Comments | reveilles: Film recommendation: Austenland

reveilles

Film recommendation: Austenland

Jul 21, 2015 21:45

I'm a Jane Austen geek, so when I hear that there's yet another Jane-Austen-themed movie out there, I must seek it out and watch it. A friend recommended Austenland, and I'm so glad she did, because I thoroughly enjoyed it!( Thus follows a far too analytical review of what is essentially a light romantic comedy... )

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rap541 July 24 2015, 14:56:21 UTC

I'm curious, have you tried Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?

reveilles July 26 2015, 10:55:23 UTC

I've read it, yes. It's cute. It does some amusing stuff at the beginning, but, like most variations of that sort, it kind of falls apart and doesn't end in a really tight, satisfying way. I lost interest when it drifted in repeated scenes of carnage and really didn't explore the characters or the world in particularly interesting ways. But for a fun bit of silly horror, yes, it's amusing. What did you think of it?

rap541 July 26 2015, 15:05:13 UTC

For what it is, I thought it was really well done and very tongue in cheek. The author clearly understood the source material and had a lot of fun both mocking and honoring the original work. The "unmentionables" is such a great way to put the zombie apocalypse.

There was a mad rush of similar novels "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" for example, "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter" and none of them really captured the charm.

reveilles July 28 2015, 01:41:43 UTC

Yes, "unmentionables" was a good name for them.

I remember the other novels, and that there was a movie made of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which I think was totally panned by critics and moviegoers alike...