Jane Austen Club

I love Austen and P&P. I love the book, I love the 2005/Keira Knightley version, and I especially love the earlier BBC version with Colin Firth as Mr Darcy. That was a mini-series and took time to tell the whole tale.

I've also read some of the new sequels and other fiction written involving Jane Austen characters. Not surprisingly, they are not as good as the original works.
 
inkspot said:
I love Austen and P&P. I love the book, I love the 2005/Keira Knightley version, and I especially love the earlier BBC version with Colin Firth as Mr Darcy. That was a mini-series and took time to tell the whole tale.

I've also read some of the new sequels and other fiction written involving Jane Austen characters. Not surprisingly, they are not as good as the original works.
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Yes, the one with Colin Firth was great. Mr. Collins was fabulous! I think the actor is called David Bamber.

I did enjoy the film with Keira Knightley as well. Though I missed a wedding at the end. (Yes, I'm a romantic. :D)
 
I've seen all the P&P film and video versions at one time or another and my favorite Darcys are Laurence Olivier and Colin Firth.

On my profile page I have a P&P album <show all albums> with Bennet family protraits from the various versions.

I'm also merging this thread with the earlier Jane Austen thread which also has a lot to say about P&P.
 
Jane Austen is one of my many favorite authors. I love all of her books, but I would have to say "Northanger Abbey" is my favorite. I have seen several of the movies based off of her books, and thought they did a splendid job with making them into a movie.
 
I love Jane Austen stories! My favorite is Pride and Prejudice, you can probably tell from my siggy lol. I can't decide which version, they're both amazing. My mom just bought them both for me for my birthday so I can finally own them :D I really like Sense and Sensibility too. And my sister-in-law said Emma was really great, but I haven't watched it yet. I want to.
 
The version of "Emma" that I've seen stars Kate Beckinsdale, in great contrast to her vampire-movie roles. It was especially in this story that Miss Austen showed that she DID NOT feel the modern girl-power obligation to make every woman superior to every man in every way. The character of Emma actually has things to LEARN about good choices from a MAN!
 
I have not seen that one yet, but I would like to. I saw a pretty nice Sense and Sensibility the other day -- oh, I probably already mentioned it here. Alan Rickman from the HP films was in it, and he was wonderful as Col. Brandon. :)
 
I saw that "S and S" film when it was fairly new, and I have TWO video copies of it. Alan Rickman as the noble-hearted Colonel is DA MAN!! One of the most pleasing compliments I have EVER received in my life was when a woman who also loves that movie told me *I* was like Colonel Brandon. Talk about major self-esteem boost!
 
Copperfox said:
I saw that "S and S" film when it was fairly new, and I have TWO video copies of it. Alan Rickman as the noble-hearted Colonel is DA MAN!! One of the most pleasing compliments I have EVER received in my life was when a woman who also loves that movie told me *I* was like Colonel Brandon. Talk about major self-esteem boost!
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Aw, that's awesome -- you are, though, Joseph, now that I think about it. You have the same good heart and disinterested charity toward the ladies here (I know Brandon wasn't wholly disinterested in Marianne, but he acted in her best interest despite his own feelings, is what I mean).

And I agree, Rickman was delightful in the role. He's a delightful Snape, too. Very good actor.
 
I just saw the 3-part Andrew Davies 2008 BBC version of Sense and Sensibility. There are aspects that I really like about it -- Marianne is fresh, romantic and luminous, and the chemistry between Elinor and Edward is amazing (!) considering how restrained both have to be throughout most of the production. But I thoroughly disliked the titillating opening scene. It seems counter to the discretion and spirit of Jane Austen and I almost turned off the video because of it - Bleah! But I am glad I kept watching because after that one scene it was pretty much back to the beauty and ideals of Austen's world.
 
I agree with you -- when I saw it, I didn't even understand what that first scene was! And I have read the book about a million times. It just didn't occur to me that they would open the mini-series with that particular event! Otherwise, I agree, it was a very nice adaptation.
 
I was surfing a bit and came across information about a Jane Austen Summer Camp weekend in July 2013 where you can listen to speakers, learn to write with Regency penmanship, dance, and make crafts such as silhouettes, reticules, and tour old mansions. And yes, talk about Miss Austen's writings... It was fun even just to read about the camp schedule!
 
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