If I have to choose the character I love the most from the miniseries is John Thornton. As you say those tiny flahes of vulnerability in that apparently always stern countenance are simply amazing and shows what a good actor he can be. (I adore him for giving life to such a great character). His proposition to Margareth is simply amazing and it hurt me so much watching him suffer. I love the previous scene with his mother where he says that she won't have him... and later on when he comes back from Margareth's house and his mother is waiting! I suffer so much for him every time I watch it
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Your icons are beautiful, ginger001! I had seen them before as well, and then Koala pointed them out again yesterday!
I want a soundtrack from this quite badly.
I love the proposal scene for its passion, for Thornton's strength of expression. I love the way that he cries out that he doesn't care about her reputation, only that he loves her! GAH! And when he goes home, how he kneels beside his mother to tell here that she won't have him, as he'd feared. He needs a hug so badly.
Yes, I love Thornton's very severe outfits, just black and white and no color whatsoever.
That proposal scene is painful to watch because he doesn't say anything wrong to her yet she (for reasons having nothing to do with the proposal itself) treats it (and him) horribly. Of course, she has a hot temper, just as he does, and she is sorry for her harshness the minute the words are out of her mouth but it's too late to take them back.
When his mother tries to convince him Margaret cares for him, I just cringed because I knew where it was going to lead.
And I love how it addresses class issues, but subtly.
Yes, it does address class issues very subtly. Occasionally I felt like it was a bit too subtle though (which was surprising, but perhaps they just didn't have time to get into that on top of the rest, which was complex enough).
I loved the whole dang thing! Now I can read your reviews...
Here via the N&S community (hope you don't mind!).
The proposal scene and the scene with his mother before, where she is convinced that Margaret is flinging herself at him, are just painful. I pitied him, especially with Margaret trying to head him off at the pass by saying that she would have done as much for anyone there.
No, of course I don't mind! :) (wouldn't have posted over there otherwise) - I agree, that scene is so sad, because you can tell that Thornton's mother doesn't like Margaret, so she is forced to admit that Margaret has professed her feelings to the world. And Thornton is so convinced that she cares nothing for him. If his mother had not spoken to him like that, he would have proposed anyway (I think he felt like he had to, because he cared for her, not to save her reputation), but he wouldn't have had any hope, so he wouldn't have been as hurt and disappointed.
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Yes that's an upper case choke. :D
I'm waiting till I finish the whole series before I go icon-hunting but I LOVE that you already found one ;) It's a wuvley one too
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Your icons are beautiful, ginger001! I had seen them before as well, and then Koala pointed them out again yesterday!
I want a soundtrack from this quite badly.
I love the proposal scene for its passion, for Thornton's strength of expression. I love the way that he cries out that he doesn't care about her reputation, only that he loves her! GAH! And when he goes home, how he kneels beside his mother to tell here that she won't have him, as he'd feared. He needs a hug so badly.
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Yes, I love Thornton's very severe outfits, just black and white and no color whatsoever.
That proposal scene is painful to watch because he doesn't say anything wrong to her yet she (for reasons having nothing to do with the proposal itself) treats it (and him) horribly. Of course, she has a hot temper, just as he does, and she is sorry for her harshness the minute the words are out of her mouth but it's too late to take them back.
When his mother tries to convince him Margaret cares for him, I just cringed because I knew where it was going to lead.
And I love how it addresses class issues, but subtly.
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Yes, it does address class issues very subtly. Occasionally I felt like it was a bit too subtle though (which was surprising, but perhaps they just didn't have time to get into that on top of the rest, which was complex enough).
I loved the whole dang thing! Now I can read your reviews...
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I adored, adored Mr. Thornton, i loved him in the book and "was prepared" to fall in love in the miniseries.
What did you think of Nicholas Higgins?
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I really loved it: you were absolutely right!
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The proposal scene and the scene with his mother before, where she is convinced that Margaret is flinging herself at him, are just painful. I pitied him, especially with Margaret trying to head him off at the pass by saying that she would have done as much for anyone there.
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