Terrible movie.

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Unknownian — 14 years ago(January 10, 2012 07:00 PM)

I never read the book. I've heard it was a great book. I don't read many books; however, I watch a whole lot of movies. This is one of my all time favorites and perhaps one of the best motion pictures ever made.
End of Story.

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richnieh — 13 years ago(November 29, 2012 02:02 AM)

I never found that a novel can be adapt into a movie. The movie can only describe the them but 2 hours of motion story telling is just simply not enough.
TV series, maybe. Hardly a movie.

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axstarxlitxsky — 12 years ago(December 16, 2013 03:50 PM)

Well said! Great expectations is one of my favourite books. I fell in love with it as a child and read at least once a year.
I realise that when you watch adaptations, you expect some changes and some artistic licence, but this film is awful. Everything is changed except the bare bones of the story. And the scenes with the young Estella and Finn (by the way, why change his name?!) are creepy. I get that Finn would be mesmerised by her, but we don't need to sexualise a little girl to understand that Finn is drawn to her.
A sad adaptation of a brilliant book. Everyone needs to read the book. You're missing so much if you don't.