Beth suddenly seeming "better" for Christmas seems to be that sudden last burst of energy people sometimes get right before they die. That was a sign that she was closer to death than they knew.
My granduncle went through that. Went through a stroke that led him to the hospital. One day he was up and going and ready to cease tomorrow… only to pass on the next day. We had the funeral last Friday. He was a wonderful man, gonna miss his hugs 🫂🥹
Interesting thought. My interpretation of that scene was that Jo dreamt that Beth became better and their father was there to see them all a happy family again.
@Honey-nn2wy Nooo! The scene is a parallel montage of the first time she was ill and of the present where she dies due to the effects of the scarlet fever. Years ago she gets better and they have the happy christmas then it cuts to the present where she dies.
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.
The “loudness” of the flashback scenes where everyone is talking and it feels so full of life makes the quiet lack of any dialogue between Jo waking up and the funeral so much more jarring
The first time, Jo runs down the stairs in a panic because she fears the worst, but she isn't sure. The second time, she walks slowly because she already knows in her heart :( Also Amy being protective of the popcorn and scolding the others for wasting the decorations, only to throw the popcorn in the air in her rush to greet her Father This movie represents these characters so.beautifully and relatably, I love it!
Also, the first time, when she fears the worst, she calls out for her mother, because if the worst has happened, she needs her mother's comfort. The second time, she's the one that remains relatively emotionally stable. She stands tall and holds her mother as she breaks down.
The way the lighting changes between the scenes where Beth makes it, and when she doesn’t. The first scene feels warm and hopeful, while the second one feels cold and you can tell Jo already knows her sister is gone. So beautifully done, but what a heartbreaking sequence 💔.
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 Why make inane comments in half the threads on the video? If you don’t like the film, you could just find something better to do with your time than trolling.
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.
Watched the 90s version with my uni flatmate. We both sobbed. When she died about 10 years ago, it was all I could think about. The 2019 version broke my heart all over again. Miss you Fi x
I've always been close with my brother. He was just recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I've always related to Jo for different reasons, but I never anticipated that I would find myself in a similar situation as her: grieving for a beloved sibling.
wow, I'm so sorry about your brother, Nick. I know it's horrible, your life seems to turn upside down when something like this happens. strength for your brother, for your family and for you
My god I'm so sorry to hear that. Make sure to treasure your time as much as possible together. As a twin myself, I can say a sibling bond is so beautiful, more than sorrow, it will only make you happy to have experienced it. ❤
The book is one of my favorites, and I sobbed at Beth’s death because I had recently lost my own beloved sister. I still sob every time because the love is so strong. When I watched this movie, it was on a plane coming home from overseas. My friend who was with me had been asking for weeks to watch it together, and after this scene, I was still composed, but when I looked over at her and she looked back, I just completely broke. Full heaving sobs (but silent since it was on a plane). This one made me ugly cry again, but I’m not ashamed. These are tears of pure love and there’s not enough space in my body to contain them. Like my mom said after my sister died, “Tears are just the love leaking through.”
the back to back from jo looking down to beth's grave then looking down from the window to seeing beth decorating for meg's wedding will never not be devastating.
When I was younger I watched the Winona Ryder version and seeing Beth die hurt me so much because I have a younger sister. Now that I’m older and I have two kids of my own it hits so differently and absolutely breaks my heart coming from the mother’s point of view.
Friends has officially ruined the movies and book for me. Whenever this devastating scene plays all I hear in my head is Rachel savagely stating to Joey: "Beth dies!"
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!
I think it's lovely when you see someone enjoying a classic for the first time like that, I'm always so jealous as you can only have that reaction once 😊
I lost my 19 year old brother 20 years ago. He was probably the person I loved most in the whole world. I was closer to him than I ever was to anyone else. I couldn't relate more to Jo. 😢
I remember the first and only time I’ve ever gotten strep and the flu I got it like practically scarlet fever style, my temperature got up to 104.3 at it’s highest and I started getting a fever dream hallucinations I thought I was gonna fuckin die. My parents obviously took me in I got medicine and like a day later I broke the fever and it was winter outside and my mother found me just laying in the snow. It killed so many people and oh my god I understand why, kids are in no way old enough to fight that off. Modern medicine when used correctly saves lives dude.
She’s the weakest actresses in the film. She’s not terrible in general but when you’re acting against the top actresses of her generation it really shows she falls short
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.
I so agree. I feel like Claire and Winona did an amazing job. Plus, while I think the non-chronological way that the new movie is filmed, while a cool artistic choice, can be confusing for people who haven’t read the book/seen any other adaptations. Too many people think beth died of scarlet fever shortly after contracting it and interpret the Christmas scene as like a last surge of energy when she actually died years later, not days.
@ yeah I understand they were trying to parallel the timelines, but for this particular storyline I thought it weakened the impact of her death. Seeing her alive in the very next scene took away from her dying; it makes it feel more real when you don’t see her again after it happens
The part that really got me in that version was when Hannah was strewing flowers over Beth's bed after she died. And then she squeezed the hand of one of Beth's dolls. 😭
I had scarlet fever as a kid (I was 10). It was brutal and it damaged my heart. Not to the extent that it is a hinderance, but it's always something I have to monitor. It's no joke. My heart has put me in the hospital a couple of times now.
Nothing in this version conveys the emotion the 1994 version had. The scene at the cemetery cannot match the scene of the maid putting petals on Beth's piano bed and dolls. The image of this old lady's hand holding Beth's doll. You get the whole scope of grief and loss there. I can feel nothing watching the scenes of the 2019 version. Beth is such a remote character in this version, when the 1994 version shows how, despite her frailty and shyness, she was strong, attentive and fully present. You can cry when seeing 1994 Marmy coming back to save her child, not even looking at Jo, and giving her the strength to live. Again, you cannot feel anything the way the camera moves in this 2019 version.
Timothee Chalamet makes a better Laurie than Christian Bale did, though. Bale came off super creepy and stalky. And I like Soirse Ronan better than Winona Ryder.
@micabarcia4230 “I know it cannot, and I don't fear it any longer, for I'm sure I shall be your Beth still, to love and help you more than ever. You must take my place, Jo, and be everything to Father and Mother when I'm gone. They will turn to you, don't fail them, and if it's hard to work alone, remember that I don't forget you, and that you'll be happier in doing that than writing splendid books or seeing all the world, for love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy." "I'll try, Beth." and then and there Jo renounced her old ambition, pledged herself to a new and better one, acknowledging the poverty of other desires, and feeling the blessed solace of a belief in the immortality of love. So the spring days came and went, the sky grew clearer, the earth greener, the flowers were up fairly early, and the birds came back in time to say goodbye to Beth, who, like a tired but trustful child, clung to the hands that had led her all her life, as Father and Mother guided her tenderly through the Valley of the Shadow, and gave her up to God. Seldom except in books do the dying utter memorable words, see visions, or depart with beatified countenances, and those who have sped many parting souls know that to most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep. As Beth had hoped, the 'tide went out easily', and in the dark hour before dawn, on the bosom where she had drawn her first breath, she quietly drew her last, with no farewell but one loving look, one little sigh. With tears and prayers and tender hands, Mother and sisters made her ready for the long sleep that pain would never mar again, seeing with grateful eyes the beautiful serenity that soon replaced the pathetic patience that had wrung their hearts so long, and feeling with reverent joy that to their darling death was a benignant angel, not a phantom full of dread. When morning came, for the first time in many months the fire was out, Jo's place was empty, and the room was very still. But a bird sang blithely on a budding bough, close by, the snowdrops blossomed freshly at the window, and the spring sunshine streamed in like a benediction over the placid face upon the pillow, a face so full of painless peace that those who loved it best smiled through their tears, and thanked God that Beth was well at last. Chapter 40: The Valley of the Shadows
I read the book years ago when I was 12-13 years old. It was so incredibly sad when Beth got sick. She wouldn't let them bring her kittens to her room because she was afraid they would catch whatever she had. I cried and cried.😢
I forgot how this version did a lot of time jumping around. Not chronological. It worked watching the full version, but comes off odd in short clips. They were paralleling Beth’s two major illnesses that were three years apart.
I don’t understand, Jo wakes up in Beth’s room and she’s already dead, but her body isn’t there? Does Jo not see her body? Why are they crying in the kitchen?? Where is Beth??
My favourite movie- how many times have I watched it?? Countless… but I cry every single time (I’m not a crier) as someone who loves her sister more than anyone else, this would be the deepest pain
Love this film,, but my bug bare is that we see Beth pass,,, so emotional, ( we all knew it was coming ), but then the wedding scene, and shes there,,, that kinda destroyed the emotions.
This Hits Me Hard In So Many Ways I Recently Played Violet In A Community Production Of Willy Wonka And A Few Months Before Opening Night My Great Uncle Died
I think the non-chronological ordering of this movie is so interesting but it frustrates me as well in the sense that it confuses so many people. Beth WAS actually doing better. She did not die of scarlet fever. She died YEARS later of complications. I feel like the 90s movie did a much better job of making it clear that the fever weakened her heart. This movie made it seem with makeup that she STILL had a fever and not heart problems.
I tried to watch this very several months ago and it was just so placid and dull. I couldn't keep watching - I was actually bored. The 1994 version pulls you in from the very first moment. The actors in that film are far superior.
i didn't read the book, but I was absolutely sobbing at the beautiful parallelism in this scene. In fact I would bet money that the director decided to do the nonlinear narrative specifically for this moment to hit as hard as possible.
100% agree. Emma Watson was just reciting her lines. And the filming was so placid and dull. Keeping the viewer at arms length when it should pull you close so you feel the emotion of each moment. 1994 version is so much better.
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".
@mir4553 in the scene from the past the bed is also empty, and Jo got worried and ran downstairs to check. Then she saw Beth recovered at the table. In the scene from the present, it's almost the same, Jo wakes up to find that Beth is not on her bed again, she gets anxious and yet holds some hope that this time Beth recovered too. That's why she goes downstairs to check again
The movie is separated into two timelines, past and present, the past is the warmly lit shots and the present are the cold and white light shots. It is comparing beths first time getting sickness and then when she eventually dies. it gives contrast and depth to jo as beths first run in she was scared and afraid of beths death so thus runs down to meet her mother, while in the present when beth is sick again and then dies, she knows in her heart that beth is dead, so she walks instead of runs downstairs.
They did in that they didn’t have Jo marry Mr. Behr at the end. What a terrible change that left it so unresolved, when the book is beautiful and good. But this scene is beautiful.
Saoirse Ronan is an amazing actress, she just wasn’t right for the role of an outgoing, impetuous personality. Like someone else said, Emma Watson should’ve been Jo.
They weren’t poor; they kept a maid and gave to others who really were poor. They just didn’t have an abundance. They had enough for the necessities. Besides, the father was conscripted. Please savor the book before spitting on the characters.
@sunnylilacs OPis referring to Bronson Alcott, who absolutely was responsible for their poverty, and it was the real deal--at one point they were starving, and a friend gave them apples.
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.
I thought Emma was not a good casting fit for Meg (she doesn’t look at all how Meg was described, and even having not read the book in years i still knew that right off the bat). Marmie was good, but Amy’s actress did not fit at all, and none of the other girls had the right color hair. It was very weird to me how they kept trying to pass off fully grown adult women as elementary school kids.
Beth suddenly seeming "better" for Christmas seems to be that sudden last burst of energy people sometimes get right before they die. That was a sign that she was closer to death than they knew.
My granduncle went through that. Went through a stroke that led him to the hospital. One day he was up and going and ready to cease tomorrow… only to pass on the next day. We had the funeral last Friday. He was a wonderful man, gonna miss his hugs 🫂🥹
Yes fuks up your optimism for them until you know
Interesting thought. My interpretation of that scene was that Jo dreamt that Beth became better and their father was there to see them all a happy family again.
@Honey-nn2wy Nooo! The scene is a parallel montage of the first time she was ill and of the present where she dies due to the effects of the scarlet fever. Years ago she gets better and they have the happy christmas then it cuts to the present where she dies.
@Amaranthslo Yeah I don't know if it was a good idea to parallel the scenes like that, gets confusing for people who haven't read the books probably
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.
It was such a fresh takes on the story, it gave it such a new spin.
@dietdrpepper15 Nothing ''fresh'' here, so many directors/writers used the same plot device before.
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 but NOT in Little Women.
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 I bet people say that about you, huh?
I wondered what had happened when I watched it in the cinema, meh she’s dead, move on. Worst bit of a poor film.
seems like she held on as long as she could for her family.
The “loudness” of the flashback scenes where everyone is talking and it feels so full of life makes the quiet lack of any dialogue between Jo waking up and the funeral so much more jarring
Jo being the pillar of strength for her mother, after Beth's passing is just admirable.
The first time, Jo runs down the stairs in a panic because she fears the worst, but she isn't sure. The second time, she walks slowly because she already knows in her heart :(
Also Amy being protective of the popcorn and scolding the others for wasting the decorations, only to throw the popcorn in the air in her rush to greet her Father
This movie represents these characters so.beautifully and relatably, I love it!
Also, the first time, when she fears the worst, she calls out for her mother, because if the worst has happened, she needs her mother's comfort. The second time, she's the one that remains relatively emotionally stable. She stands tall and holds her mother as she breaks down.
The way the lighting changes between the scenes where Beth makes it, and when she doesn’t. The first scene feels warm and hopeful, while the second one feels cold and you can tell Jo already knows her sister is gone. So beautifully done, but what a heartbreaking sequence 💔.
It's already extremely obvious what lighting represents, why explain it?
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 Why make inane comments in half the threads on the video? If you don’t like the film, you could just find something better to do with your time than trolling.
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.
In the book she died from scarlet fever
Watched the 90s version with my uni flatmate. We both sobbed. When she died about 10 years ago, it was all I could think about. The 2019 version broke my heart all over again. Miss you Fi x
Marmie breaking down sobbing into Jos arms gets me everytime 😭
I've always been close with my brother. He was just recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I've always related to Jo for different reasons, but I never anticipated that I would find myself in a similar situation as her: grieving for a beloved sibling.
I am so, so sorry. May God give your brother strength for what's to come, and much power to you to cope with everything. ❤
@sarabulic992 Thank you
wow, I'm so sorry about your brother, Nick. I know it's horrible, your life seems to turn upside down when something like this happens. strength for your brother, for your family and for you
My god I'm so sorry to hear that. Make sure to treasure your time as much as possible together. As a twin myself, I can say a sibling bond is so beautiful, more than sorrow, it will only make you happy to have experienced it. ❤
@Mysticist6641 Thank you for the kind words.
The book is one of my favorites, and I sobbed at Beth’s death because I had recently lost my own beloved sister. I still sob every time because the love is so strong.
When I watched this movie, it was on a plane coming home from overseas. My friend who was with me had been asking for weeks to watch it together, and after this scene, I was still composed, but when I looked over at her and she looked back, I just completely broke. Full heaving sobs (but silent since it was on a plane).
This one made me ugly cry again, but I’m not ashamed. These are tears of pure love and there’s not enough space in my body to contain them. Like my mom said after my sister died, “Tears are just the love leaking through.”
the back to back from jo looking down to beth's grave then looking down from the window to seeing beth decorating for meg's wedding will never not be devastating.
The same tune played in two different contexts. One happy and one sad. And yet played side by side its heartbreaking
When I was younger I watched the Winona Ryder version and seeing Beth die hurt me so much because I have a younger sister. Now that I’m older and I have two kids of my own it hits so differently and absolutely breaks my heart coming from the mother’s point of view.
Emma Watson's American accent sounds almost just like Susan Egan!!!! fascinating
Friends has officially ruined the movies and book for me. Whenever this devastating scene plays all I hear in my head is Rachel savagely stating to Joey: "Beth dies!"
Joey nearly in tears: "Beth is really really sick 😢"
@JS-mg1mk "Joey? You wanna put the book in the freezer?"
Thankfully, I totally forgot about that while I was watching the movie, so it smacked me right in the face
@LittleCheebs .... I am so sorry! 😂 My comment sparked the memory 😂
SAME!!! It involuntarily popped in my head! Grrrrr!!!
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.
@aragona199 oh wow. That really makes sense. I’m 24 and not a mom, but imagining anyone burying their child really just breaks something in you.
Maybe think of all Ukrainian mothers burying the children due to rashist attacks.
5:59 did they stealthily move out beth's corpse while jo was asleep...??
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!
I think it's lovely when you see someone enjoying a classic for the first time like that, I'm always so jealous as you can only have that reaction once 😊
I didn't know the story at all. Saw it because Timothee was in it.
And that’s the first time Marmee shows her weak side in front of her children. Breaks me every time.
I lost my 19 year old brother 20 years ago. He was probably the person I loved most in the whole world. I was closer to him than I ever was to anyone else. I couldn't relate more to Jo. 😢
A horrible reminder of what life was like before modern medicine. Absolutely heartbreaking 💔
I remember the first and only time I’ve ever gotten strep and the flu I got it like practically scarlet fever style, my temperature got up to 104.3 at it’s highest and I started getting a fever dream hallucinations I thought I was gonna fuckin die. My parents obviously took me in I got medicine and like a day later I broke the fever and it was winter outside and my mother found me just laying in the snow. It killed so many people and oh my god I understand why, kids are in no way old enough to fight that off. Modern medicine when used correctly saves lives dude.
Laura Dern is an incredible marmie
The book is heart breaking as is the wynona ryder movie
I cried a river, when I read that in a book.
I love that Beth goes quietly. I know Jo wants her to fight but that was never who Beth was. It's so heartbreaking.
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
She’s the weakest actresses in the film. She’s not terrible in general but when you’re acting against the top actresses of her generation it really shows she falls short
"must be the Italian in him" my mom legit said this
The final cut in this sequence is one of my favorite edits in any movie
7:42 Then, the scene changes from a depressed, frowny face to a smiley face of Jo.
I have visited the real person’s grave many times that Beth is based upon in Little Women, and all their family.
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.
Nothing ''brilliant'' here, it's too on-the-nose, as is your unsolicted ''analysis'' of the obvious.
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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 😢❤
I am sorry for your loss.
I'm so sorry 😢
This was done well, but this was one scene I actually thought was done better in the 90’s version. That version DESTROYS me when Beth dies
I so agree. I feel like Claire and Winona did an amazing job. Plus, while I think the non-chronological way that the new movie is filmed, while a cool artistic choice, can be confusing for people who haven’t read the book/seen any other adaptations. Too many people think beth died of scarlet fever shortly after contracting it and interpret the Christmas scene as like a last surge of energy when she actually died years later, not days.
@ yeah I understand they were trying to parallel the timelines, but for this particular storyline I thought it weakened the impact of her death. Seeing her alive in the very next scene took away from her dying; it makes it feel more real when you don’t see her again after it happens
This was cute and all but it doesn't have the feels that the version with Winona Ryder had. Maybe I'm just a 90s baby 🤷♀️
Yes, I loved the novel as a child, and I have seen every film version, and the 90s one is my fav.
maybe you are. because objectively this was the best adaptation by far of little women.
The part that really got me in that version was when Hannah was strewing flowers over Beth's bed after she died. And then she squeezed the hand of one of Beth's dolls. 😭
I had scarlet fever as a kid (I was 10). It was brutal and it damaged my heart. Not to the extent that it is a hinderance, but it's always something I have to monitor. It's no joke. My heart has put me in the hospital a couple of times now.
Nothing in this version conveys the emotion the 1994 version had. The scene at the cemetery cannot match the scene of the maid putting petals on Beth's piano bed and dolls. The image of this old lady's hand holding Beth's doll. You get the whole scope of grief and loss there. I can feel nothing watching the scenes of the 2019 version. Beth is such a remote character in this version, when the 1994 version shows how, despite her frailty and shyness, she was strong, attentive and fully present. You can cry when seeing 1994 Marmy coming back to save her child, not even looking at Jo, and giving her the strength to live. Again, you cannot feel anything the way the camera moves in this 2019 version.
I could not agree more than this! I loved the 1994 Little Women...a masterpiece
Timothee Chalamet makes a better Laurie than Christian Bale did, though. Bale came off super creepy and stalky. And I like Soirse Ronan better than Winona Ryder.
Agreed and the soundtrack in that moment is so emotional! The last conversation between Jo and Beth in that version is everything 😢
That's nostalgia speaking
the fact that john also dies young...
Does he?
@segoleneginibre859 Yeah, in the book Little Men
😂😂😂@tetewa
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 😂
Put it in the freezer
@micabarcia4230
“I know it cannot, and I don't fear it any longer, for I'm sure I shall be your Beth still, to love and help you more than ever. You must take my place, Jo, and be everything to Father and Mother when I'm gone. They will turn to you, don't fail them, and if it's hard to work alone, remember that I don't forget you, and that you'll be happier in doing that than writing splendid books or seeing all the world, for love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy."
"I'll try, Beth." and then and there Jo renounced her old ambition, pledged herself to a new and better one, acknowledging the poverty of other desires, and feeling the blessed solace of a belief in the immortality of love.
So the spring days came and went, the sky grew clearer, the earth greener, the flowers were up fairly early, and the birds came back in time to say goodbye to Beth, who, like a tired but trustful child, clung to the hands that had led her all her life, as Father and Mother guided her tenderly through the Valley of the Shadow, and gave her up to God.
Seldom except in books do the dying utter memorable words, see visions, or depart with beatified countenances, and those who have sped many parting souls know that to most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep. As Beth had hoped, the 'tide went out easily', and in the dark hour before dawn, on the bosom where she had drawn her first breath, she quietly drew her last, with no farewell but one loving look, one little sigh.
With tears and prayers and tender hands, Mother and sisters made her ready for the long sleep that pain would never mar again, seeing with grateful eyes the beautiful serenity that soon replaced the pathetic patience that had wrung their hearts so long, and feeling with reverent joy that to their darling death was a benignant angel, not a phantom full of dread.
When morning came, for the first time in many months the fire was out, Jo's place was empty, and the room was very still. But a bird sang blithely on a budding bough, close by, the snowdrops blossomed freshly at the window, and the spring sunshine streamed in like a benediction over the placid face upon the pillow, a face so full of painless peace that those who loved it best smiled through their tears, and thanked God that Beth was well at last.
Chapter 40: The Valley of the Shadows
I stopped reading this book when I thought Beth was getting better. I’m totaled wrecked about this!
I'm glad to see that Emma Watson can do a passable American accent.
I read the book years ago when I was 12-13 years old. It was so incredibly sad when Beth got sick. She wouldn't let them bring her kittens to her room because she was afraid they would catch whatever she had. I cried and cried.😢
I was bummed when Alcott killed off John Brook in Little Men. And Meg was ridiculously serene and preachy about it.
saul goodman in another universe😂
I forgot how this version did a lot of time jumping around. Not chronological. It worked watching the full version, but comes off odd in short clips. They were paralleling Beth’s two major illnesses that were three years apart.
I find it cheesy compared to the 1994 version
Same
I was.....not expecting to see Bob Odenkirk in this movie lmao
I don’t understand, Jo wakes up in Beth’s room and she’s already dead, but her body isn’t there? Does Jo not see her body? Why are they crying in the kitchen?? Where is Beth??
I loved how everyone sat with her. Such a great movie
Fine...I'll watch Little Women again.
With Amy away, I wish Beth had written a farewell letter to her.
Beth was nice sweet girl she was shy but quiet
I love Beth so much... I even do not know how she touches my heart😭
poor beth 😢😢😢
Don’t show this video to Joey Tribbiani. 🙅🏻♀️😢
😂😂😂😂😂
R.I.P
Beth 😢😭🕊️🪽🪦
My favourite movie- how many times have I watched it?? Countless… but I cry every single time (I’m not a crier) as someone who loves her sister more than anyone else, this would be the deepest pain
I love Elizabeth Taylor as Amy in the older version
Beth is ill but makes a recovery, however she is left sick and dies later
The casting of Emma Watson aesthetically damaged this movie
Love this film,, but my bug bare is that we see Beth pass,,, so emotional, ( we all knew it was coming ), but then the wedding scene, and shes there,,, that kinda destroyed the emotions.
Only was a dream
Dude why they did this to us 😭💔
This Hits Me Hard In So Many Ways I Recently Played Violet In A Community Production Of Willy Wonka And A Few Months Before Opening Night My Great Uncle Died
that tea cup is empty
Jo was the last one there
Why....is everthing out of order?
❤انا من ليبيا أحسن نسخة سنة ١٩٩٤
So sad 😢
Sad that Maryl Streep is the aunt....
BOB ODENKIRK?????
still have not done this book justice.
Claire Danes will always be Beth.
My heart is still with the 1994 version
i find this one a better version, especially what Greta did in the end, it was so fitting for our time.
@Davao420 the relationship and outcome of Jo and Laurie wasn't accurate to the book. Jo never loved Laurie.
In the book Beth was still alive 😔😔
I might recommend you read it again
Beth dies in the book. The second half. Did you only read part one?
I think the non-chronological ordering of this movie is so interesting but it frustrates me as well in the sense that it confuses so many people. Beth WAS actually doing better. She did not die of scarlet fever. She died YEARS later of complications. I feel like the 90s movie did a much better job of making it clear that the fever weakened her heart. This movie made it seem with makeup that she STILL had a fever and not heart problems.
Original was so much better.
Laura Dern's hair in this movie drove me batty. Give me Emily Watson's performance as Marmee when it hits her that Beth is dying. Gut wrenching.
My younger cousin died from an unforgiving car crash in 2020 because of her impulsive driver. Her anniversary is approaching soon. 😥
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Bless you 😢❤
Thank u both! That means so much to me!
I'm so sorry
I’m so sorry
They have such modern faces, it seems so akward.
Still not as powerful as claire and winona performances
How depressing! How is this a classic?
Meh, not as good as the 1994 version.
I tried to watch this very several months ago and it was just so placid and dull. I couldn't keep watching - I was actually bored. The 1994 version pulls you in from the very first moment. The actors in that film are far superior.
i only came to confirm the 1994 version was better and i was right. this made no sense
They were flashbacks? I’m confused what’s so hard to grasp 😭
Nobody who hadn’t read the book could understand this movie. I don’t appreciate it at all.
I didn't read the book but I understood it perfectly...
i didn't read the book, but I was absolutely sobbing at the beautiful parallelism in this scene. In fact I would bet money that the director decided to do the nonlinear narrative specifically for this moment to hit as hard as possible.
Ugh I am so glad I never watched this adaptation..the acting is horrible
no it wasn't it was great but it's your opinion so 🤷
100% agree. Emma Watson was just reciting her lines. And the filming was so placid and dull. Keeping the viewer at arms length when it should pull you close so you feel the emotion of each moment. 1994 version is so much better.
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.
The whole movie is a mess... worst little women adaptation ever
@mir4553 in the scene from the past the bed is also empty, and Jo got worried and ran downstairs to check. Then she saw Beth recovered at the table.
In the scene from the present, it's almost the same, Jo wakes up to find that Beth is not on her bed again, she gets anxious and yet holds some hope that this time Beth recovered too. That's why she goes downstairs to check again
The movie is separated into two timelines, past and present, the past is the warmly lit shots and the present are the cold and white light shots.
It is comparing beths first time getting sickness and then when she eventually dies.
it gives contrast and depth to jo as beths first run in she was scared and afraid of beths death so thus runs down to meet her mother, while in the present when beth is sick again and then dies, she knows in her heart that beth is dead, so she walks instead of runs downstairs.
I just can’t see Emma Watson as Meg. She’s a Jo. 🤷🏼♀️
Wait so the bish died, was moved out of her bed and soirsie Ronan was asleep in the chair the whole time? Damn she tired
yes
Wow, this movie butchered the book
Don't be dramatic.
They did in that they didn’t have Jo marry Mr. Behr at the end. What a terrible change that left it so unresolved, when the book is beautiful and good. But this scene is beautiful.
This could have been such a good version of Little Women but instead it was just a mess. Was the editor drunk? A wonderful cast wasted.
nah itsthe best version ever. beth's death hits way harder here than in 1994 due to the past/present flashback mechanic
@Plaspos I respectfully disagree. I feel no emotion at all over Beth's death in this version. The 1994 version gets me sobbing every time.
Grr that actress gets on my nerves bad casting
Saoirse Ronan is an amazing actress, she just wasn’t right for the role of an outgoing, impetuous personality. Like someone else said, Emma Watson should’ve been Jo.
The father was the cause of their poverty; what a twat that guy was.
They weren’t poor; they kept a maid and gave to others who really were poor. They just didn’t have an abundance. They had enough for the necessities. Besides, the father was conscripted. Please savor the book before spitting on the characters.
@sunnylilacs OPis referring to Bronson Alcott, who absolutely was responsible for their poverty, and it was the real deal--at one point they were starving, and a friend gave them apples.
@Thursdayschildfar2go You gotta make that clear though...in this comment it really sounds like the commenter meant Mr. March...
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.
I thought Emma was not a good casting fit for Meg (she doesn’t look at all how Meg was described, and even having not read the book in years i still knew that right off the bat). Marmie was good, but Amy’s actress did not fit at all, and none of the other girls had the right color hair. It was very weird to me how they kept trying to pass off fully grown adult women as elementary school kids.
Why on Earth is Hannah white???
Pointless remake. Two thunbs down.
The poision of third wave feminism ruined this the originals are always the best. 💯
Didn’t Beth die years later in the book?