This is going to be a short post since we are on Easter break right now. I tried watching the second part of Great Expectations last night but I was so tired that I kept drifting in and out of sleep until I woke up and didn’t know what the heck was going on. I gave up and went to bed instead. This morning I was able to finish watching and my emotions are mixed.
The storyline itself is rather dark and depressing and I just never really clicked with the actor playing Pip. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy the movie; rather, it just was not one of my favorite stories. I was pleased with the bits of redemption that came at the end – Pip reconciling with both Joe and Magwitch. Estella finding love.
My favorite character was Herbert Pocket (the little red headed brat in part 1) who changed his ways and became Pip’s most loyal friend. It is interesting to note that the actor Harry Lloyd who played Herbert is actually a descendant of Charles Dickens. Fun fact. 🙂
Well, we have plenty to watch next week with Julian Fellowes’s Titanic on April 14 and 15.
Plus Masterpiece’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood on April 15th. My DVR will be working overtime!
Have a great day, hopefully, enjoying some gorgeous spring weather! 🙂