An average movie

Recently, I have heard that Thomas Vinterberg , the great Danish director, was working on a new version of this story but even though the idea of him making another English speaking feature was pretty exciting, I’m not sure I’m dying to watch this flick since I don’t think it is really such a great story. I mean, the book is a classic written by Thomas Hardy (which I haven't read), the title is pretty awesome and so was the name of the main character (Bathsheba) but I can’t say I really enjoyed this flick. I mean, I think that Julie Christie is a fascinating actress (the best ever according to Al Pacino), I wish I would see more movies with her and she basically was the reason why I watched this flick. Eventually, I thought she gave indeed a very good performances and Alan Bates and Terence Stamp were both pretty good as well. Unfortunately, I really had a hard time to care about the story and the characters involved and, to be honest, when I was watching this movie, I actually wanted to give all the characters a kick in their butt so they could move on with their life instead of whining all the time. Still, even though I was rather disappointed by the story, I have to admit it, it remains a well made romantic movie and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10