Discussion YMMV / LittleWomen2019

I'm not too happy with the "Unintentionally Unsympathetic" post about Laurie, as it's too one-sided. I would like to examine some thoughts I had here. Having watched the party scene, just like in the book, Amy begins the argument by telling Laurie she despises him (which, in the book, is supposed to be her being in the right, so I don't think it counts as "Unintentional".) Yes, the whole party, you are supposed to sympathise with both of them, but her moreso, as he is supposed to have lived a bit of a useless life after Jo turned him down. As for the marriage for money, he begins the scene by calling her talented, and saying she shouldn't call herself a failure. And personally, rewatching it now, I don't think either of them come across as fully unsympathetic there. So yeah, I'm still not convinced that Laurie comes across as unsympathetic. It comes across to me as more of a "Both Sides Have A Point". Personally, I don't understand why people liked Amy in this film, nor do I understand the Base-Breaking potential for Laurie, although that is more reasonable.

According to the Broken Base clean-up thread the first example is following example seems a little biased towards the negative and need re-writing:

• Broken Base
  • Some people enjoyed the anachronistic order of this version, believing it helped this adaptation stand apart from the others. Others believe that it was distracting, added nothing to the story, and that it wasn’t used because it worked well with the plot, but merely to stand out from the prior adaptation.
  • The way that Jo and Bhaer getting together is handled. First there’s the matter of whether or not they actually do, or it it’s only in Jo’s book. As for the idea of their romance being fictional in universe, some like Jo staying single and not having to end the story married, while others hated this version making such a big change, especially cause many liked the dynamic and chemistry between them here.

And according to the Base-Breaking Character clean-up thread this example could be valid but needs to be re-written slightly as it comes across as one-sided against the character:

• Base-Breaking Character: Timothée Chalamet as Laurie. Some thought he was great, bringing a likable presence and strong chemistry with the sisters to the part. Others thought he was a weak link in an otherwise strong ensemble, with the performance being called too modern compared to the other actors’ more period appropriate work, and some going so far as to say that he made the character seem overly smug and unlikable. The fact that the advertising was really pushing his role alongside the titular little women didn’t exactly help matters.