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Susan

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Date Posted: 02:06:45 10/14/06 Sat
In reply to: Susan 's message, "Re: Jamaica Inn, a comparison between the different versions" on 01:33:36 10/14/06 Sat

One other thing ... Eva, you said, "Moreover, our heroine seems a bit of a silly twit to me, or at least not very wise to the world." You really must read the book if you liked the remake at all! Mary's not a twit at all, but smart and independent, although she comes from a sheltered background and has to develop her toughness as she's exposed to the harsh realities that turned the happy and lively aunt she remembers into a nervous shadow of her former self. (The original has some great scenes between Mary and Joss that are left out of the film. Even Joss comes off as a silly twit in the movie as compared to the imposing brute he is the book.) The movie tries to make her all fiery and high-spirited (like where she makes that impassioned speech after foiling their wreck that you can barely understand because of all the wind), but to me it seems contrived.

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Re: Jamaica Inn, a comparison between the different versions

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Sue G.
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Date Posted: 12:57:58 10/16/06 Mon

Yes Susan, Mary just stood there when Jem came over to get her out of the boat and she put her hands on his shoulders and let him pick her up out of the boat (like he was escorting her from a carriage that was taking them to a ball or something). Then she stood in front of him and said 'leave me alone!' Now, if she was REALLY afraid of him, when he went to get her from the boat she would have pushed him away, kicked at him or knocked him over the head with one of the oars to get him away from her. Not just reach out for him to pick her up and then tell him to leave her alone! Oh my, I guess all of us critics should have been directors, huh? We could show Hitchcock a thing or two!

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