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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful but Tragic Love Story.....,
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This review is from: The Thorn Birds (1983) (DVD)
For all those "romantics" out there this is definitely one film not to miss!!!!! I was transfixed to the screen from start to finish..... it is something I will watch again and again....but only from time to time as it is about 12 hours long. (By the way, excuse the cliches). I saw this as a teenager only once and I have to say the beauty of this film for me hasnt changed at all and it must be a good 15 years! What is the film about? In short, it is a love story between a woman and a priest spanning over four or five decades. She is denied his love because he chooses God, but for both of them it is an on going battle as he does love her too. As the story unfolds you will see if he stays faithful to the cloth or if she stays loyal to him.....even two decades is a long time to stay committed to anything! Watch it....and you will find out what happens... The story is passionate and charismatic with a well chosen cast that will linger in your thoughts well after you have watched it. Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward are exemplary in their performances but I have to say some of the supporting actors like Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Simmons and Richard Kiley are truly outstanding! I give this a 5 Star rating and would recommend it to everyone!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The Thornbirds,
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This review is from: The Thorn Birds (1983) (DVD)
Excellent! Just like I remember the series (way back when) cried an entire box of kleenex!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
True Passion Born From Fiction,
By Sable (Los Angeles, Ca) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Thorn Birds (1983) (DVD)
"The best is bought only at the cost of great pain" says the Reverend Ralph De Bricassart in such a moving film. Never has any actor impressed me into believing his true passion and understanding for his character. When viewing Richard Chamberlain as Ralph, one never feels that he was playing a role, or "acting". He truly was Ralph De Bicassart, and I truly feel only he could be. I definitely congradulate Colleen McCullough for writing such a simple character, with such a complex existence, yet is able to keep his undying love for God and his overwhelming love for Meggie. Meggie and Ralph are definitely motifs to eachother. Both from faultering families whose mother ignored their being, and dismissed their love. Which explains partly, I think, their understanding and deep compassion for eachother. And, what a fight Ralph puts up for his faith. Always a struggle between his heart and mind; both fighting to overcome the other, and to live together in existence. Every character has meaning in "The Thorn Birds", just as every minute of the story has its significance. This is not a story renouncing the papacy, and what its priests stand for, but how love always prevails; whether it be for God or for His creatures. People may call Ralph a pedophile, while I say a strong NO to that statement. Ralph's love for Meggie as a child was just what she was to him, like his own child. He saw her that way for years, which is his "excuse" to stay away from her, for his heart needed her. He had to see her as a child to shun her love from him, but his heart was stronger than his mind for it gives way to her beauty, love, and devotion to him for so many years. Crisis can never tear them apart time after time, for their love is like the wind; has always been there, will always be there, and cannot be told to stop. "The Thorn Birds" is not only a tender account of endless wanting and growing affection to last the decades, but almost an on-screen history of the Church, family, hate, beauty, and love through the eyes of flawlessly written charcters who are revealed seamless and emotionally ideal through the gift of true performance. Long live great theatre like "The Thorn Birds:, for it is our true expression of emotion. May we all learn what love can overcome, and how much it can give.
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