This is a very relaxing movie. It's a bit like going to an art gallery. The majority of the film is a series of beautiful landscape shots reflecting different moods, mixed in with some farming and a good love story.
The first scene is the only one with a voiceover, with Carey Mulligan explaining why she's called Bathsheba (she doesn't know) and saying how independent she is. This is underlined by her lewdly riding a horse normally (not side-saddle) and charging around on her own. Then she meets a rugged farmhand, gets an inheritance and meets a few other suitors. It culminates in the best love dilemma since Twilight, and that includes The Hunger Games.
There are some excellent farming scenes, with Bathsheba mucking in. It actually looks quite fun, but would probably be crushingly hard work if you had to do it all year round. The grubbier it is, the more lavishly it's shot, so it all seems quite nice.
I enjoyed the stately pace of the film, and for Sunday afternoon it was perfect.
Director Thomas Vinterberg, Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts
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