Brief Encounter

I saw a post about platforms and I found a movie recommendation there.

Brief Encounter. A film adapted from a screenplay about a married man and a married woman who meet by chance and have an intense affair.

I went ahead and saw the film , a 1945 classic and then I found and saw the 1974 remake of the film.

While I was completely blown away by the original version, I think the remake was unnecessary.

As an original, it could have been alright… But for a remake, I think it lost the entire story.

The lovers were cold and didn’t even seem to have any sparks…Not only was the chemistry lacking, the conversations were bland and the path to their affair was rushed.

They showed no uncontrollable emotion… The affair had no driving force.

For a film that ran for an hour and forty three minutes, I would say not enough of the time was spent on the lovers and their encounter.

What leaves me pondering is how two good actors, Sophia Lauren and Richard Burton could leave me feeling this way.