Anyone else feeling dissappointed about the movie?

I was disappointed that they didn't film some of the exterior shots at Williamsburg. The building used for the ball seemed out of place.Felicity was also far too young to go t a ball. In the book it was a dance lesson.

I liked the movie, but I did not like it as much as I could have. I think the problem was that I wsas TOO excited about it. It was so hyped-up that the actual event was bound to be a let down..u know?

Really? I didnt think Ben looked too old at all. According to the books, he would be turning 17 in the fall of 1775. Kevin Zegers is only 21-trust me on this, I thought he was so cute I had to look him up on imdb, he's only a few months younger than me [img]wink.gif[/img] So I didnt think he looked too old at all. Most guys at 17 look pretty much like adults anyway. And Im with Tracey, I knew a lot of guys who were shaving and 6' or taller before high school. My boyfriend was one of those. He was 6' by the time he was 14 and could grow a beard then too, Though strangely enough, he still cant grow a mustache. Actually, a lot of his buddies still joke around about a particular boy they went to school with who could grow a full beard when he was only 12!!! LOL That poor boy...

However, I think the actors chose to play Lissies parents were waaaay too old. Lissies mother would have been maybe 30 and her father would have been 5-10 yrs older than her. But both those actors are are in their late 40s or 50s. That bothered me a lot more than anything else. But Im pretty sure they were just using their roles to bring in the established actors parents might know of rather than go for historical accuracy.

Personally, I loved the Felicity movie. The dialogue seemed a bit stilted at times and Mr and Mrs Merriman were portrayed a bit too "perfect", but overall I thought it was a good. I'm no living history expert, but I thought the costumes and settings seemed pretty historically accurate. Shailene WAS Felicity, and whoever played Annabelle really fit her role too, as did Nan.

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I thought it was okay!I started crying when she had to give Penny back!

Has there ever been a movie made that surpassed the book it was based upon? I think we can all agree that the movie isn't going to garner any Oscar nominations. But for a nice, feel-good, holiday film the entire family could enjoy - I think it hit the nail on the head. No, it's not perfectly historically accurate, but a history expert can always find discrepencies. It was a nice, simple fun movie. And it was much better than most (if not all) of the made-for-TV holiday movies of the week.