Monday, Monday

[ksmith]

It's snowing. By tomorrow, we will end up with anywhere from 5-8". Brought home work laptopn just in case it's closer to 8", which will make getting out of the driveway problematic especially if them as plows leave another dam at the foot the of the thing.

I Did Not Finish My Tax Stuff last night. I am lower than dirt. I did watch Pride & Prejudice, though, and I will say that while I liked aspects of Ehle's and Firth's perfomances well enough, there are places where this version fell down when compared to my fave version, the 1985 David Rintoul as Darcy version that no one ever mentions.

1) I like Joanna David, who played Aunt Gardiner, but she couldn't hold a candle to Barbara Shelley. Part of the reason was the script--in the '85 version, the closeness of Eliza Bennett and her aunt is more thoroughly portrayed, and several key conversations shown. In the '95 version, the close relationship isn't shown, and thus the growth of Eliza as she comes to realize that some of her first impressions were well off the mark isn't portrayed as well as it might have been.

2) I HATE THE ENDING OF THE EHLE/FIRTH VERSION!!!!!!! That preachy sermonette about marriage was a lame, smarmy, lead balloon of an ending, and the scriptwriter should have his head handed to him. All the grace of a waltzing rhino. Clunky, iow.

Back to taxes.

It's still snowing.

Comments

[msagara.livejournal.com]

Did you see the most recent theatrical, with Keira Knightly? (I may be spelling both names wrong). If yes, what did you think of it?

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I didn't see that version. I saw the previews featuring The Kiss, and thought No! No! Why do they keep trying to modernize a perfectly good story filled with subtlety and wit?

Some LJers liked it, though. Did you see it?

[msagara.livejournal.com]

I did. What I liked about it was the proposal - because it is literally the first time I've seen it done in which it's clear that the two are terribly attracted to one another. It was subtle -- but the director does understand some of the undercurrents, and how to get them across, in that type of young love; the dialogue is the same as any other version's dialogue, but he's moved them so that the discussion takes place outside.

There were other problems with it of course, but -- I did like it.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

How old is Darcy? Is he young as Eliza, who iirc is 20? I'd peg him for mid-late 20s, even though they matured earlier then and he may have been younger for all I know.

[msagara.livejournal.com]

How old is Darcy? Is he young as Eliza, who iirc is 20? I'd peg him for mid-late 20s, even though they matured earlier then and he may have been younger for all I know.

I would say mid-twenties, in that movie. I am not famous at figuring out ages, but he seemed younger than Firth's Darcy.

[msagara.livejournal.com]

I should probably add that watching that scene was a slow "Oh, I get it" moment for me; I've seen it done a number of times, but ... I don't know if it was the chemistry of the actors, or the director; it just stood out for me.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I should give it a watch. I thought they made Darcy look too Heathcliffy, but again, that may be the fault of the preview scenes.