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scifirenegade) wrote2025-05-08 09:01 am
scifirenegade) wrote2025-05-08 09:01 am
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3W4D - One Film: It is a truth universally acknowledged... Edition
Gotten around to it, finally. The 1940 film with Greer Garson and Lawrence Olivier.
It's very different from the back (based on play apparently, maybe that's where all the changes are from), everyone is dressed in Gone With the Wind's hand-me-downs and there's copious amounts of exposition (which is normal). But it's a charming little thing.
I really liked the super-epic carriage race at the beginning, the archery scene (wut; also, isn't there an Emma adaptation with archery? If so, did they get it from here?), and my favourite scene: Elizabeth playing at Lady Catherine de Bourgh (esteemed patroness) and Darcy is all heart eyes (he's quite affectionate towards her after the "she's torable" bit), and their exchange is GOLD! His face!
(Noticed that on all P&P adaptations I've seen, my favourite scenes all take place at Rosings. Hmm...)
It's very different from the back (based on play apparently, maybe that's where all the changes are from), everyone is dressed in Gone With the Wind's hand-me-downs and there's copious amounts of exposition (which is normal). But it's a charming little thing.
I really liked the super-epic carriage race at the beginning, the archery scene (wut; also, isn't there an Emma adaptation with archery? If so, did they get it from here?), and my favourite scene: Elizabeth playing at Lady Catherine de Bourgh (esteemed patroness) and Darcy is all heart eyes (he's quite affectionate towards her after the "she's torable" bit), and their exchange is GOLD! His face!
(Noticed that on all P&P adaptations I've seen, my favourite scenes all take place at Rosings. Hmm...)
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This makes a lot a sense. (Haven't seen that Emma adaptation though, but if the archery scene is fun 👀)
Never heard of Lost in Austen, but I for sure know who Mrs. Bennet is lol. Will check it out, thank you!
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Hee, have fun!
ETA: I'm glad you liked Edmund Gwenn, he's been great in everything I've seen him in, even in slight supporting roles. If you'd like to see more of him, and a good UK 1930s film, too, incidentally, Laburnum Grove (1936) is a fun adaptation of a J. B. Priestley play. I think you'd probably like it, if you want to add it to the never-ending list, but Gwenn has the pivotal role, anyway.
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