Just a comment to Michael Zubiria : The movie isn't depicting Mary as possibly infected with cholera in the beginning scene. It is depicting her as drunk. Mary gets up, her maid is dead, and she goes to the table to eat leftovers from the party, where she drinks from a glass of wine. Then she says she feels sick and lies down. She's drunk. This was probably incorporated into the plot line to explain why even though she was in the same house, Mary doesn't know her parents are dead.
Just wanted to clear that up.
I love this movie. I first saw it at age 11. This is infinitely better than the 1993 version which was sappy. The actors who portrayed Mary and Colin in the 1993 version seriously suck when compared to the actors who portrayed these characters in this version. My biggest beef with the 1993 version is the earthquake scene. When I first saw that, I was like WTF! Why did they kill her folks off through an earthquake instead of cholera? Her parents' deaths set the stage for the whole movie. They shouldn't have messed with that. Also the 'magical connotation' in the 1993 version is beyond tacky.
This -the 1987 version is the best movie adaptation of this story so far.
Just wanted to clear that up.
I love this movie. I first saw it at age 11. This is infinitely better than the 1993 version which was sappy. The actors who portrayed Mary and Colin in the 1993 version seriously suck when compared to the actors who portrayed these characters in this version. My biggest beef with the 1993 version is the earthquake scene. When I first saw that, I was like WTF! Why did they kill her folks off through an earthquake instead of cholera? Her parents' deaths set the stage for the whole movie. They shouldn't have messed with that. Also the 'magical connotation' in the 1993 version is beyond tacky.
This -the 1987 version is the best movie adaptation of this story so far.