Unpopular opinions
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litlover12Just a little book meme I thought of. Feel free to put your own unpopular opinions about books and adaptations on your LJ or in the comments section!
So, here are mine . . .
1. I think of May as the heroine of The Age of Innocence. Yes, I recognize her flaws, but it's not her fault that Newland married her without loving her. She offered him his freedom beforehand; it was his choice not to take it. And afterward, she fights to keep her marriage and family intact. I admire that.
2. I kind of like Ginevra Fanshawe in Villette. I realize I'm not supposed to, and I realize she's rude and has bad taste in men, but she's lively and interesting and not nearly as stupid as Lucy thinks she is. (How many stupid people do you know who nickname their friends after Shakespeare characters?) If Bronte was really trying to come up with a brat that no one would like, she should have taken a leaf out of Jane Austen's book, and made her truly empty-headed like Lydia Bennet.
3. I think Young John Chivery is overrated in Little Dorrit. Don't throw things at me! I know he has good qualities, and I know Russell Tovey played the heck out of him, but he's not really my cup of tea. I know he's sweet, but he has a selfish side too: His big goal in life is to have Amy always in the prison with him, and I don't believe he ever stops to think about what that might be like for her. Besides, he steals Arthur's thunder in the big scene in the Marshalsea. Arthur has at long, long last learned that Amy loves him, and it should be HUGE, and all anyone can talk about is "OMG POOR JOHN, LOOK AT HIM CRY!!!!!!!!" *sigh*
So, here are mine . . .
1. I think of May as the heroine of The Age of Innocence. Yes, I recognize her flaws, but it's not her fault that Newland married her without loving her. She offered him his freedom beforehand; it was his choice not to take it. And afterward, she fights to keep her marriage and family intact. I admire that.
2. I kind of like Ginevra Fanshawe in Villette. I realize I'm not supposed to, and I realize she's rude and has bad taste in men, but she's lively and interesting and not nearly as stupid as Lucy thinks she is. (How many stupid people do you know who nickname their friends after Shakespeare characters?) If Bronte was really trying to come up with a brat that no one would like, she should have taken a leaf out of Jane Austen's book, and made her truly empty-headed like Lydia Bennet.
3. I think Young John Chivery is overrated in Little Dorrit. Don't throw things at me! I know he has good qualities, and I know Russell Tovey played the heck out of him, but he's not really my cup of tea. I know he's sweet, but he has a selfish side too: His big goal in life is to have Amy always in the prison with him, and I don't believe he ever stops to think about what that might be like for her. Besides, he steals Arthur's thunder in the big scene in the Marshalsea. Arthur has at long, long last learned that Amy loves him, and it should be HUGE, and all anyone can talk about is "OMG POOR JOHN, LOOK AT HIM CRY!!!!!!!!" *sigh*
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Date: 2013-05-30 03:21 am (UTC)