Camille Banks

Absolutely Beautiful Costumes. Stellar Cast even if some were miscast. Flashbacks sometimes confusing, but I know the screenwriter wanted a fresh take on a classic, but she assumed all audiences would know this classic, which wasn't the case. The flashbacks were written for those of us who know the story extremely well. Ronan as Jo was awesome!!! Streep's Aunt March was excellent as expected. I liked Dern's Marme! Emma Watson as Meg was a miscast. Love Watson as an actor & she acted her part well. Physically she seemed like a younger sister. Although she might've made an equally wonderful Jo, as a force to be reckoned w/. She was soooo not a Meg!!!! Her words let us know that it's ok to be a different kind of feminist, choosing to be a wife & mother, but she didn't look the part of the eldest sister who was beautiful & mothered all the others. I'm a huge Jo March fan from the books to all of the former films. Amy was too serious, too old, w/ a lower ranged serious voice from childhood to adulthood. Her clothing was beautiful. She's a powerful actress too. She looked like an Amy, but I didn't fell her flightiness. I didn't hear her mispronounce words to seem self important. I'd love to see her in another movie. I felt like the screenwriter wanted to explain why Amy married Teddy & not Jo, making the flashbacks fit the men that Amy & Jo ended up w/ instead their coming of age story. Was this Amy's movie? Louisa May Alcott & Greta Gerwig might've had a fight over rewriting Amy! I appreciate the jump at the end to Jo opening a school, beyond the happily ever after, adding info from the books, Jo's Boys & Little Men. Prof. Bhaer was wayyy too young, but still handsome & fun to watch. The last flashback negotiating w/ the publisher/editor confused me. I didn't see her travel back to the city. Was this a feminist's fantasy negotiation. It was amusing & even satisfying, but Louisa May didn't write it! Yet, she might've felt it, as a gifted female writer in a sexist era. The movie was STILL entertaining. Visually beautiful. An alternative view for those familiar w/ the original plot. It was confusing to those seated around me, as I heard children laughing in weird places asking questions of parents who knew the story. I sat next to 4 adult females, 3 didn't know the plot and were lost in the flashbacks. 1 female knew the story well, having to explain in whispers, the mannnnyyy manny flashbacks.