That interpretation is framed more as a tragedy. The new one was written by a person who liked that Laurie married Amy, which I personally prefer. Amy encourages Laurie to aim higher in life and do something of consequence whereas he and Jo would have just argued. I’m glad the Amy/Laurie dynamic got to shine in the new one. It just makes more sense to me.
The original one with Christian & Winona. Still one of my favorite movie scenes of all time.
I hate it because I love it. Winona had such sexual and romantic chemistry with Christian that I couldn't see them as siblings, whereas the 2018 movie actually seems a lot more loyal to the book as I can tell they would not have been happy together
same
The 1994 version is not the original. That's a remake as well. That being said, the 2019 version does a better job at establishing that Laurie and Jo would not be happy together, and that they argue even when Laurie is proposing
I’m a gen x’er and I love this scene with Timothée and Saoirse so much better. Timothée as Laurie in pain is more convincing.
IT'S SO ROMANTIC 😭😭😭😭😭I SWEAR WHEN WOULD YOU GET A MAN PROFESSING HIS LOVE FOR YOU LIKE THAT. The way he keeps saying I love you Jo
Its not romantic when you don't see him that way
@@SummerSun-sg3wf true. I'd marry him🤣🤣
I dont know, some tearing apart. I love Bale as Laurie, and Timothee hes sincere and so convincing in pain, in his own way, you cant explain. But well, i prefer Saoirse as Jo, maybe 1994 faded and i need to watch it thoroughly, but now, i prefer Saoirse as Jo by her charcter, by her strong will and ideals, and her childish restlessness.
I'm sorry but the 1994 version feels so much more natural. It's two best friends who have chemistry but Jo understands that they can't make each other happy and Laurie understands that Jo doesn't know herself half as well as she thinks she does. There's actual tension and the feel of a profound turning point in a relationship even without seeing the rest of the film. They're two people who love each other in very different ways. You can see Jo almost wishing she could give in, and feeling actual pain because she knows it's ultimately not the right thing.
The one with Bale was NOT the original. Ugh 😫 There were 2 before the 1933 version where they spoke. The first was lost the second was silent. There was another in the 40s and now these two. I'm never disappointed with how the actors of each film have embraced their rolls. For me none will top the 1930s version as it was the first I saw:)
THANK GOD SOMEONE ELSE KNOWS THIS 😭😭
Hahaha. The original was done like in 1933 with Katharine Hepburn
Both. I love the adaptations
I like the new version more than the original so much. because in new version the characters are better portraited. The actings are much more subtle, especially Jo, much better acting. Jo in the new version is a much rounded person but Winona's acting was so blend. Also I love the ending of this version too. I like how the "happy ending" was what Jo wrote to please the publisher, not her real intention. It's more Jo than ever!
1994 isn’t the original though. Lol this movie has been remade since the silent era.
Hmm christian bale the original huh lol. God im old as i grew up on the black n white 1949 version which was even way before even my time. And there was a 1933 version before that.
wow, I haven't seen the 90s version in years Bale is SO creepy as Laurie. Bale's Laurie just comes off as predatory, repeatedly kissing and pawing at her without any consent and getting right up in her face, like he thinks a yes is guaranteed if he just keeps pushing.
The remake has Laurie genuinely thinking they have a chance, and being really earnest about it because he mostly thinks Jo is just doubting herself, not their potential relationship. He's a bit melodramatic but way less creepy.
I don't ship it either way but the new version is a MASSIVE improvement if you actually want to think of Laurie as a halfway decent person.
Finally someone said it!
Oooh I can't wait till your hopelessly in love with someonee and have your heart ripped out and pretend like you'll sit there all stoic and rational haha.
@@CB-rv2lj I’m a lesbian, lol. you think I *haven’t* had my heart crushed by a girl who can’t feel the same way? I coped by going ‘wow that sucks but at least we’re friends’ not making a melodramatic confession trying to pressure her into it, attempting to kiss her and refusing to take no for an andwer
@@asmrlistening5945 I don’t care about your sexual preference thanks. Keep it to yourself. I said “someone” for that very reason.
Women find issues in everything 😂
Original is the book. If you're talking about movies, then the first movie was black and white, not the 1994 version.
Bale & Ryder No question!!!
Honestamente, me gustó más la versión de Winona y Christian... no digo que la otra no sea excelente, pero se me hace una perfección en todo sentido con Winnie y Christy... solo es un gusto personal 😉
Both excellent and in differing ways.
I just can't see Timothee as an equal partner to Saoirse. He looks like a 15-year-old boy, while she seems to be a mature woman. This just doesn't look plausible to me.
Aunque no entienda el idioma, siempre la expresión de Bale transmite el dolor de Laurie, el dolor no de un hombre sino de un adolescente.
Why would you want to marry someone that you have to talk into it? Don't do that!
2019 version of his proposal is better because it's closer to the book and that actor did a great job of how i imagined the scene when reading it...
Bale + Ryder
I hated the 2019 version but this one scene was the one scene I liked better than the 1994 version.
Bale is better actor than Chalamet. Chalamet is always like a modern kid.
Bale's laurie is disgusted. He forced her to kiss even she didn't agree and asked her to quit her writing dream. The book has more respect to women than the 1994 ver
'Timothee's version was a whiny brat who just basically loudly blurted out i love you, marry me. and kept whining about it like he was having a temper tantrum. no finesse. lol. seriously though i turned off the movie after watching the 2019 version. acting sounded forced and fake, no smooth transitions at all.
I think that the remake oneis much better.
In the 2019 version Laurie looks younger than Joe?
can you also do a comparison of how Laurie proposed to Amy? 🤞
I'm a Batman fan, so Bale for me.
The script for the 2019 scene is horrible! Love 1994, I would’ve liked 2017 to be thrown in the mix because I did like Jonah Hauer King and Maya Hawke.
Alcot/Jo may be a homosexual. Has anyone considered this?
She's not, she falls in love with someone else towards the end of the movie
@@SIGSEGV1337 right. That's the story she wrote, in which she changed the ending to appease the publisher. But in real life, she never married nor had any serious relationship with any man that we know about.
@@audience7264 What makes you think she was merely appeasing the publisher and not writing her desires? Emily Bronte was the same but she was very clearly also heterosexual. It's a bit presumptuous to claim that any woman who doesn't find a suitable suitor is homosexual.
@@SIGSEGV1337 i was merely speculating, as reflected by my word "consideration." Nothing is certain about her sexuality except that you seem to be certain that she is hetero? How do you know this?
@@audience7264 Sure, she could also have been a murderer and the inventor of the steam locomotive.
The newer version is too wordy. Particularly in the scene where Teddy / Laurie is saying he wanted to marry joe. All those words from Jo was just too much. In the times that this film depict people spoke for poetically which is why the older version from 1994 made more sense. But it's not the original version the original version starred Elizabeth Taylor and it took place in the late 40s I believe
two fascinating actors in a disconcertingly bad movie
nah both versions are good, actually 👍
Christian Bale is a far better actor than Timothée Chalamet.
How so?
what’s the need to pin the against each other??
Bale is definitely the better young laurie.
They're both good actors but Timothee looks like a child