Also, watched the first forty-five minutes of Little Women, which critics are falling all over themselves to call GREAT. I don't find it great, thus far. I find it to perfectly reflect the type of person its director is - so, the pluckiness and cuteness wears thin for me almost instantly. She also resorts to silly tricks to use in a period piece - suddenly going into slow motion for no real reason, or speeding up because she feels like it. It just feels rather precious. I'm sure I'll finish it. I also watched the first twenty minutes of a movie called Motherless Brooklyn, written, directed, produced by its star, Edward Norton. The production design is very nice, and I enjoyed the opening sequence, but it's two hours and twenty-six minutes long - clearly Mr. Norton thinks everyone will be enthralled but that hasn't proven to be the case.
