This is for those of you who did not rush to sign up for “The Russian Novelists, World Lit. 501” (one of my favorite classes): Anna Karenina does not end well. So, if you are thinking of a jolly holiday film with beautiful snowy scenes and extravagant costuming, be aware that you are only going to get the beautiful snowy scenes and extravagant costuming, not a jolly holiday. It’s a Russian novel, for heaven’s sake!
I’m boycotting it because of Keira Knightly. Anna Karenina cannot be played by someone who was in Pirates of the Caribbean. It’s not right.
That’s pretty much what Susan said. It nearly broke Susan’s heart to see Knightly playing a Jane Austen heroine. I think she used the word “annoying.” I like to remember when I first saw her in “Bend it like Beckham.” I need to watch that again.