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Sense and Sensibility
Jun. 5th, 2008 11:32 amFor the most part, I'm now pretty convinced that Andrew Davies does the best screenplay interpretations of Jane Austen's books. I've loved the BBC/A&E Pride and Prejudice mini-series, and now have seen the very new BBC/Masterpiece theater version of Sense and Sensibility. In my eyes it is worlds better than the movie version that came out in 1995, starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, and Hugh Grant.
First off the actresses seem to be closer in age to the characters. I love Emma Thompson, but she wasn't anywhere NEAR 19 when she played Elinor. Okay, I had to look it up, Emma Thompson was 36, and Hattie Morahan was 29... still in looks Hattie wins for me) Kate Winslet was 20 to Charity Wakefield's 27- for a character that's 17. However, when you pair ET and KW- the difference in age, to me, made it look like they were mother and daughter. HM and CW seemed younger and closer in age to each other.
Marianne was also more likable and it was easier to see why she fell so hard for Willoughby. Speaking of Willoughby, while not my idea of handsome exactly- I could see how a lot of people would consider him so. I do think he's more fitting to the part (age again) than Greg Wise (who I just found out is Mr. Emma Thompson. So Elinor got Willoughby... *laughs* Okay, possibly no one but me is amused by this. Just like the fact that Kiera Knightly was dating Rupert Friend for awhile, and he played Mr. Wickham.)
There did seem to be a bit of an attempt to cast the 1995 actors- but as younger. Dan Stevens, as Edward Ferrars, was fun to watch, but did remind me vaguely of Hugh Grant (who had the same role in the 1995 version). The "minor" characters were a blast to watch, from Fanny Ferrars-Dashwood to Anne Steele to Lady Middleton. The latter, I believe, was written totally out of the 1995 version, as were several other minor characters. Yes, they were minor, but they added to story too. So I was glad to see they were included in this version.
Andrew Davies really does an excellent job of transcribing from the page to the screen. Especially as Jane Austen didn't always write out the really romantic scenes. There are times when I have a few quibbles with Mr. Davies, but overall- I'm finding that I just prefer the versions that he screen wrote. This version of S&S is one I would like to own.
Oh, and as for the Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly as Lizzie, I must point out that Rosamund Pike IS my favorite Jane Bennet, and Tom Hollander was excellent as Mr. Collins. Okay, and Rupert Friend was a better -looking- actor than Adrian Lukis, but Adrian seems to be the better actor...
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Feel free to ignore the dragons, just fishing for views. :)
And another newly bred egg:
Breeding my dragons is just curious to me. And I really want a female storm dragon... (though I was hoping this pair would produce a silver egg)
First off the actresses seem to be closer in age to the characters. I love Emma Thompson, but she wasn't anywhere NEAR 19 when she played Elinor. Okay, I had to look it up, Emma Thompson was 36, and Hattie Morahan was 29... still in looks Hattie wins for me) Kate Winslet was 20 to Charity Wakefield's 27- for a character that's 17. However, when you pair ET and KW- the difference in age, to me, made it look like they were mother and daughter. HM and CW seemed younger and closer in age to each other.
Marianne was also more likable and it was easier to see why she fell so hard for Willoughby. Speaking of Willoughby, while not my idea of handsome exactly- I could see how a lot of people would consider him so. I do think he's more fitting to the part (age again) than Greg Wise (who I just found out is Mr. Emma Thompson. So Elinor got Willoughby... *laughs* Okay, possibly no one but me is amused by this. Just like the fact that Kiera Knightly was dating Rupert Friend for awhile, and he played Mr. Wickham.)
There did seem to be a bit of an attempt to cast the 1995 actors- but as younger. Dan Stevens, as Edward Ferrars, was fun to watch, but did remind me vaguely of Hugh Grant (who had the same role in the 1995 version). The "minor" characters were a blast to watch, from Fanny Ferrars-Dashwood to Anne Steele to Lady Middleton. The latter, I believe, was written totally out of the 1995 version, as were several other minor characters. Yes, they were minor, but they added to story too. So I was glad to see they were included in this version.
Andrew Davies really does an excellent job of transcribing from the page to the screen. Especially as Jane Austen didn't always write out the really romantic scenes. There are times when I have a few quibbles with Mr. Davies, but overall- I'm finding that I just prefer the versions that he screen wrote. This version of S&S is one I would like to own.
Oh, and as for the Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly as Lizzie, I must point out that Rosamund Pike IS my favorite Jane Bennet, and Tom Hollander was excellent as Mr. Collins. Okay, and Rupert Friend was a better -looking- actor than Adrian Lukis, but Adrian seems to be the better actor...
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Feel free to ignore the dragons, just fishing for views. :)
And another newly bred egg:
Breeding my dragons is just curious to me. And I really want a female storm dragon... (though I was hoping this pair would produce a silver egg)
