Great Expectations,
based very loosely on the masterpiece by Charles Dickens
The 1946 adaptation for the big screen is still
much better that this version, in spite of the reputable cast.
Ethan Hawke as Finnegan Bell, Gwyneth Paltrow
in the role of Estella, Chris Cooper as Joe, Anne Bancroft in the role of Ms.
Dinsmoor, Robert de Niro as the prisoner Lustig and the other good actors make
an effort.
Alas, the result is not
satisfying.
In part, disappointment comes
from…
Great Expectations
Positive Psychology suggests one rule of
happiness, among many others, which recommends that:
You lower your expectations.
If one has in mind the original masterpiece, we
can find it on the list of best novels ever written.
It is on the Norwegian Book Club’s list of The
Top 100 Books of All Time, available on the Guardian site:
Therefore, when considering that the original
material is a chef d’oeuvre, viewers are entitled to anticipate a triumph.
Add to this the aforementioned stellar cast and
you can walk into a cinema hall with dreamy eyes.
Only you would be better off staying at home
and looking for the classic David Lean film, with John Mills.
In the Charles Dickens novel, a boy from a poor
family saves a frightening fugitive who is later caught by the law.
Pip meets Estella and her protector, Miss
Havisham, a rich woman that the hero thinks is responsible for his fortune.
An unknown benefactor pays for the ascension of
the poor Pip, his transfer to London and consequent wellbeing.
Matters are more complicated with Estella, a
girl that the resentful Havisham teaches to wound men.
Having been abandoned by a man, exactly on her
wedding day, the old woman has a revenge to take.
Estella would be the instrument.
If the structure has been maintained to a
certain degree, many aspects have been changed in the new adaptation.
Pip becomes Finnegan Bell and a painter, who
has some exciting, erotic scenes with the beautiful Estella.
Gwyneth Paltrow might know a thing or two about
wellbeing, given her new position as CEO of…Goop.
Late night show comedians have had a field day
on the new company owned and controlled by Paltrow.
It is supposed to be offering advice, solutions
and luxuriant means to suit any- extremely expensive- taste.
You can go to Goop with
Great Expectations
However, as Bill Maher joked about this phantasmagoria,
it makes people who watch Se7en enjoy the end…
When the head of Paltrow, spoiler alert, the
hilarious Bill Maher adds, is presented in a box, one is glad…
Alfonso Cuaron has had much better results:
Gravity, Y Tu Mama Tambien and for those who
enjoy this kind of summer, teenage movie- Harry Potter
Alas, Great Expectations are not met in this
modern, confusing at times take, with a horrifying Anne Bancroft, unconvincing
Ethan Hawke, far from the days when he enchanted audiences with Before Sunset
and Before Sunrise…
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