tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391820021882341461.post7120189826323392221..comments2023-12-25T10:15:06.156-06:00Comments on Brant Flakes: Because It's About Austen...Marilyn Branthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05303846770348840645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391820021882341461.post-40037576145552604642008-02-27T01:30:00.000-06:002008-02-27T01:30:00.000-06:00L.A., I thought the screenwriter kept the referenc...L.A., I thought the screenwriter kept the references easily accessible. My less-Austen-obsessive friends told me they found the film "fun"...and I doubt YOU'D miss anything! Next time, though, I promise to include links to the cute guys :).<BR/><BR/>Nadine, in regards to the book, you said it far better than I did. Thank you! In particular, I felt the lack of that "keen social commentary" you mentioned and the dramatic irony so integral to the original Austen novels. Yeah, it was hard to read. I finished it...but I also found myself skimming more than I would've liked.Marilyn Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303846770348840645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391820021882341461.post-82088682765834328432008-02-26T10:16:00.000-06:002008-02-26T10:16:00.000-06:00I have to confess... I could not finish that book....I have to confess... I could not finish that book. Life's too short for books that don't hook me (this is a new attitude, and I can't quite shake off the guilt of not finishing a book, but honestly, there are just too many interesting-looking novels on my shelf to bother with the not-so-good-ones).<BR/><BR/>You're right that all the characters were just a little too depressing. The book plodded along despite a lackluster plot, and I guess that might be due to some deep, insightful characterization, but if a writer is going to make wallowing in the mundaness of life her focus, she needs something else to keep me going... keen social commentary, historical perspective, a good plot... I felt the author of this one used the Jane Austen thing as a plot device that never quite materialized.Nadinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276662980308718870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391820021882341461.post-9923456855055070112008-02-26T09:07:00.000-06:002008-02-26T09:07:00.000-06:00I've wanted to see this but was afraid I'd miss al...I've wanted to see this but was afraid I'd miss all the references. I'm not as hard-core Jane Austin as you, my dear. Would I still enjoy it?<BR/><BR/>Now I have to pop over to imdb to find a photo of Hugh Dancy. Next time, links, honey. We want graphics. Ha ha.L.A. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729129827211991040noreply@blogger.com