Well, over at only_a_novel we’ve debated back and forth on whether Frederick and Isabella are possible, with me usually on the “possible” side. I just get a really sexual tone from Captain Tilney in his “Always to be watched” dialogue with her. Catherine’s reading of The Monk is annoying, especially since that’s the book she really should burn at the end of the film, and not poor Udolpho. However, I don’t think Catherine herself is ever portrayed as salacious – her reactions to the reading seem much more innocent and surprised rather than savoring forbidden pleasures.
You didn’t like the swim? Awww, I’m a guy, and I thought it was fun. But then, swimming is kinda fun. And I enjoyed the awkwardness that followed – I thought it really made his asking about Lizzy’s parents twice funnier. As for the “Darcy as Avenging Angel” sequence, I thought it really allowed his character to grow, and it kind of had to take place there or it would feel like a major digression when it was related later. I’m not as into surprises and revelations (I don’t really care about “twists”), so my preference here isn’t surprising.
I never get the impression that he’s using Jane Austen to empower himself. For Pride and Prejudice, he clearly adored the source material and wrote the script out of passion for the text and his interpretation. Emma he liked quite a bit, and he went on from there to write the first draft of the Northanger Abbey script, so I think he was partly motivated by the success of Pride and Prejudice and partly from his love of her works. Before he was famous (in the pre-P&P1995-release videos and interviews) he said he loved Jane Austen for her tight, lean plots and her brilliant, loveable characters, and that’s exactly what he says now, so I don’t think his love for Jane Austen is about the fame.
Good stuff. Emma lovers of the world, unite!
And Bingley doesn’t have self control in that version – at least, I’m pretty sure he gets really tipsy at the Netherfield Ball. A pity, because I love Mr. Bingley.
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Re: Stripey Dresses
Date: 2008-04-15 03:00 am (UTC)You didn’t like the swim? Awww, I’m a guy, and I thought it was fun. But then, swimming is kinda fun. And I enjoyed the awkwardness that followed – I thought it really made his asking about Lizzy’s parents twice funnier. As for the “Darcy as Avenging Angel” sequence, I thought it really allowed his character to grow, and it kind of had to take place there or it would feel like a major digression when it was related later. I’m not as into surprises and revelations (I don’t really care about “twists”), so my preference here isn’t surprising.
I never get the impression that he’s using Jane Austen to empower himself. For Pride and Prejudice, he clearly adored the source material and wrote the script out of passion for the text and his interpretation. Emma he liked quite a bit, and he went on from there to write the first draft of the Northanger Abbey script, so I think he was partly motivated by the success of Pride and Prejudice and partly from his love of her works. Before he was famous (in the pre-P&P1995-release videos and interviews) he said he loved Jane Austen for her tight, lean plots and her brilliant, loveable characters, and that’s exactly what he says now, so I don’t think his love for Jane Austen is about the fame.
Good stuff. Emma lovers of the world, unite!
And Bingley doesn’t have self control in that version – at least, I’m pretty sure he gets really tipsy at the Netherfield Ball. A pity, because I love Mr. Bingley.