Posted on 01/02/2020 12:05:24 PM PST by C19fan
Oh, it's a great book. If only you could be induced to like it.
“she put in Pride and Prejudice.”
How I despise that book. Weird, ‘cause I love so many of the books of that period and genre.
Aw, how come you don’t like it? What is it that turned you off?
“How come you don’t like it? What is it that turned you off?”
Not sure. Elizabeth (to me) seemed like an uppity smart ass — too cute by half. “Emma” was OK. I prefer the Bronte sisters’ writing, and they were a little later in the century than Austen. I liked “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” — written by a guy, of course.
I think I was sort of OK with “Pride and Prejudice” until a bazillion movies used that as a base of their plots and cheapened it. I recall starting to watch one made in Baliwood. And maybe I recall one set in present day on Hallmark or Lifetime.
I can get lost in “Wuthering Heights” and “Jane Eyre”.
Oh, I love Jane Eyre! Yes, Elizabeth is a bit smug for most of the book. What happens with Lydia, and then realizing how she felt about Mr Darcy really humbles her, though. By the end, her little attitude is quite tempered. But for film versions, I have to agree, most of them take too many liberties with the original material and are more fanfic spin-offs than true depictions. The only one I really like is the 1995 one with Colin Firth.
You are very articulate. That is a trait I enjoy. Yes, I have no place else to go for meaningful conversation. Then I f__k it up.
Please consider the slate wiped clean and we'll now both forget that this episode ever happened.
Hooray! Ping me back or Freepmail me with whether it's worth seeing if you get a chance!
And she sounds like she's a keeper.
She is, for many reasons. I've been meaning to get back to you with my impressions.
Of the media reviews I've seen, several words in that of the Houston Chronicle most closely match what I felt: ". . .bleakly beautiful and nerve-rattling. . ." We were in the front row and were looking up at fast-moving action. I even felt a bit of motion sickness from time to time.
This is the first flick in a while that I (and she) want to see again soon. While much of it was deeply disturbing, there are many details and situations that I want to catch again.
A FB friend commented that it suffers a bit from a "bad guys can't shoot" bias. I don't see that at all. Plenty of bad guy shots hit the mark and we hear all the time of police shoot-outs where the blues get off 70 rounds and the bad guy takes 2 or 3 hits. 1917 deserves its IMDB rating in the high 8s. I gave it a 10.
Mrs. jimfree and her costume historian colleagues refer to the 2005 version of P&P as that of "the muddy hem". She strongly recommends the 1980 BBC mini-series version. It was the first to be in color (rare in UK at the time) and the first to use location shots.
Thanks for getting back. I’ve got tickets to see it tomorrow.
I have watched the 1980 but I don't like it. The girl who plays Elizabeth raises her eyebrows every time she speaks, and just it bugs me.
Sensible.
Gone With The Wind was a successful period piece. Both men and women saw it.
That can be annoying indeed. We note that the new Emma, to be released next month, might show the title character with her hair down. Maybe she will control her eyebrows.
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