That parallel of Jo running downstairs to find Beth recovered with Jo slowly walking downstairs to find Beth isn't there ... what a freaking gut punch.
Beth is suspected to have died from what we now call rheumatic heart disease. It's caused by damage to the heart done after a strep infection such as scarlet fever. Severe disease would have left her feeble and weak eventually dying of heart failure.
Rheumatic fever is also a rare, stand-alone, autoimmune disease. The body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues and organs, causing inflammation. Rheumatic fever can lead to serious complications, including rheumatic heart disease, which can cause inflammation and scarring of the heart valves. Treatment involves medication, sometimes for life. The scarring to the heart causes the heart to beat incorrectly, i.e., slowly or erratically, causing the body to process under oxyginated blood to the body's organs, leading to fatigue and pulminory problems (such as COPD). In severe cases, organ failure due to lack of oxygen can occur.
I think my favorite detail of this movie with the storytelling not being completely linear like every "little women" movie that's come before it but going back and forth to the past to the present. The way it shows the stark contrast of how one event can change your perception of life and how you view it. the past was filmed to be bright, warm and happy and the present was filmed to be monotonous, gray and sad because of Beth's illness that ultimately leads to her death. the similar shots of Jo walking into the kitchen one time with Beth feeling better and the next with her just being gone and her mother being devastated at the loss of one of her children chokes me up every time. Brilliantly done.
As a mother, this scene absolutely breaks me. I know this is just a movie, based on a novel, but I wanted so bad to wrap my arms around the mother. There is no pain the same as a mother losing a child.
When I saw this in theatres, I knew only the most basic information about Little Women and found myself incredibly engrossed in the film. Famously, I gasped when Amy turned down Fred, which caused the audience to laugh in response. But I stand by my shock, even if I’ve had a hundred years to read the book or see another film version!
The film wasn't in chronological order. The scene where Jo runs down the steps took place in the past when Beth recovered from her bought of scarlet fever, while the duller colored, slower scene of Jo walking down the stairs takes place in the "present".
I admit that I haven't seen this 2019 adaptation. I prefer the 1994 movie with Winona Ryder. I feel that Emma Watson could have fit Jo's role well. Smart, fiery, free-spirited, cultured even without the privilege of higher education, and willing to go against the grain of society's expectations of women at that time. She would have needed to tap into some temper and frivolity for the role, but she might have been able to pull it off.
That parallel of Jo running downstairs to find Beth recovered with Jo slowly walking downstairs to find Beth isn't there ... what a freaking gut punch.
Beth is suspected to have died from what we now call rheumatic heart disease. It's caused by damage to the heart done after a strep infection such as scarlet fever. Severe disease would have left her feeble and weak eventually dying of heart failure.
Thank you, I was about to ask if anyone knew what she passed from.
My mom survived it in the 50s. It was close. She was in the house for a year.
Rheumatic fever is also a rare, stand-alone, autoimmune disease. The body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues and organs, causing inflammation. Rheumatic fever can lead to serious complications, including rheumatic heart disease, which can cause inflammation and scarring of the heart valves. Treatment involves medication, sometimes for life.
The scarring to the heart causes the heart to beat incorrectly, i.e., slowly or erratically, causing the body to process under oxyginated blood to the body's organs, leading to fatigue and pulminory problems (such as COPD). In severe cases, organ failure due to lack of oxygen can occur.
My nana had that as a child. Lifelong heart trouble. Died at 68. I miss her everyday.
The same tune played in two different contexts. One happy and one sad. And yet played side by side its heartbreaking
I think my favorite detail of this movie with the storytelling not being completely linear like every "little women" movie that's come before it but going back and forth to the past to the present. The way it shows the stark contrast of how one event can change your perception of life and how you view it. the past was filmed to be bright, warm and happy and the present was filmed to be monotonous, gray and sad because of Beth's illness that ultimately leads to her death. the similar shots of Jo walking into the kitchen one time with Beth feeling better and the next with her just being gone and her mother being devastated at the loss of one of her children chokes me up every time. Brilliantly done.
As a mother, this scene absolutely breaks me. I know this is just a movie, based on a novel, but I wanted so bad to wrap my arms around the mother. There is no pain the same as a mother losing a child.
Based on a novel based on real life. Alcott's sister that Beth is based on did die.
Losing a child is a nightmare you cannot wake from. I know this😢
I read somewhere that one of the greatest injustices is for a parent to bury their child. Like this is not the natural order of things, in way.
When I saw this in theatres, I knew only the most basic information about Little Women and found myself incredibly engrossed in the film. Famously, I gasped when Amy turned down Fred, which caused the audience to laugh in response. But I stand by my shock, even if I’ve had a hundred years to read the book or see another film version!
Lost my youngest sister in 2020. She was a very special, dear person. This scene...😢
I share my condolences with you 🙏
I'm very sorry. I'm close to my sister, I cannot imagine.
Bless you 😢❤
Emma Watson's American accent sounds almost just like Susan Egan!!!! fascinating
Emma’s accent was all over the place.
Yall crack me up pointing out stuff like that 😂
She’s an untalented nit-wit.
it's so bad I can't help but cringe 😂
I loved her as Hermione but her acting in this movie was pretty bad, the accent needed work
7:42 Then, the scene changes from a depressed, frowny face to a smiley face of Jo.
The book is heart breaking as is the wynona ryder movie
I cried a river, when I read that in a book.
Beth’s death in the book made me so upset dude
Why?? I haven't read the book
@ I don’t remember how it was written. I honestly just remember reading the book and then her death happens, and I was devastated 😂
still have not done this book justice.
saul goodman in another universe😂
the fact that john also dies young...
Does he?
@segoleneginibre859 Yeah, in the book Little Men
Florence was wrong for this role, she looks older than the other sisters and older than her future husband
My younger cousin died from an unforgiving car crash in 2020 because of her impulsive driver. Her death anniversary is approaching soon. 😥
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Bless you 😢❤
Thank u both! That means so much to me!
This scene makes no sense, why does Jo run down the stairs if I presume beth dies in the bed?
The film wasn't in chronological order. The scene where Jo runs down the steps took place in the past when Beth recovered from her bought of scarlet fever, while the duller colored, slower scene of Jo walking down the stairs takes place in the "present".
Yes but she still looks to the bed before she runs down the stairs during the death scene.
Wow, this movie butchered the book
Emma Watson is so wrong for this role. So unappealing, so stiff, so smug, so dull. Ugh…
I admit that I haven't seen this 2019 adaptation. I prefer the 1994 movie with Winona Ryder.
I feel that Emma Watson could have fit Jo's role well. Smart, fiery, free-spirited, cultured even without the privilege of higher education, and willing to go against the grain of society's expectations of women at that time.
She would have needed to tap into some temper and frivolity for the role, but she might have been able to pull it off.
@@Panda72021doubt it.
Winona Ryder was perfect as Jo.