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.

Comments

[lemon_badgeress]

XD XD XD XD XD

[movingfinger]

Yes!

Is it time for an Alan Rickman film festival?

[drinkingcocoa]

Sense and Sensibility is the one movie adaptation I've seen that I think is better than the book. Wow, Emma Thompson.

[asakiyume]

LOL, I see a theme in your entries and your music ;-)

[staranise]

I preferred the 2008 S&S adaptation to the 1995 one, actually. ^_^

[isis]

I can't disagree with your assessment!

[batdina]

yes he is, isn't he? (never seen either movie. must catch up with film at some point. then again I need to catch up on reading as well.)

[thisbluespirit]

lol, Fair enough!

(The first time I saw the 1995 S&S, it was with someone who was busy worshipping Alan Rickman's boots, so your response is way more coherent!)

[sovay]

I preferred the 2008 S&S adaptation to the 1995 one, actually.

May I ask? I've only ever seen the 1995 version.

[sovay]

Is it time for an Alan Rickman film festival?

I mean, I did just watch six Harry Potter movies in a row and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to watch Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990) again, but I'll take suggestions.

[rmc28]

I think my favourite part is when everyone but her stomps into their respective bedrooms slamming the door, while she is bringing tea for one of them (her mother?) and she kind of sighs and sits on the stairs to drink it. "Yes, life is shit, but wasting this tea or throwing a fourth tantrum isn't going to help, so I guess I'll drink the tea and see if I can cope with things when I'm done".

Also the way she finally finally breaks down into tears at the end.

When I first saw it, I wasn't quite 20, and I very much *aspired* to respond to personal tragedy like Elinor (minor as the personal tragedies of my life were then!), but had the lowering suspicion I was actually a Marianne.

[sovay]

LOL, I see a theme in your entries and your music

Don't forget the ongoing Austen! I do this right, it's like a Scrabble triple score.

[sovay]

XD XD XD XD XD

I am delighted you approve and/or concur.

[sovay]

I can't disagree with your assessment!

I feel it's one of those truths universally acknowledged.

[sovay]

Sense and Sensibility is the one movie adaptation I've seen that I think is better than the book. Wow, Emma Thompson.

I have a couple of movies I like better than their books, but this is a very good one. And her first try, to boot!

[sovay]

yes he is, isn't he? (never seen either movie. must catch up with film at some point. then again I need to catch up on reading as well.)

It is my hope to write about Sense and Sensibility tomorrow or the day after depending on work schedule, which if so will contain plenty of further appreciation.

I wish you luck on catching up on reading and film.

[sovay]

(The first time I saw the 1995 S&S, it was with someone who was busy worshipping Alan Rickman's boots, so your response is way more coherent!)

Like actually his boots, or is that metonymy?

[thisbluespirit]

Actually his boots! I mean, I think she liked the rest of him, but the boots were a highlight.

[asakiyume]

How could I forget? Thanks to your review, I've got Persuasion on order from Netflix.

[moon_custafer]

There’s a book out somewhere of her diary entries from the time of filming it. This is the excerpt I always see (describing an inn they stayed at during location shooting, I think):

“Very nice lady served us drinks in hotel and was followed in by a cat. We all crooned at it. Alan to cat (very low and meaning it): 'Fuck off.' The nice lady didn't turn a hair. The cat looked slightly embarrassed but stayed.”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/406259-very-nice-lady-served-us-drinks-in-hotel-and-was

[kenjari]

Oh yes on Alan Rickman. I totally swooned over him in the movie.

[sartorias]

Oh, a rewatch of that would be just the ticket. Alan Rickman stole that entire movie, though I did enjoy it.

[alexxkay]

Kes and I recently saw The January Man, which we can't actually recommend (incoherent plot and tone). But Rickman was, as usual, great, and the film did afford some fun opportunity for contemplating slash/fixfic between Rickman and Kevin Kline's characters.

[ashlyme]

Yeah, I back this.

*That was a point in my life when I saw very few movies and did not think critically about them if I did.*

That's the part I do find hard to believe!

[larryhammer]

A statement that's both necessary and sufficient review.