Which Jo?

Three movies based on the same book, and the 1933 version and the 1949 version seem to be the same movie only one is in color while one black and white. I mean, it makes sense that the plot to the movie is the same considering they’re adaptations of the book Little Women.  Naturally, the 1994 version is more entertaining to view (not because of the actors necessarily), because the camera moves more.  Watching a movie where the camera is pretty much stationary can be rather dull, and it makes it easier to zone out.
Some people feel that Winona Ryder as “Jo” was a mistake.  That she is “too hollywood.”  I disagree.  Katharine Hepburn and June Allyson made “Jo” into an obnoxious character, who constantly interrupted others and dominating every conversation “Jo” was in.  I have always been fond of the character “Jo” in the book; she was the character […]

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