Trailer for the new 2008 Sense & Sensibility!

[olde_fashioned]

It may be viewed here. I'm getting rather excited! (although if the rumours are true and Willoughby does seduce Eliza in the opening scene then I am going to be sorely dissapointed) But I like how this Elinor looks, and I love the idea of adding a duel. *hee*

Does anyone else think that they are trying to make this Marianne look like Kate Winslet in the 1995 S&S? Her hair, etc.? And the velvet dress she wears in the promo photo and the scene with Colonel Brandon and the hawk in this preview is allegedly the same dress Kiera Knightley wears to Pemberley. View and compare photos here.

Comments

[goingofthings.livejournal.com]

I have yet to see the Kate Beckinsale version of Emma. I'm not a huge Gwyneth Paltrow fan, but I loved the version she was in. Probably one of the few times I'll say I liked it better than the book. *gasp* I know. I think I only like the movie because of Jeremy Northam. I happen to swoon whenever AR speaks, but certainly no tomatoes thrown ;)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

I don't care for the GP version at all, and my biggest beef with JN was that he was to obviously the hero. There was no suspense, no mystery, no surprise, when Emma married him. It's more of a romcom than the other version, and some people complain about Mark Strong being grumpy, but I think he does an excellent job as Mr. Knightley. :-)

Which P&P do you like?

[goingofthings.livejournal.com]

To say I enjoyed that version is not a standing ovation, since Emma is perhaps my least favorite Jane Austen novel. Austen said 'I have created a heroine I believe only myself will like' and I concur with her, even though I knew few else will (I think I was the only person in my british lit class that didn't ADORE the novel. But I've read it three time and I don't think until the last time i read it I understood why i didn't like it. And yet I'll probably read it again sometime). The movie was lighthearted and funny, though, but I look forward to seeing the other version.

I loved the original P&P movie. I know a lot of people loved the second one more, but it was just far more passionate and emotional than I think what Jane Austen intended. If it was a movie by itself it's be MARVELOUS, but I think if you watched that version first and then read the book you might be confused. I will say the second version was perhaps one of the best movies cinemetographyically (is that a word?) speaking that I've ever seen. Sometimes I will watch it just to watch the cintemetography of it.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Emma is my favourite novel, followed very closely by P&P, then NA. MP is my least favourite novel. I like Emma, despite all her (numerous) faults. She learns from her mistakes, and most of the trouble she gets herself into is from a desire to make other people happy and find spouses for them. She is not malicious, or cruel, she's just spoiled and thoughtless sometimes.

By original do you mean the 1940s version or the Colin Firth adaptation? But I agree with you on watching the Kiera Knightley P&P just for the prettiness. ;-)

[goingofthings.livejournal.com]

that seems to be the general consenus from my lit class. I just thought she still operated under the same assumptions she began with and didn't change as much as I'd like her to. I don't have a copy hand (meaning within a foot reach) but there's a part at the end when she doesn't exactly wish her friend well with her husband because she's still full with ideas of class distinction and I was bothered she never came to terms and just wished her friend happiness. she did change in other ways, though, it's just been awhile so I may not remember. Maybe thats what I don't like about her - she's spoiled and bratty. Humility is a big thing I value in people, even characters in novels, lol ;)

Oooh - the 1940 version was alright, too, but I don't remember it as well as the CF version so it must have not been too memorable in my subconcious. I do remember laughing at it more than the other versions, although I'm not sure why.... I watched that I think junior year in college so it's been a little while.