Robyn’s Blog

I am willing to bet that many men decided to become misogynists after watching Little Women.   Was it necessary for them to scream every line of dialogue?  All I can say is, those girls are unbearably loud and obnoxious.  Except for Beth of course, but she’s just unbearably dull.  Though better to be dull and quiet than rambunctious and piercing.

Aside from the fact that the March girls conversed in a tone similar to dog whistles, (but unfortunately not quite high-pitched enough– being that we could still hear them)  I thought the movie had surprisingly good acting and accurately conveyed the struggles and personalities of the girls as well as relaying in the shortened time period of a movie a very good representation of the important interactions of the members of the March family and their respective friends.  Laurie was a bit, um, painfully awkward, but the girls were just brilliant.  Their characters seemed very “fresh,” and unrefined, which is how they came across to me while reading the novel.  The great disadvantage of the film as far as I’m concerned is it’s audio element–the novel being so peacefully silent.