Little Women (1994) - Unrequited Love Scene (5/10) | Movieclips 

Yelling on a hillside 🤣

Yes I like it too

I loved both versions 😂😂 I love how you put it! Very funny 😂😂

Ha ha ha ha ha hillside

While this one is really pretty, and subtly shows both why they are incompatible, the 2019 version is more outright with it. In this scene, Laurie tells Jo about his plans for the future and how he'd "take care of her" which is exactly what Amy wants, not Jo. In the 2019 version (which I've only seen through clips, but it was the majority of the movie) its more obvious to the audience why she is only interested in him as a friend. She is beating on him all the time, and they are fighting, and challenging each other. It also made me wonder why he didn't bring up his feelings for her sooner, before the proposal in every version? I think its because deep down he knows the same thing.

The way he says that line is hysterical. It's almost like he's being his character from American Psycho lol

@@baylee8659 I had watched American Psycho years before watching this version of Little Women, so I really had a hard time NOT thinking that Laurie was going to commit some horrible crime

@@GabrielCosta-xt1dv hahahahaha

Don’t worry- when he gets angry he puts on a mask and takes down criminals at night. Win win

Yessssss

haha there's simply no other CHOICE!!

Exacto.

yeahhh

Vaya, no encuentro fallas en su lógica jajaja

Oh love all his movies! Oh Bale!

Something bateman would say

he always looks 20 years older than his actual age

Lol ugh seriously, I was like just accept !! Haha

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If I was Jo I would've excepted his marriage proposal before he even asks

He's also dreamy as John Rolfe in the film "The New World" as he pursues Pocohontas

hahahahahahahahahahahaahhaa lol

yeah... oh yeah!!!

Imagine if one of the actors stared in the camera

Don't wanna disturb the wild animals

the writer in me don’t be dramatic

Haha luv it

Or a superhero....

@@Kristine_202 haha good one

an AMERICAN psycho... dun dun dun

So she was the catalyst for turning him into one!

It's also exactly what she didn't want :')

I don't see why she had to marry Jo in order for the book to be published.

@@ginaaa596 In those days single women were seen as economically disenfranchised and, societally speaking, write-offs. Having the protagonist end up single simply wasn't a viable option if Alcott wanted to get published in that time.

I realize it’s her story and therefore her vision but I hate the idea of Jo never marrying. I actually dislike a lot of Jo’s “progressive” qualities. Not because I believe she had to marry or that a woman shouldn’t be equal to a man but because I hate how Alcot made the character reject all her inherently feminine qualities just to prove a point and having her defiantly remain single would have been just another example of that.

TheCjma88 Jo wasn't inherently feminine, that's the whole point. I see your comments everywhere on Little Women related videos, and I'm tired of it. There's nothing wrong with a woman who is less feminine.

You’re right, Alcott was trying to prove a point. Not all qualities associated with femininity are ‘inherent’ to every woman, including the desire for marriage/partnership. Women like Jo are far more common and normal than you think, and their aspirations are just as valid as characters like Meg, who want a family and dress in a traditionally feminine way.

Fan of the interpretation because the proposal scene in the 2019 version is one of the best of the films, because I was left thinking once Laurie married Amy, I wondered if Jo actually told him what she was thinking in her loneliness or her new found feelings and appreciation for their bond, what he would have done? I think he does love Amy, but he will always always love Jo. I interpreted that his love for Jo was much deeper than romance, which was really what his relationship with Amy was. Only wish I saw more of Jo and Laurie’s relationship in the film, but I guess I have to read the book for that.

I was actually more soothed by the 2019 version for your exact reasoning lol I find the 1994 version so much more devastating. The 2019 version feels like there’s much more of their friendship left intact. The 1994 version feels much more like a painful split.

@@alliewithbooks that's interesting! i think for me the 1994 version comes off immature, but i was actually told recently that i got this comment a bit wrong. in the 2019 version laurie DOES say he would "rather be hanged than watch," just earlier in the scene and it's not lingered upon/ended with. so him ending with "and i will watch" does add a level of finality to his grief, from anger to acceptance. all hail greta gerwig for a masterpiece of a script

I loved your Ted talk 👏😂

Jen Hubbard What he actually says is he’d rather hang than realize they don’t belong together. He’d rather be dead than believe what she’s saying about them as truth. So even though they are similar words, the timing and context give them completely different meanings.

"I will provide for you and your family" How insulting, really.

Yes it's what showed he didn't get Jo, didn't get what HER dreams were.

@@vilwarin5635 it wasn't. it was very sweet and caring and it also meant he didn't get her. Being married is more than the economic aspects of it, she saw they were not matched mentality and love does fade if not feed. It was going to be the perfect breeding ground for anger and resentment. It wouldn't have been a happy marriage

For real!

@the writer in me Really? Why? I thought it was a sweet sentiment. The fact that Laurie would support her no matter what she wanted to do (write or not write; have kids or not have kids; etc.). Wouldn't that be freeing for Jo to know that she could write simply because she loved it? Not because she had to put food on the table? That if she lost her passion to write, it would be okay? As a writer and editor myself, I wholeheartedly disagree with you.

CRYING

Lmao facts

LOL

Amy is perfect for Laurie. Just as Professor Bhaer is perfect for Jo. He comes from humble surroundings, a hard worker and is Jo's intellectual equal. Jo and Laurie have a wonderful friendship but that doesn't necessarily make a successful, happy marriage. Look at how Laurie keeps offering to change for Jo. That's no way to start a relationship.

and have that ugly mustache :( why Laurie? why?

Yes he went all in. Totally believable in both eagerness and anger/sadness.

This is the only part that finally broke me and made me cry

He nails this!!! I love it.

This scene breaks my heart!

He may have wanted her, but she wasn't what he needed. She was smart enough and knew both of them well enough to know that.

She's really saying that's not the life she wants, though.

@@monmothma3358 Yes, she wants a life that she creates, not that one is handed to her. But on the other hand, I do believe Teddy would've stepped aside and let her do that. Like another poster said (paraphrasing), he supported her imaginary world that was based on her writing. He said you wouldn't have to write unless you want to. So, she could pursue her writing -- earning money or just for the enjoyment. But know that she's safe. I'm sure Teddy was progressive enough to allow them to have more of equal partnership in their marriage, so Jo wouldn't have to feel like she's being a burden or treated as a child. He understood the need to free of society's conventions, because deep down, he was like that as well. So a partnership she could earn her way in a sense, creating her own life/their life together. Her happiness was very important to Teddy, but would Jo feel like he's giving up too much? And maybe there was a side of Jo didn't want to feel safe? And I mean, she did start a school, after all. What woman in those days, especially at her economic status, could or would try to start a school? That's so risky! And the safety blanket of being taken care of? That's still having a handout (of course, should be grateful for in those days). So conflicted on these two, lol. ^ my analytical side speaking. But if I have to pick a couple, it's Jo and Teddy. Their happiness together is what wins me. But if I compare them to Jo/Frederick or Amy/Teddy. Their relationships are like: If you're always trying to make each other happy, doesn't the relationship feel more forced/exhausting? Compatibility in terms of life goals, values and all that are good... they are needed, help cement bonds.... There's an acceptance -- a peace to Jo/Friedrich because of their intellectual compatibility/life goals. Or Teddy/Amy are. Both like extravagant lives. And it's good how Amy challenged Teddy to mature -- a partner who can challenge you to become better. But what I feel is lacking is between those two couples is happiness -- not a reason to be happy, you just are! With J/F or A/T, do they ever think about each other and smile? Do they laugh just looking at each other? Not stupid puppy love or Romeo/Juliet kind of idealistic love. Is passion the word? I rarely see these two couples smile, share a laugh. If these two couple's compatibility started to ebb, such as if Jo started to hate writing (not likely), would her and Friedrich's bond be as tight? Because if you're genuinely happy around each other, you value each other as people, you genuinely care about each other, everything else should be peanuts!!! That you'll find a way to be together. Not because so and so is compatible with you in terms of a vocation. Jo and Teddy are still laughing during their proposal fight. And then, they're so comfortable together. They're true friends, despite their bickering. They have a deep knowing of each other ("I know you, Jo"), and he was right. They have deep discussions. ^ my heart. For me, one of the greatest things I want in a man is sweetness. If we can't joke, smile, I can't be with him.

i guess she just doesn't want to get married I mean I get what she means tho I never read the book maybe I should

natalia alianovna she didn’t love him that way.

As a hopeless romantic, I prefer the classic happy ending, where the boy gets the girl, but Jo and Laurie just didn't fit. They had wonderful fun together (and I grieved the loss of it!) but to Jo, Laurie was like the brother she'd always wanted, and didn't contain the depth to touch the innermost part of her soul. Professor Bhaer did. He drew Jo out with appreciation, and their transcendentalist backgrounds brought each other together. Jo would have never been able to fulfill her greater destiny with Laurie.

@@elamplough1 love your reply. Most of my life I maintained that Laurie was the one for Jo, and I've read dozens of comments disagreeing and I wasn't sold yet until I read your comment.

I'm one of those horrible people who only saw the movies, did not read the book unfortunately. My opinion came from feeling that, in the movie at least, Laurie would had satisfied Jo's desire for adventure, being treated as an equal by her partner, and he has seen her at her worst over the years and still genuinely loved her and was ready to take care of her and her family. I liked the professor too, but it seemed like he slowed her down; made her docile. In the movie--he ended up being right but still--when she writes intense stories and he is like "not feeling this" it felt like dad saying no to fun lol. When she tells Laurie she "can't go be a wife", well that's not how it would have been had she chosen Laurie. She would have had fun and been forever young. The Professor literally aged her. She will not be "bashing around" anywhere with that one. In a good way and good things came from it, yes, but that doesn't eliminate the aging factor. Jo's energetic and passionate zest for life would have kept going/flourished with Laurie.

Dorian Danger Agreed! There will be no "bashing" around with Bhaer!!

Reshme Subramaniam Wow, what a beautiful explanation. Thank you for sharing this perspective I agree wholeheartedly. This story means so much to me.

But Friedrich seemed so boring... bleh

in my mind Jo is simply a lesbian in the wrong era

L T hOnestly

And she did it in the 19th century get it queen

Ikr 😍😍

I'm just not ready to watch Timothée in general

OMG i Know Girls !!!

Their scene wasn't as good as this one in my opinion. I don't know why but it didn't hit me like this one did.

JustCallMeBo really?? Well in my country has not released until january 24. So when i see it i'll response again my opinion haha

The older movies are much much better

saoirse ronan can

@@boyjvoyej not even close

But She was too beautiful for being Jo.

​@@dicenqueeresantigua6415Yeah, that's always the case in movies. They never use plain actresses for main roles, even if she was described as plain in the book.

I get where you're coming from...but I have to disagree. Laurie was always on board with Jo's writing and acting, and was so excited to be a part of the March sisters' club. I personally think he would have supported Jo no matter what she wanted to do; I mean all Laurie wanted to be was free. Why would you think he'd want her to be a stay at home wife? He loves Jo because she's not a traditional "stay at home wife" woman. Jo later admits she regretted saying no to Laurie; she knows he was the love of her life. Although the Professor supported her writing and career, she couldn't be as carefree and silly as she was with Laurie, which I think was such a beautiful part of their relationship.

YesNelle I whole heartedly agree! She was afraid that marriage would isolate her from her sisters too as she wasn’t pleased that Meg was marrying either, saying, why can we just stay as we are? Implying that she just wants to live and be happy with her family and sisters. I think that she was also scared of loving Laurie. She’d never confronted her feelings for him before until his kiss. I think it was overwhelming for her to think that she would marry and become a house wife. I think she was scared of losing her current relationship with Laurie too. I definitely think he understood her because out of everyone he could see what was under her tomboy exterior. She just needed to give him a chance.

@@NelleBear Yups. T's an artist, too. He wanted to be free, but didn't have the guts to oppose his grandfather. "Locked-up." And the carefree part, T/J could just be. As I said in another post, how can you be relaxed during the bickering/proposing to laugh? They were genuinely happy together. I feel like F/J would have to make each other happy. And then if I look at the kiss, notice how she's so embracing during the actual kiss until she comes to her senses. She doesn't have the stinkah face or mad during his kiss. She's embracing it! I do believe Teddy should've respected her rejections, tho. Because as far as the script goes, she doesn't love him like that. So, maybe the embracing is Winona applying some artistic license or Winona on a personal level is attracted to Christian. But can't help to think that T/J is like Harry/Hermione. They're not suppose to be together, but they wander to each other naturally.

@@NelleBear Yes, but you have to remember that she didn't say regret saying "no" to Laurie because she realized she loved him, she regretted saying no because she didn't want to be alone. However, that's not love. If she said yes to Laurie for the reason of not wanting to alone and unloved, it wouldn't have been fair to either of them. In the end, while it's heartbreaking, she simply didn't love him in the way he wanted.

Yes i agree. She Was very childlike too. She loved her family and family life and being FREE and creative and dreamy. And even though she loved Laurie that Was Not the moment that she could say yes to his proposal and therefor await a marriage soon. She Was awaiting her own self growing up, which in her case meant following her vocation. As soon as she would have Done that of course she would have said yes i believe. For him to ask her AT this point in this Scene is Not a good Timing. He is ready to ask her for her Hand Here. IT is probably because He is a bit more mature and has found his stabile place in society.. He knows he's taking over the Business of his family (if i understand right).. So therefor He doesnt have a Hard fight in Front of him and is at a place in life where he comes to terms with who He wants to settle down, who He loves. She is in a more uneasy place AT that point. If she had married him, the security would have maybe made IT too easy for her to Not go for what she wanted to Do..to write and so on Anyway. Yes, IT makes sense she didnt accept the proposal.. No, i dont think they would have Not gotten together later again.

He is much less scary tho, I mean Chalamet… he portrays the heartfelt wanting and than devastation so strongly, but still doesn’t feel threatening, this version does a little

@@juliannatunde3756 true

I did not think he was yelling in that scene at all , I felt a man portraying love differently than og Laurie. This version though is soft and bittersweet but Timothee’s I felt more personally for some reason.

The 2019 rejection scene is far more brutal. You can feel Laurie getting his heart ripped out. Chalamet and Ronan did a great job.

And do not talk about Dorcia

You like Huey Lewis & the news?

or getting mad because of a business card

It's hip to be square ;)

sofia Koehnen 😂😂😂

Umm yes

Wow what a LOVE STORY!

you mean fake "batman"

it's joyce also veronica from heathers

Yes! Yes! I am biased as I prefer this movie to the 2019 version, you are so right about this being better. 2019 version did seem like they were bickering high schoolers.

Beautifully said

Exactly

hahahaha yesssss...thats what i was thinking hhahahah...

Yes.

ugh yeah

Yeah haha

Yes, yes yes. 😭

Me too...

Yup. I loved that scene in their version

I can’t tell which one I like better. Jo was just a little off in the 2019 one, but I think they captured Laurie’s petulance better in that one.

I just watched it for the first time and I really enjoyed it. This will always be the superior version for me.

@@sarahxo2317 why do you think so?

I liked the 2019 version way better. I thought it was more realistic and I like the way Timothee portrayed Laurie way better. The pa8n is shown so much better in the 2019 version. I think both versions are good, but they are so different and hit so differently.

Pineapple Pioneer And Shakespearean is not good because...

@@myytchanneldinakoha8498 where did I say it was bad, you're making something out of nothing.

Myytchanneldinako Ha it’s not that it’s bad... its just that some people prefer real while others prefer shakespearean

Weren't the 1800's a romantic century?

Pineapple Pioneer Its not that this version is less real than Greta's one. The thing is that the characters in the new adaptation adopted modern mannerism and behaviour, so they come across as if they were from our time. This scene is real but they act as two young people from the 1800'S

Me to and when he played batman

Kim I fell in love then x

@@Kim-ss5bb Yeaaaah he's the best Batman ever

And till this day i still am

It was Newsies for me

isnt it?

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS😂

they didn't kiss in the book so I don't think it was necessary. On the contrary, I think it would be contradictory as Jo makes clear that she doesn't love Laurie that way and she never will. So I find it better that they don't kiss in the new one because it's more accurate to the book and to what the writter wanted. And she for sure didn't want a love story betweem these two, she wanted to show us a strong character who doesn't fall in love as easily as novels and film industry made us believe.

@@c.dawson5858 I agree. I also like the decision to not kiss because it really does emphasize their friendship. The new version also fleshed out Laurie/Amy and she is the only one he kissed.

Yeah, it's a pity consent is a thing, so so so unromantic:(

at least they should kiss :3 how great it will be ":((((

now i’m commenting back lol I REALIZED that i actually ship laurie with amy more. idk why i didn’t ship it before. i think it’s because in the movie they didn’t build the relationship up as much as i wanted so it looked rushed if that makes sense

Hopefully you will soon. It's about energy resonance. I have the same issue. I am not resonating at that frequency xx

OMG true

them: forcibly kisses her and whispering in a forest sounding very much like a school play 2019 version: raw, crying from both of them and full of regret and sadness, filmed at an angle where Laurie is smaller than her (shes above him on the hill) showing his vulnerability, jo trying desperately to convince him to move on

lol Christian Bale makes Timothee look like a skinny 15 year old boy in my opinion. Couldn't get past that in the new version. For me Bale is so masculine and romantically handsome as Laurie; Tim looks like a kid playing dress up.

YesNelle YesNelle I actually haven’t watched the new version so maybe he did I was just kinda referring to him in other movies.

They literally look nothing alike.

They don’t act the same at all lmao

Yes Winona was technically too pretty to play Joe. But with her good acting and giving the character that raucous tomboy energy, she made her Jo believable.

I have never full heartedly agreed to a comment about the 2019 adaption so much. This Laurie will forever be the only Laurie for me

Hahahaha same girl

Sameee

Ha ha

Saame. I would never deny marrying Christian Bale haha

Yess yess yessss 🤚

the invisible me really? You can’t? She explains it very well and she’s absolutely right. They’re both headstrong but they’re total opposites. He would eventually want a wife that’s always there for him when she needs someone who will allow her to be free.

The profesor was totally on board with her working and writing, while for Laurie it was just a hobby worthless of interest. He only talks about buying her things, when he could help her to go to college, as she wishes. And it is also that thing about "providing" for her family, as if they need his money to be happy. So insulting.

I felt the same when I first saw this movie but when you think about it, Jo simply doesn't love Laurie the same way that he loves her. There are different kinds of love and she loves him as her closest friend - almost as if he's her brother. The idea of marrying Laurie would be so wrong for Jo.

Because she didn’t feel any butterflies or that earth shattering feeling...

1:44 here's your answer to why she didn't choose him

Oh really. What its Name? :)

Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa De La Cruz

*OMG. SAME. SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL* 😭😭😭

Same Florence’s performance as Amy was the highlight of the 2019 version and actually made me like the Amy/Laurie ship. However it didn’t have the same warmth or heart as the ‘94 version.

The rejection scene between Saorise Ronan and Timothee Chalamet is even more brutal than this. Ronan's Jo absolutely guts Chalmet's Laurie, and he looks like he is dying afterward.

Same from what I’ve seen in the trailer it looks great

I love timothee and saoirse but the talents in Bale and Ryder are indescribable

So?

They did. The proposal scene in that movie was equally good if not better and is handled in a much matured way.

Well... they didn't

What!? She's Winona Ryder!

Nah Timothee and Saoirse did a really great job

True...but did you really call Winona Ryder "this actress"?...

@@waitsx4028 yeah she’s the Winona Ryder

Ain't no way you called her "this actress" when she is literally Winona Ryder, one of the icons in the 90s.

Chrissy R at least we know that Anne and Gilbert end up together

@@elfielaurie6588 That's the only consolation 😓😞

Chrissy R What are Noah and Allie from? (I know the other two couples I just never heard of the last one)

@@nativenewyorker3144 The notebook

IKR. Especially if you add in the Scarlet Fever it went bang like the 2nd couple when I watched the 2019 adaptation today in the cinema

CrusadeOn kind of *brotherzoned

I knew someone was gonna say this.

Same Here. Please someone Tell me that they come together in the end :'(

@@nanamaja9350They don’t😭