![]() The film left a lot out, too, and some things were changed. She kind of outshone Bronwen though, who is meant to be the real stunner. ![]() I liked the casting though (despite the total lack of authentic Welsh accents - the dad sounded like he was Indian half the time) and Maureen O'Hara made a very beautiful Angharred. I thought it suffered from that old-film syndrome of over-sentimentality and overkill with the music. I thought the film was decent (obviously, as it won a Best Picture Oscar) but I don't think I'd watch it again. There was a sort of alternative morality at work, that sometimes made me a bit uncomfortable. And even the incident with the teacher, although I quite enjoyed that. There was one episode where they went and lynched a child killer (obviously I saw their point, but everyone deserves a trial - how did they know they had the right guy?) and the bit where they named and shamed that guy who was stealing chickens. The other issue with the men was that they had a bit of a vigilante/mob mentality thing going on. And we're supposed to believe he still doesn't quite understand where babies come from? Nope. ![]() All that stuff he said about men who took girls 'up the mountain' and got them in trouble, and then as soon as he gets the chance to do the same himself he doesn't think twice about the consequences for the girl. Again, I guess this was realistic for the time, but he didn't seem to put two and two together about certain things until he was in his twenties. The other irritation I had with Huw, was how naive he was. ![]()
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