Today is the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride & Prejudice.
Fans around the world will celebrate this, one of our greatest works of literature, and its prolific author Jane Austen.
Myself?
I celebrate the movie and its unforgettable Mr. Darcys. I use the plural because I find everyone has a favorite.
Mine is Matthew Macfadyen, who starred opposite Keira Knightley. I loved his interpretation — quiet, shy, judgmental, passionate.
I’ve loved everything else he has acted in as well.
Thanks, Jane, for the introduction.
A weekend in the country
Oh, Austenland — I wanted to love you.
A costume drama dressed up as romcom. Subject matter I enjoy ever so much. And a cast with the chops to make movie magic. So what went wrong?
I blame the director.
The premise was great fun — a Jane Austen addict on a total immersion vacation — and it’s not like everything missed the mark. But some of the actors were doing slapstick and others were letting the humor happen more naturally.
And in the same scenes, that difference was rather jarring.
So, while the movie did not win my heart like a Sense and Sensibility or Pride and Prejudice, the men did.
Time well spent.
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