Did you actually like this?

anne hathaway doesnt suit any part

i really loved it and nothing will change that. I like Sophia Myles as Isolde and thats it.

Thought it started out really bad but about half way through I actually started to like the film, the funny thing is I hate these type of films

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I absolutely hated this movie. It was a complete waste of my time. I was really expecting to like and my friend really liked it but I thought it was awful. So anyways I thought I would vent to ppl who actually know what I am talking about.

Yep. It's a charming adaptation. "Fat"? "Bad big blubbery lips"? You're just saying nonsense to defend your nonsensical point of view, right? You can't simply express your preference for another version (as if it's necessary to choose one).

If you really want fidelity to the book, surely you'd prefer the video of the RSC stage version. Or is that Nicholas too skinny?

but u have to agree that Smike was awsome in this and i love Jamie Bell he's a great acter

I did like this version of Nicholas Nickelby. I haven't seen the one you mention, ITV version, but I would imagine a mini-series, which is given a lot more screen time, to inevitably be better.

For a 2-hour movie, this worked very well. Of course, it cuts a lot of the characters and some of the small details out, but it's a very well done representation of the major plot points of the Dickens novel.

Now of course, when you have a mini-series, you're going to have a lot more time dedicated to present the whole entire novel. For instance, Pride and Prejudice. The BBC/A&E miniseries I thought to be far superior to the movie, due to the fact that if followed the book almost faithfully, was superbly casted (yes I even liked the casting of Mrs. Bennett), but, most importantly had almost 5 hours of screen time, vs. the movie version with Keira Knightley which was given about two-and-a-half hours.

Yes, I actually liked it.

It's almost been two years since you posed that question, but I only got to see the feature last night, and i was pleasantly surprised. I have not read the novel, nor have I seen the 2001 television adaption, and they may very well be better. (most likely as to the novel).

Coming from where I am from, the feature films I most often get to see are Scandinavian or American in Origin, British movies have a tendency to disspaear in the mass of American movies, especially at the cinema here in "no-mans-land". So, when I get hold of DVD's I watch them.

I found this movie looking through other titles starring Anne Hathaway, I was a little dissapointed that her role was not bigger, nor more colourful, but I to y surprise I found other actors I can like aswell!

And if you reference Charles Hunnam as being "fat" I don't know which world you live in. Jamie Bell I have not seen in several years until recently when I saw "jumper" at the cinema. He seem to have grown, not just as a person, but as an actor. and I admire that!

I generally liked this movie. and I will recommend it to my friends. if I will come to read the novel, who knows? I do enjoy a good book, but sadly my only reference to Charles Dickens is through a Doctor Who episode, and a christmas calendar my parents had when I was a child, in which each Advent day had a small part of his "A Christmas Carol" on it.