| I'm glad I didn't live back in that time.......unless Rev Dimmesdale could have been mine (by anjliis) |
| Hawthorne's story begins in the middle....with Hester already out of jail and her baby about three months old, and already wearing the Scarlet Letter. The movie starts out and tells what happened leading up to that, which I thought was much better. I wanted to see the story between Hester and Arthur, and find out how they fell in love. While I was waiting to see how Hester and Arthur meet, imagine my surprise when she's standing behind the bushes watching him swimming naked up and down the river in front of her....even turning over on his back for a brief scene. The way she was <more> |
| Beautiful, sweet pleasure for the true romantic heart. (by pagansayer) |
| If this movie were not based on a famous novel, the reaction would have been quite different. Many more of us who are still unjaded would have been able to enjoy this movie for all it has to offer. I love this film. It is a true romantic escape, the very essence of why the romantic goes to the movies. We are taken back to another time, to a glorious, pristine land where true but forbidden love dawns for two beautiful people. There is terrible conflict as in any great love story but a happy ending for these characters is necessary and appreciated. The exquisite score precisely explains the <more> |
| Scarlet Letter was Awesome (by dorisjean40) |
| I really enjoy the movie and the principal of the plot. Demi Moore is a great actress and Gary Oldman is a wonderful actor, I have seen several of his movies and Gary really becomes the part. So does Demi. I have enjoy Gary performance in this movie so much that I bought several more of the movies he has been in. He is a true actor. I really enjoy the arts and it is nice to see actual talent! Demi movies have been wonderful and I love the fact that she is willing to go to all lengths to bring the part to life. I am not an actor myself in anyway, I have no talent in that area, But I would love <more> |
| I enjoyed this movie (by Kalpurnia) |
| First, I apologies because my English, I'm from Panama. Second, for me, TSL is a very beautiful movie and I know that it is far from the book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, nevertheless, I found nice things there, for instance, the setting was so refreshing to me and the love scenes were very romantic too. In this movie I felt in love to Gary Oldman. I consider that Demi as well as Gary were chemistry. On the other hand, I think that the producer and the whole team portrait the epoch of the pilgrims, the way they lived and thought about morality and religion. Demi was pretty in this character <more> |
| Good acting by a motivated crew (by robertsoer) |
| Yesterday I saw, after many years, The Scarlet Letter on Cinemax. Again, I was stunned by ,merely, the ability of playing roles like these by the actors not only Demi Moore and Gary Oldman ,good acting, for it is a movie adapted indeed,freely from a novel that plays in 1666 !! .Especially the English phrasing is brought well by all actors, although Demi Moore failed to imitate the known British "accent" of that time. Gary Oldman performs better in this, especially in the sermon as a Minister shortly after he returned from the woods having helped Hester.Very heartfelt and <more> |
| Was it SO Bad??? (by studiojudio) |
| Good Grief. This particular version garnered nothing but bad reviews. Personally, I don't see why it was SO hated - and films like the Austin Powers movies are LOVED...beats me.First of all, I give it nine out of ten points for the mere PRESENCE of Gary Oldman - who, looking EXTREMELY beautiful, tried so hard to give the movie some credibility, with his excellent performance as the Reverend Dimmsdale. One other point for Demi Moore - who is a really wonderful actress, and tried her best, TOO.I fail to see why this picture got SUCH bad reviews. Okay, so they DIDN'T follow the <more> |
| A beautiful, evocative movie--loved it. (by lesdroits) |
| Yes, I know everyone and his canary has panned this movie. But I don't get it. I like to think I'm a decent critic and I find what I believe to be disaster and Hollywood stupidity in many popular films Fish Called Wanda stank, e.g., but here, what gorgeous scenery, what evocative music, what a passionate screen play and oh la la, what a love scene. It so evoked a time and place I believe to be early New England that I could just be there. I was there. Wasn't bad either getting to see Gary Oldman play so against type -- and damn well, too. A moving, beautiful love story -- I <more> |
| Movie Well Made (by rchllvr25) |
| Now, I can honestly say it's not a movie that attracted my attention at first. Maybe it wasn't publicized well, but watching the beginning of the movie, got me in to watching the middle and the end of the movie in one sitting. I agree with past comments of this flick that it was not as people portrayed it to be, meaning so much speaking of the adultery issue. In the basic sense it follows the book, but I think the movie went much further in exploring the love two people shared, almost at first sight. I read the trivia in this website about this movie and noticed that Demi Moore had <more> |
| Entertaining, sensuous and beautifully lensed film. (by Billy-34) |
| I am an English major and have to say, yes, the book was better and this film is not equal but by itself as a "freely adapted" version it too has merit. It has a beautiful score by excellent film composer John Barry, superb acting by both Gary Oldman and Demi Moore as a woman way ahead of her time and even excellent supporting cast. It is beautifully filmed and on its own - is a rare romantic treat that would be great in a double feature with say "THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS" w/ Daniel Day Lewis. Oldman is terrific...his best role I believe. The only distraction....the <more> |
