It was the first time I watched the youth version of "Great Expectations" in elementary school, and the title was still called "Blood and Tears of Lone Star" at that time.
After that, I re-read the full Chinese version in junior high school, and then the 2012BBC version that I see now in senior year.
When I was young in elementary school, I didn't understand the complex relationships of characters very well. My favorite part was the process of Pip and Estella getting along and the short reunion at the end. Fall in love again and again. I vaguely feel that Estella must also love Pip, and Miss. Havisham also seems to like Pip, or has truly regretted her so-called revenge for many years. There are two most impressive scenes, one is Miss. Havisham sitting in her room, the wedding cake in the corner is full of cobwebs, the room is dark and the air is full of dust; one is the finale, Pip and Estella reunite after a long time. I still remember the juvenile version and the illustration of that scene. In my impression, Estella in the painting also has nothing to do with it. Together with Pip in the night, it seems to have found happiness, or that it was already happiness in that moment.
The full version I watched in junior high school went by so quickly and I only watched it once, so that I couldn't remember anything specific, and it was far less impressive than the episodes I watched repeatedly in elementary school.
The 2012 version of the BBC won my heart. At least the film made me affirm my childhood feelings about Estella and Miss. Havisham. Some changes to the original, like the ending of Magwitch, where Pip ends up being paid off by Joe or something. In my impression, the original should be more recent and miserable, which is more in line with the title of Lone Star's Blood and Tears, but is exactly the opposite of the English title of Great Expectations. The BBC weakened this misery, but in the end, the scenes and shots of Joe's marriage, as well as the back in Pip's independent style, I personally feel that to a certain extent, this misery has been highlighted and the problem of a great future has been emphasized.
Because Pip met Estella, he gave up his quiet and stable life as a blacksmith and yearned for 'Great Expectations'. The death row prisoner he rescued when he was young gave him such an opportunity to become a gentleman and opened his way to 'Great Expectations'. After twists and turns, Pip, who has a great future, failed to marry Estella, and his long-time friend, master and brother-in-law, Joe, also chose to keep a distance from him. At this time, Pip seemed to have only money funded by a mysterious person and maintained his status as a gentleman. Finally, Magwitch, a mysterious donor who treats him like a son, leaves him, and Joe, who helped him solve his financial problems, also marries Bella. Pip seems to be back at the starting point of 'Great Expectations', but this time I'm afraid he won't be as free as before, He can no longer choose to give up 'Great Future' and fight for his 'Great Future', I am afraid it is his only way. In the end, Estella's widow came back, this time she chose to face her true heart and stand with Pip. Estella is a sail, a river, and Pip's future.
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