What, not even a bone thrown about how your boyfriend sat and dutifully watched Persuasion while fanning you, feeding you chocolates and massaging your feet?
That sucks - I wonder what on earth the rationale was behind squeezing into 90 minutes? I mean, the 1995 version was underfunded and all that, and they did all right.
The S&S is three hours long and is pretty good, on the whole - somewhat choppier than the 1995 version, and Sir John and Mrs Jennings were weirdly muted, but it had a lot of things that one didn't (Anne Steele, Mrs. Ferrars, the visit to Allenham, and so forth) and A. and I enjoyed it a lot. My perfect S&S would combine actors and elements from both versions (I haven't seen the one from the 70s, so can't comment on it). This one is Davies, so while it gets more, um, explicit sometimes it's good watching regardless. Of course, I'm not one of those Austen fans who likes to carry on as though Andrew Davies stole her firstborn at every minor tweaking, so take that evaluation for what it's worth :).
Nancy Franklin in The New Yorker: "In the midst of gatherings filled with selfish, garrulous extroverts, Anne is reticent and reserved, but Hawkins nevertheless broadcasts her misery as loudly as if she were trying to warn beachgoers that there was a shark in the water." (Mikey)
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I watched a few minutes of it, realized I had watched it a few months ago via Netflix, and turned it off.
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The S&S is three hours long and is pretty good, on the whole - somewhat choppier than the 1995 version, and Sir John and Mrs Jennings were weirdly muted, but it had a lot of things that one didn't (Anne Steele, Mrs. Ferrars, the visit to Allenham, and so forth) and A. and I enjoyed it a lot. My perfect S&S would combine actors and elements from both versions (I haven't seen the one from the 70s, so can't comment on it). This one is Davies, so while it gets more, um, explicit sometimes it's good watching regardless. Of course, I'm not one of those Austen fans who likes to carry on as though Andrew Davies stole her firstborn at every minor tweaking, so take that evaluation for what it's worth :).
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