I sit here in the thunder, the green on the grey

[sovay]

Me: I should rewatch Sense and Sensibility (1995). It might pair illuminatingly with Persuasion (1995); I haven't seen it in nine years and I've never written about it; I saw it for the first time in 1996 with someone who didn't like it. That was a point in my life when I saw very few movies and did not think critically about them if I did. Those can be interesting to revisit.

*half an hour of movie later*

My critical faculties: FUCK, Alan Rickman is BEAUTIFUL.

Ladies and gentlepeople, that may be the review.

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[rmc28]

Ehle/Firth P&P is how I discovered Austen, having managed to dodge being forced to read her at school. There was a lot of fuss about Colin Firth in a wet shirt, but what actually drew me in was the dance at the Netherfield ball, which I literally found by accident while channel-hopping one evening. I was so drawn in by that scene that I watched the rest of the episode, caught up on the previous episode thanks to a helpful repeat on the BBC and watched+recorded the rest of the series.

I didn't get to see the first episode until my parents bought me the videos (actual VHS!) that Christmas, but in the meantime I'd read the book and started on the rest.

[sovay]

the dance at the Netherfield ball, which I literally found by accident while channel-hopping one evening. I was so drawn in by that scene that I watched the rest of the episode, caught up on the previous episode thanks to a helpful repeat on the BBC and watched+recorded the rest of the series.

That is a wonderful recommendation.