tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post114226877279618120..comments2024-02-19T00:54:37.767-08:00Comments on The Columnist Manifesto: Remade in heavenOscar Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05558650379298098292noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1142389271934406782006-03-14T18:21:00.000-08:002006-03-14T18:21:00.000-08:00I feel I too must comment. I had serious doubts a...I feel I too must comment. I had serious doubts about this movie, because I adore the book and dislike Knightly (which includes MT's reason for disliking her). I watched it on the plane to France, and while being surprised that it wasn't awful, I definitely felt it was lacking. I feel it's important that Darcy's character seem stand-offish even to the viewer, so that his initial proposal strikes us with the same shock that Elizabeth feels (which I certainly felt in the book.) By showing him staring at her throughout the whole movie, you expect their eventual union, and it leaves the anticipation and suspense by the wayside. Plus, I've always felt that the best part of the story is watching her re-evaluate him, and learn to see past her initial presumptions, longer versions of the movie are really able to play out. This seemed to me to be P&P for people who don't like to read.Sleep Goblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435775690231515934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1142379090844926452006-03-14T15:31:00.000-08:002006-03-14T15:31:00.000-08:00I've actively disliked Keira Knightley since seein...I've actively disliked Keira Knightley since seeing Love, Actually, and I've been a vocal doubter that she ever does any acting that doesn't involve cocking her head to one side and looking cute, and I love the 6-hour Firth/Ehle miniseries (dripping wet Colin Firth, horse, ahhh)...<BR/><BR/>...but I've read so many positive reviews of this P&P that I think I might actually rent it. And I'll even try to keep an open mind. (I agree that there wasn't *quite* enough chemistry going on in the A&E version, or any other version.)Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953014496460731876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1142361079668249752006-03-14T10:31:00.000-08:002006-03-14T10:31:00.000-08:00Oscar, I'm with you. I liked this P&P -- maybe no...Oscar, I'm with you. I liked this P&P -- maybe not as much as the BBC version, but I did like it. I especially liked Bingley! I liked the way they portrayed him as shy and timid and not just foolish (which I realize is a completely different take than warren p.k.). And, again, I have to disagree with a commenter -- the guy who plays Darcy is incredibly hot. I paid for my mother and sister to attend with me (mom's Christmas present) and he totally made it worth the nearly thirty dollars. <BR/><BR/>-pseudonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1142314041393615782006-03-13T21:27:00.000-08:002006-03-13T21:27:00.000-08:00I just had to comment: "gay muffets" is hilarious....I just had to comment: "gay muffets" is hilarious.<BR/><BR/>No word verification winners last week? Maybe I missed it?<BR/><BR/>-----------<BR/>yofmpdem (Yo! Fmpt! Deeee-mmmmzzzzz!)-- the rallying cry, a new product reflective, of yet the Democrats latest self-reinvention: application of rap artist lingo to invigorate the young black vote (or young white suburban black-wannabes).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572514705373755851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1142308538174285542006-03-13T19:55:00.000-08:002006-03-13T19:55:00.000-08:00wendy reminds me that i forgot my manners. in my ...wendy reminds me that i forgot my manners. in my earlier screed, i failed to say IMHO.<BR/><BR/>on the other hand, i'm hardly ever h in my o.<BR/><BR/>qrmup -- a gay muppetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1142303863624242392006-03-13T18:37:00.000-08:002006-03-13T18:37:00.000-08:00I'm about 2.5 hours into the Erhle/Firth BBC minis...I'm about 2.5 hours into the Erhle/Firth BBC miniseries, and Colin Firth is just smoldering in his looks at Elizabeth Bennet. (And yes, I realize he's basically reprising his Darcy role as Darcy's descendant in "Briget Jones' Diary")<BR/><BR/>I will probably rent the new P&P at some point; after it's off the "new" shelves at Blockbuster. I'd rather rewatch the Thompson "Sense and Sensibility" however.<BR/><BR/>There is an earlier BBC mini of all of Austen's work (in the early 1980's or even earlier), and that P&P was also very well done, IMHO.<BR/><BR/>However, I much prefer remakes of the classical literature and theater rather than turning lame TV series we tolerated as children because there were only 5 channels into lamer films starring the lame "new" crop of SNL graduates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1142287821217039712006-03-13T14:10:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:10:00.000-08:00aaaaarrrrgggggghhhhhhh! oscar, you cut me to the ...aaaaarrrrgggggghhhhhhh! oscar, you cut me to the quick with this. we are very far apart. i found the new P&P so frustrating I actually walked out on it (tho I did eventually see it as part of take-mom-to-a-movie duty).<BR/><BR/>the bennet house was unduly shabby; they were not poor and the house and its lands (and tenants) gave off a fine income. their problem was that this was not heritable by the girls. and the re-writes edited austen's very precise and acute language, translating it into bald and prosaic modern English. And Jane was way too vivacious to have fooled anyone into thinking she had no feelings for him. And Bingley was a fool, not merely a happy go lucky and rather modest gentleman. And if you look at the earlier BBC version, the girls' dresses *are* different -- made from muslin rather than silk, and with simpler styles, than are the dresses of the Bingley sisters or Miss Darcy. Oh oh oh oh oh, Oscar, how could you?<BR/>====<BR/>kbrkd - not sure what the right grammatical description might be (mr. verb, can you help me?) but compare "let's bork this judicial candidate" with "he's been k'brkd" (pronounced kuh-borked") and you'll know what i'm trying to do here.<BR/>===========================Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1142276880859035682006-03-13T11:08:00.000-08:002006-03-13T11:08:00.000-08:00You hate Keira Knightley because she's beautiful, ...You hate Keira Knightley because she's beautiful, don't you?<BR/><BR/>Just saw Dr. Z for the first time a couple of weeks ago; I am curious to see her performance as Lara. (Hard to imagine her playing Lara. Maybe I'll wait a bit longer.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572514705373755851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1142269275444395282006-03-13T09:01:00.000-08:002006-03-13T09:01:00.000-08:00Hmmmm. Don't you think in the BBC version that Eh...Hmmmm. Don't you think in the BBC version that Ehle fell for Firth not because of the house but because of the fine figure he cut, dripping wet and leading the filly...? Just "B"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com