Loved the movie

jlowman99

I only wish it were possible to see this movie on the big screen. The scenery was magnificent. Hardy loved the English countryside and this production made me feel as though I was there and at that place in time. I loved "Far From the Madding Crowd" also, but I think Catherine Zeta-Jones is better cast as Eustacia than Julie Christy was as Bathsheba. As a matter-of-fact I think Catherine Zeta-Jones would have made a perfect Bathsheba in a "Far From the Madding Crowd" film if she could have played the part at the same age she was when she acted in "Return of the Native." (she was about 25). After all, Thomas Hardy's Bathsheba was dark-haired and beautiful. Not to say that Julie Christy was not good in the role, but she didn't have dark hair and her hair style seemed from the sixties. I would love to see an Ang Lee ("Sense and Sensability", "Brokeback Mountain", and many more films) version of either one of these movies in the future.

score 9/10

jlowman99 12 February 2008

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