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The Red String of Fate - Rey’s Force Vision

( So as I promised here’s my Episode IX re-make, part 1 💙) ( TROS does not exist, my epIX re-creation is not related to that garbage movie at all )

Rey goes for a walk in the forest, to find peace…to find answers within herself….Then suddenly she feels something in the Force…a figure of a small boy runs across the path in front of her. He feels somehow familiar…

As she watches the child, the trees begin to thin and transform into tall white pillars…

 A tall figure appears in the distance, the little boy happily runs to him…the man holds out its arms, swinging the laughing child into the air..she could recognize “him” anywhere…Ben. And their child. Her family.

When she opened her teary eyes again…the force vision was gone.

“ Home ”

Me seeing what actually happens:

I’m going to say something that’s controversial. I prefer the 1995 version of Sabrina to the one with Audrey Hepburn. Now before you click away in disdain, hear me out.

This is the version I grew up watching (it’s one of my comfort films actually and got me through a cranky Monday this week) so there’s something to say for nurture. But here are other reasons to consider before you write me off as utterly without taste:

The score There are a few big names in terms of film scores in my opinion and this one is written by the grandaddy of them all: John Williams. Those first few piano notes at the beginning of the film are enough to make me feel better about the world. Have a listen for yourself.

The cast Let’s be honest, the original cast is generally awesome but I’d make the case that the cast of the re-make are at least equally awesome. Now, Julia Ormond isn’t Audrey Hepburn there’s no doubt. But she is able to take Sabrina from young and awkward to a woman on the threshold of sophistication with a great deal of vulnerability still remaining. And she looks gorgeous doing it. Harrison Ford is probably the best choice to equal Humphrey Bogart in the role of Linus Larrabee. On this most recent viewing, I was fascinated by his reserved performance which still manages to hint that there are strong emotions buried deep. Greg Kinnear does a decent job in the role of David Larrabee, originally filled by William Holden. He’s the charming womanizer you’d expect but he also manages pathos. The scene near the end of the film he shares with Sabrina in the billiards room is some wonderful cinema.

Great father-daughter bond One of these days I will make a list of fictional fathers I love (and it will probably be long) and when I do, Mr. Fairchild will be on it. He’s a quiet, understated, British chauffeur who worries about Sabrina and has one of my favourite scenes with Harrison Ford.

90s fashion This film is nearing twenty years old and it’s starting to show. With the Larrabees being amongst the highest of the upper echelon they wear top fashion and while suits and tuxes age well no matter the decade, some of the other clothes don’t do as well. In particular, Maude Larrabee’s gowns are deserving of some sort of award. Trying to understand the purpose of the giant shoulder loop of patterned purple fabric on the gown she wears for her birthday party is an ongoing quest. That said, Julia Ormond’s costumes (post-transformation) still hold up well. Her suits are very 90s in their cut but their simplicity, colour, and beautiful quality of fabric overcome that flaw. And I will admit to desperately wanting that black straw hat.

Humphrey Bogart was never going to fit the Billy Wilder film, he wasn’t first pick and it shows. He and Audrey Hepburn just do not gel, but I must emphasize it has nothing to do age gaps as I find AH and Rex Harrison for example far more interesting a pair in comparison. What makes the 1995 Sabrina work is not Harrison Ford or Julia Ormond separately but how they are together on screen, not simply having chemistry but also managing to capturing the idea that it isn’t at all obvious from the start that they would work, but by the end we wonder how we could have imagined it any other way.

I’m going to say something that’s controversial. I prefer the 1995 version of Sabrina to the one with Audrey Hepburn. Now before you click away in disdain, hear me out.

This is the version I grew up watching (it’s one of my comfort films actually and got me through a cranky Monday this week) so there’s something to say for nurture. But here are other reasons to consider before you write me off as utterly without taste:

The score There are a few big names in terms of film scores in my opinion and this one is written by the grandaddy of them all: John Williams. Those first few piano notes at the beginning of the film are enough to make me feel better about the world. Have a listen for yourself.

The cast Let’s be honest, the original cast is generally awesome but I’d make the case that the cast of the re-make are at least equally awesome. Now, Julia Ormond isn’t Audrey Hepburn there’s no doubt. But she is able to take Sabrina from young and awkward to a woman on the threshold of sophistication with a great deal of vulnerability still remaining. And she looks gorgeous doing it. Harrison Ford is probably the best choice to equal Humphrey Bogart in the role of Linus Larrabee. On this most recent viewing, I was fascinated by his reserved performance which still manages to hint that there are strong emotions buried deep. Greg Kinnear does a decent job in the role of David Larrabee, originally filled by William Holden. He’s the charming womanizer you’d expect but he also manages pathos. The scene near the end of the film he shares with Sabrina in the billiards room is some wonderful cinema.

Great father-daughter bond One of these days I will make a list of fictional fathers I love (and it will probably be long) and when I do, Mr. Fairchild will be on it. He’s a quiet, understated, British chauffeur who worries about Sabrina and has one of my favourite scenes with Harrison Ford.

90s fashion This film is nearing twenty years old and it’s starting to show. With the Larrabees being amongst the highest of the upper echelon they wear top fashion and while suits and tuxes age well no matter the decade, some of the other clothes don’t do as well. In particular, Maude Larrabee’s gowns are deserving of some sort of award. Trying to understand the purpose of the giant shoulder loop of patterned purple fabric on the gown she wears for her birthday party is an ongoing quest. That said, Julia Ormond’s costumes (post-transformation) still hold up well. Her suits are very 90s in their cut but their simplicity, colour, and beautiful quality of fabric overcome that flaw. And I will admit to desperately wanting that black straw hat.