I agree it does look too glossed.. The book gave a whole different reality to me..

the actress also looks too pretty ngl and older than I imagined. I swear she was meant to be a young teenager for most of the book

My thoughts exactly

The trailer is a whole different reality than the book. I'll watch the movie but this is (likely) too Hollywood to be loveable. Sorry Reese.

You hit the nail on the head. While reading the book, I imagined it dark, grimy like you said but the trailer is extremely vibrant. Idk I guess we’ll see

She looks familiar. What other movies has she been in????🤔🤔

Right!!! She is blowing up and I am for it 😍🤩

@@thomasbelisle6093 normal people, war of the worlds, fresh

@@villanelles_suit7271 oh yeah, that's right. I remember seeing her in the War of the Worlds series. Her character was the deaf girl. Gotcha. 👍

Another posh white English girl that coasted through drama school on daddy's money. no thanks.

I was about to comment this.

@MBC I can’t speak for the movie but I’m pretty sure in the book she’s in her early-mid 20s for the present day part when the murder happens

THIS EXACTLYYYYYUU

It could be that the second and third trailers capture the mood of the story more. I love how the cast looks but for a swamp girl I thought she'd be a bit less...polished? Not wearing makeup with perfectly cut hair.

HARD AGREE. She's waaaayyyy too clean. I'm not saying she'd be covered in dirt but her clothes would be very well worn and her hair not looking constantly freshly washed. The house would be much more run down. The whole book is imbued with the low hum and rippling of the marsh and like you say - this is way to bright, loud and fast. Such a pity. Just imagine what it would be like in the hands of someone with more vision.

@@SnazzyArcade She doesn't move like a wild child would.

It looks horrible how could they do that to that book 📕!!!

Yeah they always do that in film. I was thinking the same thing. I actually just had to look up to see where they made it take place. Supposed to be North Carolina. I live in the Swamps of Louisiana, and the first thing I thought is we don't ever call it the marsh and we don't ever call them crawdads. LOL. Glad to see it was supposed to be North Carolina and not us. We call them Crawfish and you definitely use the term the Bayou or the swamp. Marsh is a term we don't use. But yeah, everybody definitely need to be dirtied up a little. LOL. You don't stay clean in the swamp.

It needs more bugs like swarming around. Also we do call them craw dads. Everyone in NC does. I remember going out and catching them as a child growing up there, memories.

must be hot as all hell in the summer months.

@@BrianCarnevaleB26 Hot and humid my friend!! But the beach makes it bearable. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else! Have a wonderful weekend!!

Watch the series "Normal People" if you haven't!! she's in it too and is amazing.

Check out 'Normal People', she had the lead in that too and it was incredible. Think it was on Hulu in the US

That coastal Carolina accent is specific. Hollywood doesn't hear it.

Lol, you’re right

A while back I was thinking the same thing, wondering where the stereotype that black folks look alike comes from when damn near every white face I see on the screen looks exactly like the last

Hahaha omg

Eh, not the whole plot, but a good 75-80% of the plot I'd say. I definitely think people should read the book before the movie.

@@shysunrise honestly, that’s all I needed. Well, I mean. I’m hoping that 80% doesn’t include who the murderer is. Because I clearly know who was killed and… they make it super obvious who it could be.

Well I'm on about page a third of the way through and I learned things I didn't know happened.

@@shysunrise Beautifully written book. Skillfully executed prose stirs such vibrant images in the mind. I found this novel wholly satisfying.

@@shanstergoodheart5177 …but that’s not a no to the murderer thing. You’re not dispelling the idea that the trailer just showed us who the murderer is…. I mean no spoilers because who knows… but also… I mean am I wrong?

Going to order thanks

It seems I’m the only person in the world who thinks the book is boring. Couldn’t finish it even on audible. And I consume many many books .

i believe it takes place in north carolina actually! but, the main character’s mother is from louisiana i think!

@@emilyandryshak3148 oh cool! the trees definitely take me back to Louisiana in the trailer so either way, I think it’ll be awesome

Filmed in Louisiana to fit the general idea of the South. But the story is from North Carolina -- a totally different landscape. And there are no crocks in North Carolina. So the movie has little to do with the story

So, true!! So many are about narrowly escaping death by nature, creatures, or other humans. I think it's very much a reflection of how we're feeling as a culture. Not that we're literally under direct threat (except by climate change), but in their psyches people feel like they are. (Greetings from Oregon, USA)

@@rebeccagreen7241 Thanks. Saw yesterday a video on culture shocks from Americans living in other nations. Notable things: not every bang is a gun, feeling safe on the streets, being helped by strangers, no fear for medical costs, because it's either free of very cheap.

Yup

Unfortunately, no. If you look long enough, you will see the difference 1:34

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@@sonyawalker9212 oh i couldn't tell! i like her, i just finished Normal People ugh my heart