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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The 2012 film portrays Karenin (played by Creator/JudeLaw) as a much more likeable character than in the other adaptations, while Anna and Count Vronsky are portrayed as selfish and self-centred characters (not that the film shows them without sympathy).
** This was done after years of Karenin being presented as a villain in most movies when in the book it clearly states him as firm but fair.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The 2012 film portrays Karenin (played by Creator/JudeLaw) as a much more likeable character than in the other adaptations, while Anna and Count Vronsky are portrayed as selfish and self-centred characters (not that the film shows them without sympathy).
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sympathy). This was done after years of Karenin being presented as a villain in most movies movies, when in the book it he's clearly states him portrayed as firm but fair.



* BrokenBase: Many people are unsure of whom we should be rooting for, some read the book as teens loving Anna and Vronsky as true lovers, finding the Kitty and Levin subplot as boring, however, those same readers will go back later in life and realise that Anna makes terrible choices, never thinking it would affect her until too late and meanwhile Kitty and Levin are seen as an excellent example to relate to.
** In fact, some fans, even like Anna, argue that while she was a victim of her design causing all these problems and did not realise the truth of her actions until it was too late.
* DesignatedVillain: Karenin, in most of the movies, is presented as a horrible man that is serious and refuses to divorce Anna, meaning she was shunned by society, however in the book, his worst moments are described by Anna herself, he might come off as cold but examples of the book shows he was compassionate and probably accepting of Anna's affair if she had kept it private.

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* BrokenBase: Many people are unsure of whom we should be rooting for, some for. Some read the book as teens loving Anna and Vronsky as true lovers, lovers and finding the Kitty and Levin subplot as boring, boring; however, those same readers will go back later in life and realise that Anna makes terrible choices, never thinking it would affect her until too late and meanwhile late, while Kitty and Levin are seen as an excellent example to relate to.
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to. In fact, some fans, even like while liking Anna, argue that while she was a victim of her design causing she does cause all these problems for herself and did not didn't realise the truth of her actions until it was too late.
* DesignatedVillain: Karenin, in most of the movies, is presented as a horrible man that is serious and refuses to divorce Anna, meaning she was she's shunned by society, however society. However, in the book, book his worst moments are described by Anna herself, herself; he might come off as cold but examples of the book shows he was there are several moments that show he's compassionate and probably accepting of would have accepted Anna's affair if she had kept it private.

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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: As Alexander Mitta had pointed out, back then a suicide by train was as exotic as today jumping into a space rocket's exhaust would be.




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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As Alexander Mitta had pointed out, back then a suicide by train was as exotic as today jumping into a space rocket's exhaust would be.

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* QuestionableCasting: Several reviews for the 2012 film criticized Aaron Taylor-Johnson's portrayal of Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky, noting that he seemed out of place in comparison to Keira Knightley and Jude Law.



* WTHCastingAgency: Several reviews for the 2012 film criticized Aaron Taylor-Johnson's portrayal of Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky, noting that he seemed out of place in comparison to Keira Knightley and Jude Law.

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* WTHCastingAgency: Several reviews for the 2012 film criticized Aaron Taylor-Johnson's portrayal of Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky, noting that he seemed out of place in comparison to Keira Knightley and Jude Law.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The 2012 film portrays Karenin (played by Creator/JudeLaw) as a much more likeable character than in the other adaptations, while Anna and Count Vronsky are portrayed as selfish and self-centered characters (not that the film portrays them without sympathy).
** This was done after years of Karenin being presented as a villain in most movies, when in the book it clearly states him in .

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The 2012 film portrays Karenin (played by Creator/JudeLaw) as a much more likeable character than in the other adaptations, while Anna and Count Vronsky are portrayed as selfish and self-centered self-centred characters (not that the film portrays shows them without sympathy).
** This was done after years of Karenin being presented as a villain in most movies, movies when in the book it clearly states him in .as firm but fair.



* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The 2012 film has a very beautiful soundtrack, composed by Dario Marianelli.
* BrokenBase: Many people are unsure of whom we should be rooting for, some read the book as teens loving Anna and Vronsky as true lovers, finding the Kitty and Levin subplot as boring, however those same readers will go back later in life and realise that Anna makes terrible choices, never thinking it would affect her until too late and meanwhile Kitty and Levin are seen as a good example to relate to.
** In fact some fans even like Anna argue that while she was a victim of her own design causing all these problems and not realising the truth of her actions until it was too late.
* DesignatedVillain: Karenin in most of the movies is presented as a horrible man that is serious and refuses to divorce Anna meaning she was shunned by society, however in the book his worst moments are described by Anna herself, he might come off as cold but examples of the book shows he was compassionate and probably accepting of Anna's affair if she had kept it private.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The 2012 film has a very beautiful wonderful soundtrack, composed by Dario Marianelli.
* BrokenBase: Many people are unsure of whom we should be rooting for, some read the book as teens loving Anna and Vronsky as true lovers, finding the Kitty and Levin subplot as boring, however however, those same readers will go back later in life and realise that Anna makes terrible choices, never thinking it would affect her until too late and meanwhile Kitty and Levin are seen as a good an excellent example to relate to.
** In fact fact, some fans fans, even like Anna Anna, argue that while she was a victim of her own design causing all these problems and did not realising realise the truth of her actions until it was too late.
* DesignatedVillain: Karenin Karenin, in most of the movies movies, is presented as a horrible man that is serious and refuses to divorce Anna Anna, meaning she was shunned by society, however in the book book, his worst moments are described by Anna herself, he might come off as cold but examples of the book shows he was compassionate and probably accepting of Anna's affair if she had kept it private.

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** This was done after years of Karenin being presented as a villain in most movies, when in the book it clearly states him as a loving yet dull husband who would have made Anna happy.

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** This was done after years of Karenin being presented as a villain in most movies, when in the book it clearly states him as a loving yet dull husband who would have made Anna happy.in .


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** In fact some fans even like Anna argue that while she was a victim of her own design causing all these problems and not realising the truth of her actions until it was too late.
* DesignatedVillain: Karenin in most of the movies is presented as a horrible man that is serious and refuses to divorce Anna meaning she was shunned by society, however in the book his worst moments are described by Anna herself, he might come off as cold but examples of the book shows he was compassionate and probably accepting of Anna's affair if she had kept it private.
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** This was done after years of Karenin being presented as a villain in most movies, when in the book it clearly states him as a loving yet dull husband who would have made Anna happy.


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* BrokenBase: Many people are unsure of whom we should be rooting for, some read the book as teens loving Anna and Vronsky as true lovers, finding the Kitty and Levin subplot as boring, however those same readers will go back later in life and realise that Anna makes terrible choices, never thinking it would affect her until too late and meanwhile Kitty and Levin are seen as a good example to relate to.
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I was allowed to restore this.

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* ItWasHisSled: At least in Russia, everyone knows that at the end, [[spoiler:Anna throws herself under a train]], even those who never read the book.
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* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: At least in Russia, everyone knows that in the end Anna [[spoiler: throws herself under a train]], even those who never read the book.



* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: It's stated pretty baldly that Kitty has a crush on Anna in the earlier part of the book.

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* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: HoYay: It's stated pretty baldly that Kitty has a crush on Anna in the earlier part of the book.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, Creator/CaraDelevingne, Creator/AaronJohnson, Creator/BillSkarsgard, and Creator/AliciaVikander all broke out as actors following the films' release. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, Creator/CaraDelevingne, Creator/AaronJohnson, Creator/BillSkarsgard, and Creator/AliciaVikander all broke out as actors following the films' release. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]], Creator/CaraDelevingne, [[Creator/AaronJohnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson]], Creator/BillSkarsgard and Creator/AliciaVikander. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]], Creator/CaraDelevingne, [[Creator/AaronJohnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson]], Creator/BillSkarsgard Creator/AaronJohnson, Creator/BillSkarsgard, and Creator/AliciaVikander.Creator/AliciaVikander all broke out as actors following the films' release. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.
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* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: At least in Russia, everyone knows that in the end Anna [[spoiler: throws herself under a train]], even those who never read the book.
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the hell was that even doing there, deeply inappropriate


* HilariousInHindsight: There's a bit where a serious artist disapproves of Vronsky's dabbling in art while acting as though he is a serious and dedicated artist which Tolstoy compares to having a man hug and kiss a life-size wax doll as though it's a real person. A century or two later, the [[http://www.realdoll.com Realdoll]] was invented... (Warning, NSFW!)
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* SeinfieldIsUnfunny: As Alexander Mitta had pointed out, back then a suicide by train was as exotic as today jumping into a space rocket's exhaust would be.

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* SeinfieldIsUnfunny: SeinfeldIsUnfunny: As Alexander Mitta had pointed out, back then a suicide by train was as exotic as today jumping into a space rocket's exhaust would be.
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* SeinfieldIsUnfunny: As Alexander Mitta had pointed out, back then a suicide by train was as exotic as today jumping into a space rocket's exhaust would be.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]], Creator/CaraDelevingne, [[Creator/AaronJohnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson]] and Creator/AliciaVikander. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]], Creator/CaraDelevingne, [[Creator/AaronJohnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson]] Taylor-Johnson]], Creator/BillSkarsgard and Creator/AliciaVikander. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]], Creator/CaraDelevingne and Creator/AliciaVikander. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]], Creator/CaraDelevingne Creator/CaraDelevingne, [[Creator/AaronJohnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson]] and Creator/AliciaVikander. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]] and Creator/AliciaVikander. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:The death of Nikolai Levin.]] Tolstoy based it heavily off of a personal experience that deeply affected him, and it shows.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson, [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]] Grainger]], Creator/CaraDelevingne and Creator/AliciaVikander. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.
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[[spoiler:The death of Nikolai Levin.]] Tolstoy based it heavily off of a personal experience that deeply affected him, and it shows.

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Renamed tropes; removed "Purity Sue", since it is now a Flame Bait example that should not be allowed; see "Flame Bait" page for more details.


* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The 2012 film portrays Karenin (played by Creator/JudeLaw) as a much more likeable character than in the other adaptations, while Anna and Count Vronsky are portrayed as selfish and self-centered characters (not that the film portrays them without sympathy).

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The 2012 film portrays Karenin (played by Creator/JudeLaw) as a much more likeable character than in the other adaptations, while Anna and Count Vronsky are portrayed as selfish and self-centered characters (not that the film portrays them without sympathy).



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: the 2012 film has a very beautiful soundtrack, composed by Dario Marianelli.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: the SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The 2012 film has a very beautiful soundtrack, composed by Dario Marianelli.



* LesYay: It's stated pretty baldly that Kitty has a crush on Anna in the earlier part of the book.

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* LesYay: [[HoYay Les Yay]]: It's stated pretty baldly that Kitty has a crush on Anna in the earlier part of the book.



** The love scene of the 2012 film is kinda over the top, [[TheImmodestOrgasm but that's a perfectly valid trope]]. Then a few shots show they're still wearing their clothes. Yet writhing like eels. [[FlatWhat What]].

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** The love scene of the 2012 film is kinda over the top, [[TheImmodestOrgasm but that's a perfectly valid trope]]. Then a few shots show they're still wearing their clothes. Yet writhing like eels. [[FlatWhat What]].What.]]



* PuritySue: Kitty has some traces of this, although her entirety represents purity.



* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Several reviews for the 2012 film criticized Aaron Taylor-Johnson's portrayal of Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky, noting that he seemed out of place in comparison to Keira Knightley and Jude Law.

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* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: WTHCastingAgency: Several reviews for the 2012 film criticized Aaron Taylor-Johnson's portrayal of Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky, noting that he seemed out of place in comparison to Keira Knightley and Jude Law.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson and Creator/AliciaVikander. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: For the 2012 Joe Wright movie, Creator/DomhnallGleeson Creator/DomhnallGleeson, [[Series/TheBorgias Holliday Grainger]] and Creator/AliciaVikander. It is one of Vikander's first English-speaking roles.

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