It wasn't terrible or wonderful and I won't be visiting amazon.com to see if I can order a cheap copy but it was worth watching and indulging in a different story line for 3 hours of one of my favorite tales. It combines a lot of the things that people love about the book and about the 1995 BBC miniseries version with Colin Firth. I laughed during some of it but mostly I was just wondering where the storyline was headed about every 10 minutes. It can only be enjoyed if you watch it with an open mind. In my Internet searches about this movie I came across this blog: Jane Austen's World. I'm very interested in reading this to learn more about "Jane Austen, her novels, and the Regency Period."
9.17.2009
Lost In Austen
I just finished watching a miniseries called Lost in Austen. I'm not really sure how I missed seeing this (or even hearing about it) but it was released in 2008. I ordered it through Netflix and all parts of the miniseries are on one disc. For those of us obsessed with all things Austen any adaptation can be appreciated in it's own way. Though I've read almost all her books and seen at least one movie version of each I still get excited when another adaptation is in the works. Books with their own spin of the stories or different adventures of one or more of the characters can be fun as well. Lost in Austen creates a different outcome for all the characters in Pride and Prejudice.
It wasn't terrible or wonderful and I won't be visiting amazon.com to see if I can order a cheap copy but it was worth watching and indulging in a different story line for 3 hours of one of my favorite tales. It combines a lot of the things that people love about the book and about the 1995 BBC miniseries version with Colin Firth. I laughed during some of it but mostly I was just wondering where the storyline was headed about every 10 minutes. It can only be enjoyed if you watch it with an open mind. In my Internet searches about this movie I came across this blog: Jane Austen's World. I'm very interested in reading this to learn more about "Jane Austen, her novels, and the Regency Period."
It wasn't terrible or wonderful and I won't be visiting amazon.com to see if I can order a cheap copy but it was worth watching and indulging in a different story line for 3 hours of one of my favorite tales. It combines a lot of the things that people love about the book and about the 1995 BBC miniseries version with Colin Firth. I laughed during some of it but mostly I was just wondering where the storyline was headed about every 10 minutes. It can only be enjoyed if you watch it with an open mind. In my Internet searches about this movie I came across this blog: Jane Austen's World. I'm very interested in reading this to learn more about "Jane Austen, her novels, and the Regency Period."
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My mom bought me this when she came out after Daphne's birth. I didn't think it was great, but I may watch it again. It totally looks 'made for tv' and I didn't think all the actors were all that attractive but I did like the spin on the story. I'll burn you a copy if you want.
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