yep. the dream guy

If every woman had a Gabriel Oak by her side, the world would be an infinitely happier place!

From the beginning till the end :)

That's my man right there. He's truly a mans man. As well as gatsby

YES, I LOVE MR OAK

Excellent point!

Melissa Marcelloni I have read the book but my comments were only based on a comparison of this trailer to the 1960s film. Films don't always follow books faithfully, but I hope this one captures the spirit of it. The 1960s film is one of my favourites so my expectations for this one, aren't high but I don't want to prejudge it before I've seen it.

Melissa Marcelloni I totally agree. But having read the book I'm not sure I'll be able to watch the film.

Melissa Marcelloni Funny thing is I have read this book maybe 7 or 8 times, it's always on any device I have. It's the most bearable and realistic romance novel I ever read, keep in mind I studied Literature. I think its the standard bearer for not just the romantic age or Hardy but romantic writing as a whole. Males need not find romantic writing cringe inducing neither should females allow themselves to become cesspits for unchecked emotions. I'm talking to you "Twilight" and "50 Shades" readers!!

***** If you have an English degree how is it that you don't know that it's "Madding Crowd" not "Maddening Crowd". You don't even need an English degree for that. You just need to be able to read and copy the title of this video.

I remember this line, didn't that explain it all why the most famous poems are men??

Note: So God made the people speak many different languages so they could not work together on building the city and tower. Made by one man not men so you can't blame this one on the patriarchy. I understand that you think that woman are useless and had no influence on the evolution of language, but thankfully we have written proof and can blame this solely on one man.

Hardy understood how difficult was life for women in his time and he tried to point it out in his novels by using this kind of lines.

So, language is sexist now! Lol

Actually, that depends on the woman. If she is emotionally intelligent enough to express her feelings with vocabulary, then this quote is pure rubbish. That's beside the fact that language was developed by all who spoke in the history of mankind. So in fact, this line *is* pure rubbish. I know plenty of men who have more trouble 'defining their feelings' in ANY language than most women I know.

L.L. Ham agreed. It’s sad to think that if she had accepted him they would have just moved into the farm together.

But then there would be no story or allegorical message to convey. This is the story of the human condition to be weak, vane and selfish, despite a few who are somehow able to rise above these base and petty desires for instant gratification to uphold a higher standard of values that the rest of us might be inspired by. Too many people read stories and history as if they would choose less selfishly not knowing everything the reader is aware of. If we examine our lives, most of us have plenty of examples that should dispel this inaccurate notion of ourselves if we were to be completely honest. But most people are anything but honest, especially to themselves, despite striving for the ideal of “To thine own self be true.” What does that even mean other than selfishness to a person who is convinced by their own selfishness that what they are doing is in their best interest rather than a rationalization of an irrational situation that we need be true to validate our selfishness.

A positive touch for the srory :) Namaste..! :)

Are you talking about sergeant Troy?

+koshuwu mahre No, i was talking about Gabriel.

+sukhvir singh Like Gabriel so much cos he's the best friend kind of type and obviously a perfect husband!

The solid, patient, dependable, patient husband types are rarely the exciting kind, sweeping you off your feet and leave you breathless. Sadly, women always go for the excitement, and regret it only when it's too late.

i find the book so boring :( i didnt get far with it at all! loved the 90's film though

I've read the book and seen the Christie movie. This doesn't look good. Or realistic.

Justin B. Are you kidding me? The Julie Christie version is by far the worst, completely horrible and miscast. The best adaptation is the amazing '90 version. Stuck to the book and did a great job portraying all the characters and the setting.

occlumency04 Exactly. Realist literature is often dark because of the real life situations it portrays and the themes it tackles. I've read Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Ubervilles, he's a masterful story crafter and anyone who can try to tame the literary beast is what matters in creating film adaptions.

occlumency04 Angry Much!

lol thought dat too

🤣

Its based off a book from 1874. Id say criticize the author but he died a long time ago

Hardy really seems to like the love triangles/squares.

Perhaps he (TH) was more interested in the souls that exist in this world and the pain they cause...the comments here demonstrates the banality of those who hate so spuriously, and his case in point. They watch a Hollywood movie and believe it as fact. Perhaps they should actually read a book/novel at some point in their lives.

You might want to watch the original version from 1967 which I saw as a kid on the big screen ... and of course later on TV . Great story with Julie Christie , Allen Bates and Terence Stamp . Look for the trailer here you might really like that version

Hi is a beautiful man..loved his character

When I read the book I went from feeling neutral about her, disliking her, almost hating her, pitying her, rooting for her, and then liking her. I told myself if I didn't see some major character development with her, I was going to hate the book. I wasn't disappointed. It was a great story.

Why? That warmth isnt always innocent all men have a bit crazy in the world.

A Wallmart discount version of Audrey Hepburn.

kostas stathopoulos Look up Lily Collins, now she is the reincarnation of Audrey Hepburn, she is physically the same copy as her.

kostas stathopoulos Yes, I will go and see anything with Carey Mulligan in it. This movie looks good... it looks nearly epic.

I dont picture Bathsheba as Carey Mulligan. Hmm i wish they'd pick another actress who is more vain and full of pride. She is a reputable actress but she doesn't embody the character from the book...imo

Lily Collins may be pretty in a way that Carey isn’t but Carey is very talented

and how do you know that Shmoo? Have you talked with any lately?

Well as a female myself I can say my assessment is most likely very accurate.

Lol

Shmoo Figjam Yeah buddy, I believe you. Pull the other one.

switch the genders, and it becomes every male's fantasy *shrug*

I think you might really enjoy the 1967 version with Alan Bates ,Terence Stamp and Julie Christie .

Boring and shy?

@@Kyoto_Ed Lol! Now I think he’s boring too, but I meant the morals part. I thought men were more honorable and that most of them would have principles etc, but I was super young.

***** it seems like such a commentary on social class

To me, Oak was the main character. I hated Bathseba. 😂

vulaka Agreed ...

vulaka Just watched it & i'm obsessed haha

vulaka duhh

+vulaka totally, totally

I saw him on his bicycle but he was too fast and I was too lazy to run.. Such a good day lol

😂😂😂

I thought the book was overrated. The only reason why I finished it was because the prose was gorgeous. But the characters were so infuriating. All of the men were terrible suitors. Gabriel came off as too submissive and way too overly attentive to Bathsheba, William was creepy (I don't think anyone can deny that) and Troy was just a straight up jerk. Despite that I would recommend the book just for the prose alone and the movie did a wonderful adaptation. It also has a beautiful sound track.

The book is wonderful but it is Hardy so get ready for strangely accented dialogue.

@@philbecker4676 what do you mean? The accents are normal

@@user-ed7et3pb4olol

agree! Her performance in Promising Young Woman is just powerful

Yeah thats kitty! 😍

lo mismo pensé! xDD

She also played Isabella Thorpe in a Northanger Abbey film adaptation 😂😍

The kiss with Troy was born out of lust and excitement, and the kiss with Gabriel was full of true love, respect, friendship, passion and he didn’t left her they walked together holding hands like it was another level of trust and love ❤

Alexander Maxwell I Family relations , at that level of society, I surmise were more formal. If they'd been close, why didn't he send for her to live with him, in the period before his death?

U know, maybe she never actually was that close to her uncle. A lot of us know our family relations but we aren't as close.

I don't think she ever really knew him that well and didn't necessarily expect to inherit the farm.

Yeah, even if he wasn’t so close to her, she went straight from "your uncle died" to "Yay!"

Yeah I don't remember anything in the book indication they were especially close. If a family member who isn't on your radar dies then you aren't expected to grieve like crazy.

a real man surrounded by pansy coloured jellyfish

And yet very few people here mention the 1967 version of it which was really great

She was truly fantastic in that role. She was in every scene in a role that demanded that she express naivety, intelligence, pretentiousness, wonder, joy, and feelings of love and betrayal. She pretty much emptied her bag of tricks and used so many facial expressions to great advantage. I personally loved that playful smile at the magazine rack in Paris.

It was WAY more complicated than that. Read the book.

But, like she said, he didn't ask again. She wasn't ready when he did the first time. It wasn't right until it was. The genius of the novel is that all the characters are so excellently formed and coherent. Everything they do makes sense for who they are, and yet they aren't stagnant. Bathsheba and Gabriel grow together and grow closer. If they hadn't been through all those trials, they wouldn't have witnessed each others' strength and determination and grown to respect each other as much as they did. And if she hadn't 'friend-zoned' him, they wouldn't have become friends, and wouldn't have had such a stable and deep base for their actual romance later on. Hardy writes amazingly about the power of love borne of deep friendship and mutual respect.

@@user-ed7et3pb4o well she knew all those years he loved her, and it was clear he never asked again because he was respecting her ... he watched her get married when she declined his proposal, and proposed to by another man. He tought he stood no chance ... but she knew all along he loved her and never did anything.

You are very astute as that is the movie they referred to throughout the making of the film. It's all about the close-ups.

i find gone with the wind so boring ... and i usually love period dramas :s

Kate Hollyoake shut up ! if you could'nt enjoy gone with the wind youre a ignorant

no.. i'm quite an intelligent person actually, with a lot of common sense. dull dull dull

Don't get me wrong I love the classics and period dramas, but gone with the wind made me so aggravated at the end of the movie!

Thank you, Marisa.

My thanks, Rainy Days.

Thanks Amal.

My thanks, ankita.

+Mari Christian because happy endings are too mainstream.

YES! This is what I noticed as well. I haven't read the book but obviously that's how Thomas Hardy really has written her character, which I really despise, I don't get why he did that. And I thought something was wrong with Carey Mulligan :'D The book and the movie could've been so much better if he only created a Bathsheba that was fitting for Gabriel as well

agreed with you..thats is real life of a good man...foreveralone and zoned

i'm confused about that too...why is it ok for these men to be second best

I kind of agree with you. I would also demand sweat equities for the work that I did in the farm. I certainly need more than love. But, I suppose another way to look at it is unconditional love.

Muhammad Sbahi really? Who wants to be the first when you can be the last one? In love that works best.

JADESWorld Gabriel could have been her first and only love.

Back in the day and still to this day there's a familiar concept called "never marry down." Marriage is more of an economic proposition than a union of love. He is simply not her equal economic wise.

@@giangboo Well, when he first proposed, he was richer than she was. And then, at the end, she was richer than him. So I'm not entirely sure of your point. Of course marriage was an economic proposition, but Hardy makes clear that that's not really part of Bathsheba's decision-making, hence her rejecting the very rich Mr Boldwood.

I love it, Carey has never been better, a talented and lovely lady😄