It's not just that Amy and Laurie's love for each other is mutual, it's also that Amy quite literally made Laurie a man and made him grow up out his fantasies because Amy is very grounded and Laurie is a dreamer and so is Jo, that's why they wouldn't have been a good match, they really didn't balance each other out. Basically, Laurie's love for Jo was boy's love and Laurie's love for Amy was a man's love.
All fair. But speaking purely chemistry, as a married woman, rigid pragmatists like Amy do not often make whimsical people like Laurie very happy. It’s a marriage full of daily tension and frustration.
@@realSimoneCherie I think you missed the part that showed that Laurie grew up and became much more grounded too under Amy's influence. When Laurie proposed to Jo he was trying to mature not only their relationship but himself. He was trying to grow up and be a man but Jo refusing him left him stuck in thinking he had no reason to do anything but pursue fun ...and then Amy came into his life again . She truly loved him and wanted him to be and do better. Her rightful and open disdain for his idle and privileged laziness forced him to see that with his opportunities he was wasting himself and his potential. It was her pushing him to have some ambition in life that made him see her in a whole new light and eventually start falling in love with her. Jo was the love and perfect companion of the carefree , fun loving boy he had been but Amy was the love and perfect life partner of the much more pragmatic and grounded man he became . Amy and Laurie fit together as adults because their feelings , goals and life plans were the same unlike his and Jo's. Laurie after marrying Amy told Jo she was right in refusing him because they wouldn't have worked.
The reason Jo had that ending in the movie is because the author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, wrote Jo as a character who didn't want to get married. However, the reception publishing gave her was that they wouldn’t publish Alcott's book without the main character married in the end, so she had to go against her wishes for Jo and write her married.
I love this ending so much better. In the 1994 adaptation with Winona Ryder and Christian Bale they had Jo marry the writer who was played by an old guy. I always hated that. I still ship her and LAURIE!!!!
@@QueenAlys22 yeah, but I still don’t like that. I always felt like it was out of left field on the 1994 adaptation. Jo never expressed any yarning to have that kind of life. On this one they show her regret not marrying Teddy and that she felt lonely. It would’ve made more since here for her to do what teddy said she would. Fall in love, get married and him have to watch. It’s like he knew her better than she knew herself. Like she was lying to herself all along. I like the fact that in this adaptation she ultimately knew what she wanted out of life. To be fulfilled through her work and her family without having to conform with what society viewed as the only way a woman could be happy. I like that they wrote it that she understood herself and what she ultimately wanted by the end. I’ve never read the book. Does she continue to write?
But I like how Louisa M. Alcott sort of said- “Well, if she has to marry, Jo (who represents her!) will marry someone eccentric and not at all Laurie-like.” She kept some of her own defiance in there, and the wise professor reflects the professor-ish and kind philosophers like Henry David Thoreau whom she knew and loved. (I highly recommend the book A Hopeful Heart, a biography about the author’s life that was hard for me to put down!) 💜
Thank you for letting Jo be angry. So many people like to defend her by saying " she was just a child" she was old enough to know what she was doing. That was a full book that she was probably spent years writing that was personal, yes, she could have been nicer about not letting her go, but she wasn't invited for a reason.
I think this movie isn’t really a romance in the way people think of it; its main character is jo and her main antagonist is Amy, and by Amy marrying Laurie and Jo reconciling with her anyway, it shows the character growth in Jo to truly learn to love Amy and see clearly that Jo doesn’t need a man to be happy, especially not irresponsible Laurie! Amy can handle him but Jo would be far to busy to keep Laurie in line ☺️ I have loved this book forever and this is by far the best adaptation of all time! Also, Louisa Alcott went by Lou or Louis her whole life, and when her youngest sister May (=Amy) dies Lou raises her daughter whom MAY NAMED LOUISA AFTER HER. Amy and Jo are the real sister-ship of this story and I’m sticking to that.
People talk about relating to Jo or one of the March sisters, but I feel I will turn into Aunt March where I’m rich, alone and line reading everyone at every opportunity 😂
I LOVE this movie it a movie I always watch at least once a month. Also Laurie and Jo never dated they were only friends so Laurie proposed while they were friends so they never became a thing. Plus Jo not wanting to marry Laurie wasn’t because she wanted to break societal norms but because she wasn’t in love with him and couldn’t return the same feelings to Laurie. Anyways I loved your commentary and personally for me Amy was my favorite March sister, she in the end married for love and money and I love that for her.
You mentioned a few times that Beth is always in the background which reminded me of a quote from the beginning of the book that mentions that and uses it as foreshadowing! I don’t remember the exact wording but it compared her to a cricket on the hearth, you don’t realize how accustomed you became to its constant presence until it suddenly stops singing :’(
I love how everyone started to relate themselves with one of the sisters when this movie released and when most related to Jo, Meg and Amy.. I related to Beth. She was the most quite but loved girl among the all. Though in the movie, her character wasn't much payed attention to since we had some other strong characters which needed to carry the movie but in the novel, the way her every line was so descriptive and emotional, her passing affected readers a lot. I remember when she told Jo how every sister had a dream to persue but she always saw herself at home working small chores and being close to her mother. She did not had any strong ambitions but was still a character that could not be overlooked or forgotten. She lived her life the way she wanted even if it wasn't as epic as the other and that is why it makes the whole storyline so realistic. Sometimes, when we don't have a dream, we think we're lost and lack meaning in our lives but what we don't realise is that today, the present that we're living is a dream we dreamed back then
Meg's worries about having nice things stems from remembering a time when her family was financially better off. She can remember this time better than any of her other sisters. Mr. March was kind, but bad investments led to the March's losing their fortune. They were obviously more comfortable than the Hummels, but not well to do compared to Aunt March or Laurie.
Jo not getting married was actually a nod to the author. In the original book they have ending where joe gets married to Friedrick. The book was always at least somewhat based on the authors life. the author however became a successful author, but never married. So the movie ending was a nod to the authors real life. :)
The quote by Jo about women in the attic is not an invention by the filmmakers. It is a quote by Louisa May Alcott (the author of Little Women), in one of her another book, "Rose in Bloom". The main character Rose says "[...] We've got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to live and learn as well as love and be loved. I'm sick of being told that is all a woman is fit for! I won't have anything to do with love till I prove I am something besides a housekeeper and baby-tender!". She says this to her cousin Charlie who says that rich girls or rather women in general are only there to break hearts and then settle down, they have no ambition of their own, that is how he thinks. Also, in the book Little Women (Part 2), everyone of the March Family knows about Amy and Laurie's relationship, because Amy and Laurie have written them about the fact that they are together. Jo is very happy that they are married (she never wrote a letter to Laurie in the book). Also, in the book, after Amy scolds Laurie on being lazy, he gets hurt by her words and starts to write an opera, at first with Jo in his mind as the heroine of the opera. But the heroine of the opera is always blonde, and does elegant stuff (like Amy). Also, while he tries to compose the opera, he constantly hums the music of a ball he attended and danced at with Amy. The books makes Amy and Laurie's relationship much more romantic and better.
Jo doesn’t really have a leg to stand on in terms of Laurie. She didn’t love him in that way. Period. She made it clear that she was lonely and she knows laurie would worship her. But ultimately they’re not fit for one another just off of that let alone anything else (because there are other issues) so him being with Amy makes more sense to me tbh. Also, I do feel base off of what I know of Louisa May Alcott that since Jo is based off of herself, that she may have been queer coded since there’s speculation that she herself, was queer. Of course given the time period, that couldn’t be explicitly stated or explored and while I do wish that Greta would have leaned into that, I do appreciate that she wanted to honor the source material as much as she could. I love this version a lot. Gave it a fresh feeling. Laurie is in love with the March family in general I think. I think he desperately wanted to be a part of that and while I do think he loved Jo in a young kind of sweet way, being with Amy feels more realistic. I do think at a point in the friendship between him and the girls, there’s a chance he would have taken what he could get but ultimately it worked out how it should have imo.
While we do not know of any women Louisa May Alcott had feelings for, it's been documented that she held a torch for the Transcendentalists Henry David Thoreau (her schoolteacher) and Ralph Waldo Emerson (her neighbor).
Jo is a character who was written almost similar to the author, Louisa May Alcott - she never married and scholars speculate she was actually a lesbian, although there is no concrete evidence of it. One quote of hers that people point to is, "...I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man." Speaking as a queer woman myself...Jo is the main one out of the four that I related to the most before coming out so, take that as you will lmaooo
I don't think I've ever related to a character ter as much as Jo. "Woman have souls and minds as well as just hearts and ambition and taleny as well as just beauty. And im so sick of being told that love is all a woman is fit for. But I am SO lonely...". And the "I don't know anyone", lmao. My introvert+kinda feminist life in a nutshell. I know, everyone loves Amy but I love Jo.
@@alinac5512 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I agree with everything you said. Like what about women that never met the right person? Are they just supposed to mope and be unhappy forever because they never got married and had children? No they should live their lives to the fullest. Happiness is a choice.
I never liked Amy until this movie! So it’s crazy that I was totally about her and Laurie in this one 🤣 In the book, they have a little girl called Beth.
This is my COMFORT MOVIEEEE A few things Lakia - the whole idea of “dating” was really not a thing in the 1860s/1870s😂😂 Men would court women but you could never really casually date without the intention of marriage. Also when Amy and Laurie first meet, they’re essentially children/teenagers (it’s harder for this to come across since the actors don’t really age here). So they hadn’t really been “dating for years” - they were more just growing up together but always had an affinity for each other. Also about the ending with Frederick - in the book Jo ends up with him and this was Greta Gerwigs’ tribute to Alcott, who never married herself. I have to say though, the chapters about Jo and her professor are really romantic and beautiful in the novel - its hard for me to believe that it was totally just a joke for Louisa, it sounded more like “if I was ever to marry, it would be this man”. In the book he’s an old, poor German professor who cares for his orphaned niece and nephew and likes to use “thou” in regular conversation 😂😂 so a far reach from this depiction.
WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE!!! This is one of my all time favorite movies!!! Its actually become a Christmas staple for me and my family. So glad you reacted to this 🥰
13:32 LOL! Its the rise of the robots!! Lol. I enjoyed your reaction. I was spoiled on what happened to Beth because of a FRIENDS episode. Thankfully it didnt take away from the film/book but as soon as she got the fever i knew.
the movie basically force feeds us to realise that just like jo was forced to make her main character marry, so was louise may alcott. if jo's marriage feels awkward and forced, it's because it is. it's borderline a satire against the gender expectations of female characters and writers of the time.
@@QueenAlys22it was forced by her publishers and fans. Alcott based Friedrich off of her tutor, she decided if she was forced to marry someone, it would be a marriage of the minds. That’s all there was to it.
This version of the movie is harder to follow because it jumps around in time so much but you did a great job. The one with Winona Ryder is easier because the timeline is straightforward and the movie is quite good too. I have every version of this movie and they all have something to offer. Reading the book would have made it easier for you too. It's an enjoyable read. It was great watching this with you. ❤☮🙏
That was what separated his love for Jo from his love for Amy. He was obsessed with pleasing her and put her on a pedestal, which all teenage boys tend to do with their first loves.
I adored how this movie made Jo's ending ambiguous. If you want her married, you can believe the ending But if you don't, you can see it as her writing it into her book but not her real life. Since the 'present' is tinged blue and the 'past' is tinged yellow, and the ending it also tinted yellow, it's pretty easy to guess that we're not supposed to take the ending seriously.
You will be surprised to know how many men in media want to see women die so the man learns something or they get married and that plot line gets neatly tied up.
It wasn't that she didn't want to get married just for the idea of an independent woman, she just never had any interest in marriage in the first place which it why she offered Meg to run away with her. Because she honestly did not understand why Meg would willingly go on with the marriage.
Meg grew up before the civil war so she remembers when they had money which is why she finds it hard. She loves Mr Brooks but it's still hard to be poor. It's believed that the author was actually gay and jo represents the author so it makes perfect sense for her to turn Lauri down. Since you can't be gay back then everyone gets pissed at Amy when in fact Laurie and Amy belong together. The professor is a made up because they wouldn't publish her book otherwise.
22:39 I feel like that's because she was trying hard to prove her point that love isn't just all a woman is fit for. Back in her days, the common perceived purpose of women was to get married and she disagreed. Her argument would be less convincing if she doesn't practise what she preaches.
I will take the opportunity to say that Timothée Chalamet is talented and beautiful. No slander will be tolerated. I don’t care about difference in opinion. There’s only one opinion.
The film is actually inspired by two books, Little Women and Good Wives. Little Women is about them when they’re young and Good Wives is when they’re older. Little Women was amazing!! It was all feminism and girl power and al about the girls wanting to chase their dreams, and then Good Wives … 😬 completely turns that around and the girls all give up their dreams to be the perfect wife to their husbands 😬😬 i hated that in the second book… completely erased their personalities
Lakia I know this is a bit of an older video but if you’re interested in doing more period drama pieces, I’d love to recommend the 2011 Jane Eyre movie. It’s gothic romance art it’s finest
You forget that marriage back then basically required that you have children since birth control methods BARELY existed, if at all. Not to mention that all of society would now see you as “a man’s wife” instead of an individual, and your husband would control everything you had, making him in control of you. There’s a lot of valid reasons Jo wouldn’t have wanted to get married back then, I don’t think it’s as confusing as you’re making it out to be. It wasn’t about “love.” Amy even makes that point later on. It was a social and “economical proposition” at that time.
It was so hard for me to like jo in the beginning because there were instances where she was so pretentious, condescending, and a steamroller. But by the end I understood why she felt she needed to be that way because of the times and she learned she could be a independent/successful and still be in love.
Lil Tobit from the book the reason why the March family is the way they are is because the father use to teach Black Children or slave children in his schools causing him to be ostracized so the March family had to move a lot before the story / book beginnings Also why the March family has so much conviction in their beliefs because they had to pay a lot for them, and why they are so giving in the community / city while others are not They would be seen as liberal hippies in today terms And little women is seen as the first modern feminist book There is also a lot nods to the author - jo / the writer also wrote with both hands because after her factory work her hands would give out so she had to learn how to write with the other hand - Jo’s sexuality / appearance the author ‘s sexuality is questioned but she was known to dress more male compared to her sisters Annnd a lot more haha This is one of my favorite films yet, I grew up with the 90’s iconic one this one does Amy Justice for sure
No, you really can't just "get married and still break the status quo". Consider the time period, the way a marriage was something different at the time
Amy/Laurie was way better then Jo/Laurie idc idc. Shout out to Carol Vidotti’s comment. She commented exactly what I think about Laurie’s love towards Jo and Amy. With Jo it was a boy’s love and Amy it was a man’s love. I honestly don’t get how many ppl don’t understand that.
I feel like Amy was a lot younger in the book I could be wrong about that but I've only read the book once but I feel like her actions make more sense because she was a lot younger and was much more childish and it almost just feels even worse considering the fact that she's like the same age basically as the other sisters in the movie or at least in this particular movie
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It's not just that Amy and Laurie's love for each other is mutual, it's also that Amy quite literally made Laurie a man and made him grow up out his fantasies because Amy is very grounded and Laurie is a dreamer and so is Jo, that's why they wouldn't have been a good match, they really didn't balance each other out. Basically, Laurie's love for Jo was boy's love and Laurie's love for Amy was a man's love.
All fair. But speaking purely chemistry, as a married woman, rigid pragmatists like Amy do not often make whimsical people like Laurie very happy. It’s a marriage full of daily tension and frustration.
@@realSimoneCherie couples like that can still make it work tho. Amy and Laurie are that couple that was able to make it work.
Especially since Laurie is similar to Jo in ways. Amy understands him and she can bring him into reality.
@@realSimoneCherie I think you missed the part that showed that Laurie grew up and became much more grounded too under Amy's influence. When Laurie proposed to Jo he was trying to mature not only their relationship but himself. He was trying to grow up and be a man but Jo refusing him left him stuck in thinking he had no reason to do anything but pursue fun ...and then Amy came into his life again . She truly loved him and wanted him to be and do better. Her rightful and open disdain for his idle and privileged laziness forced him to see that with his opportunities he was wasting himself and his potential. It was her pushing him to have some ambition in life that made him see her in a whole new light and eventually start falling in love with her. Jo was the love and perfect companion of the carefree , fun loving boy he had been but Amy was the love and perfect life partner of the much more pragmatic and grounded man he became . Amy and Laurie fit together as adults because their feelings , goals and life plans were the same unlike his and Jo's. Laurie after marrying Amy told Jo she was right in refusing him because they wouldn't have worked.
The reason Jo had that ending in the movie is because the author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, wrote Jo as a character who didn't want to get married. However, the reception publishing gave her was that they wouldn’t publish Alcott's book without the main character married in the end, so she had to go against her wishes for Jo and write her married.
in our minds, jo is happier alone 😌
I love this ending so much better. In the 1994 adaptation with Winona Ryder and Christian Bale they had Jo marry the writer who was played by an old guy. I always hated that.
I still ship her and LAURIE!!!!
@@Epic4Evr1990but she gets married on the novels. Not only that she has kids with him
@@QueenAlys22 yeah, but I still don’t like that. I always felt like it was out of left field on the 1994 adaptation. Jo never expressed any yarning to have that kind of life.
On this one they show her regret not marrying Teddy and that she felt lonely. It would’ve made more since here for her to do what teddy said she would. Fall in love, get married and him have to watch. It’s like he knew her better than she knew herself. Like she was lying to herself all along.
I like the fact that in this adaptation she ultimately knew what she wanted out of life. To be fulfilled through her work and her family without having to conform with what society viewed as the only way a woman could be happy.
I like that they wrote it that she understood herself and what she ultimately wanted by the end.
I’ve never read the book. Does she continue to write?
But I like how Louisa M. Alcott sort of said- “Well, if she has to marry, Jo (who represents her!) will marry someone eccentric and not at all Laurie-like.” She kept some of her own defiance in there, and the wise professor reflects the professor-ish and kind philosophers like Henry David Thoreau whom she knew and loved. (I highly recommend the book A Hopeful Heart, a biography about the author’s life that was hard for me to put down!) 💜
"what does amy call you?" ... smirks, "my lord"
please, not the 19th century equivalent of daddy 🤚💀
oml u just said what i couldnt put my finger on
I never noticed it omllll 💀💀💀
Thank you for letting Jo be angry. So many people like to defend her by saying " she was just a child" she was old enough to know what she was doing. That was a full book that she was probably spent years writing that was personal, yes, she could have been nicer about not letting her go, but she wasn't invited for a reason.
I think this movie isn’t really a romance in the way people think of it; its main character is jo and her main antagonist is Amy, and by Amy marrying Laurie and Jo reconciling with her anyway, it shows the character growth in Jo to truly learn to love Amy and see clearly that Jo doesn’t need a man to be happy, especially not irresponsible Laurie! Amy can handle him but Jo would be far to busy to keep Laurie in line ☺️ I have loved this book forever and this is by far the best adaptation of all time! Also, Louisa Alcott went by Lou or Louis her whole life, and when her youngest sister May (=Amy) dies Lou raises her daughter whom MAY NAMED LOUISA AFTER HER. Amy and Jo are the real sister-ship of this story and I’m sticking to that.
People talk about relating to Jo or one of the March sisters, but I feel I will turn into Aunt March where I’m rich, alone and line reading everyone at every opportunity 😂
goals honestly
Im manifesting this tbh
I LOVE this movie it a movie I always watch at least once a month. Also Laurie and Jo never dated they were only friends so Laurie proposed while they were friends so they never became a thing. Plus Jo not wanting to marry Laurie wasn’t because she wanted to break societal norms but because she wasn’t in love with him and couldn’t return the same feelings to Laurie. Anyways I loved your commentary and personally for me Amy was my favorite March sister, she in the end married for love and money and I love that for her.
Thank you 😊 I was wondering if they were just friends or more
Amy is honestly such a mood. She grew up and knew what was up. (probably from influence of aunt march) but still she KNEW
You mentioned a few times that Beth is always in the background which reminded me of a quote from the beginning of the book that mentions that and uses it as foreshadowing! I don’t remember the exact wording but it compared her to a cricket on the hearth, you don’t realize how accustomed you became to its constant presence until it suddenly stops singing :’(
I love how everyone started to relate themselves with one of the sisters when this movie released and when most related to Jo, Meg and Amy.. I related to Beth. She was the most quite but loved girl among the all. Though in the movie, her character wasn't much payed attention to since we had some other strong characters which needed to carry the movie but in the novel, the way her every line was so descriptive and emotional, her passing affected readers a lot. I remember when she told Jo how every sister had a dream to persue but she always saw herself at home working small chores and being close to her mother. She did not had any strong ambitions but was still a character that could not be overlooked or forgotten. She lived her life the way she wanted even if it wasn't as epic as the other and that is why it makes the whole storyline so realistic. Sometimes, when we don't have a dream, we think we're lost and lack meaning in our lives but what we don't realise is that today, the present that we're living is a dream we dreamed back then
Your comment is so beautiful....
Meg's worries about having nice things stems from remembering a time when her family was financially better off. She can remember this time better than any of her other sisters.
Mr. March was kind, but bad investments led to the March's losing their fortune. They were obviously more comfortable than the Hummels, but not well to do compared to Aunt March or Laurie.
Your editing style never ceases to make me laugh 🤣
Thank you lol
Same😂
Jo not getting married was actually a nod to the author. In the original book they have ending where joe gets married to Friedrick. The book was always at least somewhat based on the authors life. the author however became a successful author, but never married. So the movie ending was a nod to the authors real life. :)
The quote by Jo about women in the attic is not an invention by the filmmakers. It is a quote by Louisa May Alcott (the author of Little Women), in one of her another book, "Rose in Bloom". The main character Rose says "[...] We've got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to live and learn as well as love and be loved. I'm sick of being told that is all a woman is fit for! I won't have anything to do with love till I prove I am something besides a housekeeper and baby-tender!". She says this to her cousin Charlie who says that rich girls or rather women in general are only there to break hearts and then settle down, they have no ambition of their own, that is how he thinks.
Also, in the book Little Women (Part 2), everyone of the March Family knows about Amy and Laurie's relationship, because Amy and Laurie have written them about the fact that they are together. Jo is very happy that they are married (she never wrote a letter to Laurie in the book).
Also, in the book, after Amy scolds Laurie on being lazy, he gets hurt by her words and starts to write an opera, at first with Jo in his mind as the heroine of the opera. But the heroine of the opera is always blonde, and does elegant stuff (like Amy). Also, while he tries to compose the opera, he constantly hums the music of a ball he attended and danced at with Amy.
The books makes Amy and Laurie's relationship much more romantic and better.
That "meet Beth" and the fading into black right after. That was evil.
Jo doesn’t really have a leg to stand on in terms of Laurie. She didn’t love him in that way. Period. She made it clear that she was lonely and she knows laurie would worship her. But ultimately they’re not fit for one another just off of that let alone anything else (because there are other issues) so him being with Amy makes more sense to me tbh. Also, I do feel base off of what I know of Louisa May Alcott that since Jo is based off of herself, that she may have been queer coded since there’s speculation that she herself, was queer. Of course given the time period, that couldn’t be explicitly stated or explored and while I do wish that Greta would have leaned into that, I do appreciate that she wanted to honor the source material as much as she could. I love this version a lot. Gave it a fresh feeling.
Laurie is in love with the March family in general I think. I think he desperately wanted to be a part of that and while I do think he loved Jo in a young kind of sweet way, being with Amy feels more realistic. I do think at a point in the friendship between him and the girls, there’s a chance he would have taken what he could get but ultimately it worked out how it should have imo.
While we do not know of any women Louisa May Alcott had feelings for, it's been documented that she held a torch for the Transcendentalists Henry David Thoreau (her schoolteacher) and Ralph Waldo Emerson (her neighbor).
Jo is a character who was written almost similar to the author, Louisa May Alcott - she never married and scholars speculate she was actually a lesbian, although there is no concrete evidence of it. One quote of hers that people point to is, "...I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man." Speaking as a queer woman myself...Jo is the main one out of the four that I related to the most before coming out so, take that as you will lmaooo
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Agreed!
"Where's Beth" Oh honey, you have a big storm coming.
‘Vote Jo She Know’ is my new favourite flag. It’s brilliant ❤
I don't think I've ever related to a character ter as much as Jo. "Woman have souls and minds as well as just hearts and ambition and taleny as well as just beauty. And im so sick of being told that love is all a woman is fit for. But I am SO lonely...". And the "I don't know anyone", lmao. My introvert+kinda feminist life in a nutshell. I know, everyone loves Amy but I love Jo.
@@alinac5512 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I agree with everything you said.
Like what about women that never met the right person? Are they just supposed to mope and be unhappy forever because they never got married and had children?
No they should live their lives to the fullest. Happiness is a choice.
I never liked Amy until this movie! So it’s crazy that I was totally about her and Laurie in this one 🤣 In the book, they have a little girl called Beth.
It’s because of the way they set it up here. She’s introduced in a way to purposefully make her more likable.
Jo getting rid of her tresses and then crying over it will never be iconic.
Florence Pugh in this movie served performance, depth AND lewks 👏🏽
This is my COMFORT MOVIEEEE
A few things Lakia - the whole idea of “dating” was really not a thing in the 1860s/1870s😂😂 Men would court women but you could never really casually date without the intention of marriage. Also when Amy and Laurie first meet, they’re essentially children/teenagers (it’s harder for this to come across since the actors don’t really age here). So they hadn’t really been “dating for years” - they were more just growing up together but always had an affinity for each other. Also about the ending with Frederick - in the book Jo ends up with him and this was Greta Gerwigs’ tribute to Alcott, who never married herself. I have to say though, the chapters about Jo and her professor are really romantic and beautiful in the novel - its hard for me to believe that it was totally just a joke for Louisa, it sounded more like “if I was ever to marry, it would be this man”. In the book he’s an old, poor German professor who cares for his orphaned niece and nephew and likes to use “thou” in regular conversation 😂😂 so a far reach from this depiction.
Marmie and Mr. March are healthy parents and I love it ❤
WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE!!! This is one of my all time favorite movies!!! Its actually become a Christmas staple for me and my family. So glad you reacted to this 🥰
23:06 I love this part lmao
“I hate this” 😖
One second later
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“Ahhhhhh” 🥰
yesss one of my fav movies and books
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13:32 LOL! Its the rise of the robots!! Lol.
I enjoyed your reaction. I was spoiled on what happened to Beth because of a FRIENDS episode. Thankfully it didnt take away from the film/book but as soon as she got the fever i knew.
the movie basically force feeds us to realise that just like jo was forced to make her main character marry, so was louise may alcott. if jo's marriage feels awkward and forced, it's because it is. it's borderline a satire against the gender expectations of female characters and writers of the time.
Was she tho? She wrote sequels with jo as a married woman that doesnt seem like someone forced tbh
@@QueenAlys22it was forced by her publishers and fans. Alcott based Friedrich off of her tutor, she decided if she was forced to marry someone, it would be a marriage of the minds. That’s all there was to it.
This version of the movie is harder to follow because it jumps around in time so much but you did a great job. The one with Winona Ryder is easier because the timeline is straightforward and the movie is quite good too. I have every version of this movie and they all have something to offer. Reading the book would have made it easier for you too. It's an enjoyable read. It was great watching this with you. ❤☮🙏
Alexa trying to have a conversation with you took me outtttttt lol 😆
Laurie saying “What would Jo say” to Meg is one of the reasons Jo&laurie were toxic
That was what separated his love for Jo from his love for Amy. He was obsessed with pleasing her and put her on a pedestal, which all teenage boys tend to do with their first loves.
your editing gives me life
This was my first time ever seeing this and I can't believe I didn't see it when it first came out. It's so extremely good. Love your videos!
Jo when she heard Amy was going to Europe: “What? Ummm Chile…ANYWAY SO…”
This is my favorite version of little women because the end is so meta, and I love it.
Thanks for your reaction ☆ so lovely
I LOVE the editing on this video! Had me LOL the whole time 😆😫🤣
So close to 100k!
I saw this Little Women adaptation in theater for Christmas. Instant favorite ✨
Omg i was waiting for this 🥰
I adored how this movie made Jo's ending ambiguous. If you want her married, you can believe the ending
But if you don't, you can see it as her writing it into her book but not her real life. Since the 'present' is tinged blue and the 'past' is tinged yellow, and the ending it also tinted yellow, it's pretty easy to guess that we're not supposed to take the ending seriously.
You will be surprised to know how many men in media want to see women die so the man learns something or they get married and that plot line gets neatly tied up.
Yes, it's so messed but if it's reverse, they want the woman to be depressed and lonely the rest of their lives.
Love the way u edited n cut these, great reaction too. Definitely subbing
This is one of my favorite movies of all time!!!!!!!
ugh I love amy & this movie sm
Not lakia missing The Best conversation of the movie ☠️
You should definitely watch the 1994 one, it’d be great to hear how you feel about the differences!
Rewatched this movie today it's beautiful! I love Laurie&Amy's relationship and your reaction ☺️
Girl I can’t see Saoirse without seeing Susie from the Lovely Bones, that movie wrecked me
If you watch the version with Christian Bale, you'll see the age difference between Amy and Laurie 😬😅
Gawd I needed this! One of my favorite movies. ♥️
Idk if ur taking suggestions but the movie atonement is so good!
I second this!!
NO PLEASE NO 😭
Still heartbroken to this day
Yes!! I love little women 💕
Okay so this will now become my second comfort movie because why is this so cute!
It wasn't that she didn't want to get married just for the idea of an independent woman, she just never had any interest in marriage in the first place which it why she offered Meg to run away with her. Because she honestly did not understand why Meg would willingly go on with the marriage.
your makeup looks soo good
the way i RAN when i saw the title!!
hold up is 1:41 a bridgerton reference? because we need a reaction please ma’am!!
Not the dramatic song for Jo’s speech 😭😂😂
One of my favorite films
I figured that when Amy has bangs they’re in the past and when she doesn’t have banks and like big downs it’s in the present 😂
this is soo well done lol good job on this video
Omg I've never laughed so much in my life 🤣
This is one of my favorites ❤️ love this hairstyle, you look stunning 😊
Meg grew up before the civil war so she remembers when they had money which is why she finds it hard. She loves Mr Brooks but it's still hard to be poor.
It's believed that the author was actually gay and jo represents the author so it makes perfect sense for her to turn Lauri down. Since you can't be gay back then everyone gets pissed at Amy when in fact Laurie and Amy belong together. The professor is a made up because they wouldn't publish her book otherwise.
22:39 I feel like that's because she was trying hard to prove her point that love isn't just all a woman is fit for. Back in her days, the common perceived purpose of women was to get married and she disagreed. Her argument would be less convincing if she doesn't practise what she preaches.
My favorite adaptation of Little Women
yeah the back and forth from past to present was confusing.
I will take the opportunity to say that Timothée Chalamet is talented and beautiful. No slander will be tolerated. I don’t care about difference in opinion. There’s only one opinion.
The film is actually inspired by two books, Little Women and Good Wives. Little Women is about them when they’re young and Good Wives is when they’re older. Little Women was amazing!! It was all feminism and girl power and al about the girls wanting to chase their dreams, and then Good Wives … 😬 completely turns that around and the girls all give up their dreams to be the perfect wife to their husbands 😬😬 i hated that in the second book… completely erased their personalities
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Meryl Streep added a beautiful caustic realness as Aunt March. I mean, she’s excellence herself so what do I say now?
Lakia I know this is a bit of an older video but if you’re interested in doing more period drama pieces, I’d love to recommend the 2011 Jane Eyre movie. It’s gothic romance art it’s finest
I love that movie too! It's one of my favorites!
Lakia your hair is so cute! It’s giving 😍
Every time I see Florence Pugh, I think of Yelena from Black Widow
it's the accent for no reason for me LOL
Btw did you know there’s a book where there’s a Black Retelling of ‘Little Women’? I’ve heard good things about it.
What’s it called?
I will never forgive Alexa OR Bezos for ruining her reaction to the “marriage is an economic proposition” speech 😡
I wish you all the best on reaching 100K Subscribers!
Thank you for reacting to this movie. 😂Your videos always make my day. Could you react to Mamma Mia 1 and Ever After A Cinderella Story. Thank you 🤭
Ever After was my jam. Love that movie. :)
I don't know, this movie is super beautiful and well done but only the original does it for me. (Nostalgia at it's finest)
I love your channel
Girl, youtube has become such a dark and depressing place over the years, your channel is a breath of fresh air to me ❤🎉
You forget that marriage back then basically required that you have children since birth control methods BARELY existed, if at all. Not to mention that all of society would now see you as “a man’s wife” instead of an individual, and your husband would control everything you had, making him in control of you. There’s a lot of valid reasons Jo wouldn’t have wanted to get married back then, I don’t think it’s as confusing as you’re making it out to be.
It wasn’t about “love.” Amy even makes that point later on. It was a social and “economical proposition” at that time.
Society has turned marriage into an economic proposition
Why is Jo kinda like Anne Shirley?? Except anne got gilbert
*Vote Jo She Know* I’m cryingggg😂
It was so hard for me to like jo in the beginning because there were instances where she was so pretentious, condescending, and a steamroller. But by the end I understood why she felt she needed to be that way because of the times and she learned she could be a independent/successful and still be in love.
such a good movie when u cant sleep
Lil Tobit from the book the reason why the March family is the way they are is because the father use to teach Black Children or slave children in his schools causing him to be ostracized so the March family had to move a lot before the story / book beginnings
Also why the March family has so much conviction in their beliefs because they had to pay a lot for them, and why they are so giving in the community / city while others are not
They would be seen as liberal hippies in today terms
And little women is seen as the first modern feminist book
There is also a lot nods to the author - jo / the writer also wrote with both hands because after her factory work her hands would give out so she had to learn how to write with the other hand
- Jo’s sexuality / appearance the author ‘s sexuality is questioned but she was known to dress more male compared to her sisters
Annnd a lot more haha
This is one of my favorite films yet, I grew up with the 90’s iconic one this one does Amy Justice for sure
Ahh, I love this movie!!!!!!
screaming i just need you to watch bridgerton now i feel like you would eat it UP !!
I was flabbergasted to see the father was Bob Odenkirk
Looks like odets dad in barbie swan lake 😂
Please do Sense and Sensibility 🙏🏾🙏🏾
im waiting for your rom com era 😂
Hmmm…👀🤔🤔
This video was kinda my reaction when i first watched this movie
I love how you’re shipping people! If you were a show, it’d be ‘The Suite Life On Deck’.
No, you really can't just "get married and still break the status quo". Consider the time period, the way a marriage was something different at the time
I LOVE YOUR MAKEUPPPPPPP
Amy/Laurie was way better then Jo/Laurie idc idc. Shout out to Carol Vidotti’s comment. She commented exactly what I think about Laurie’s love towards Jo and Amy. With Jo it was a boy’s love and Amy it was a man’s love. I honestly don’t get how many ppl don’t understand that.
I’m not gonna lie… I feel like you missed the point of this movie.
You should react to ‘Monsoon Wedding’ or ‘Bride and Prejudice’.
If you liked this, you need to check out the 1994 version.
I feel like Amy was a lot younger in the book I could be wrong about that but I've only read the book once but I feel like her actions make more sense because she was a lot younger and was much more childish and it almost just feels even worse considering the fact that she's like the same age basically as the other sisters in the movie or at least in this particular movie
Yes! Amy was twelve years old and Jo was fifteen years old when the book incident happened