So tired. Will I ever blog, or even free write, again? After a very long day yesterday (one involving needles, and x-rays, and considerate strangers), I found an interesting looking movie on Netflix and decided to watch. The movie was three hours long, and totally worth it.
Lost in Austen is about a 21st century London girl who becomes trapped in a version of Pride and Prejudice from which Elizabeth Bennet has removed herself. The dialogue was impressively good, the casting was stunning. The movie was almost a cross between Bridget Jones's Diary and the BBC's Pride and Prejudice, which might qualify as ironic considering that Bridget Jones's Diary is based on the BBC's Pride and Predjudice, or may be it's just poetic. (I have trouble with irony as a concept, which has been further complicated by comments made on ABC's Castle recently.)
I totally dispised the American Pride and Prejudice starring Kiera Knightly that came out several years ago. Not enough attention paid to dialogue or Jane Austen's mastery of what I'll call sitting room satire. I should have realized that Britain was practically guaranteed rearrange Austen better. They mock, but they do so with style.
2 comments:
I'll add this to my queue. Sounds good. I didn't like the American P&P either. I like the LONG 6 hour version much, much better.
What's up with needles and x-rays?
I watched it last night. I enjoyed it.
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