Rebecca On Netflix - Beware Potential Spoiler

[naomi24]

One of my favourite books ever. Has anyone watched it .... is anyone watching it ... and if so, how does it compare to the book? Worth watching?

[Khandro]

naomi: p.s. Also, whatever you do, don't miss 'Judy' on Netflix :o)

[naomi24]

Khandro, I think I read something somewhere about Judy Garland. Is that it?

[Khandro]

Yes, stunning performance by Reneé Zellweger
But I must be careful what I recommend as German Netflix isn't always quite the same as other countries

[naomi24]

Yes, I remember now. It was the one with Reneé Zellweger. I like her. Thanks for the reminder, Khandro.

[naomi24]

I watched the rest last night and with Mrs Danvers meeting her end by entirely different means and the ever-mousey Mrs de Winter transformed into some sort of super heroine I think it fair to say that the makers of this programme lost the plot.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Naomi // with Mrs Danvers meeting her end by entirely different means //

In the book Mrs Danvers is not presumed dead therefore did not 'meet her fate'. Danvers is presumed alive after the fire. The unnamed narrator ( Mrs de Winter) wonders “what Danvers is doing now” in the book’s opening chapters.

[naomi24]

Yes, you're right, APG... I'd forgotten that. The jumping off the cliff scene was even more of an abuse of poetic license then.

[retrocop]

In the book is Danvers assumed to have died in the Manderlay house fire then and not by jumping off the sea wall as in the Netflix adaptation?

[retrocop]

sorry Naomi. Cross posts.

[Atheist]

Written books and movies (i.e. literature and film) are different art forms with different aims and methods. A good novel could be the basis of a dire film; a dire novel could be made into a good film.

[naomi24]

I was thinking she'd died in the fire, Retro - it's a long time since I read the book - but as APG reminded me, she didn't. The Netflix production had her ending it all by jumping into the sea.

[retrocop]

Thanks Naomi.As previously stated I have neither read the book or watched the original so I can't compare plots and screen play differences. I very much enjoyed the Netflix version though. My sort of era and location. It reminded me a bit of A Horseman Riding By . Delderfield

[AuntPollyGrey]

Naomi 17.11 yes absolutely agree.

[naomi24]

The old Laurence Olivier/Joan Fontaine version is very good, Retro. It catches the atmosphere far more than this one did. I don't know if it's available on television - but it would be worth having a look.

[retrocop]

Thank You. I will keep my eye open.

[naomi24]

Khandro, if you're still looking in, 'Judy' isn't available here. :o(

[naomi24]

Khandro, good news! Judy is on Sky. I’m recording it. Yeahhhh! :o)

[Khandro]

n. Can you get, The Queen's Gambit ? Just finished it tonight - full marks!

[naomi24]

Yes, I can get that, Khandro. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Khandro]

It's not a recommendation naomi, I insist that you watch it !

You will thank me :o)