So...did you watch?
Okay, what did you watch last night? McMurtrys' cowboys? An Extreme Makeover?
Or, were you like me and watched the first installment of The Complete Jane Austen, Persuasion on Masterpiece Classics? What did you think? I quite liked Rupert Penry-Jones as Captain Wentworth. Sally Hawkins was also good as Anne Elliot. They were both a lot less repressed than when Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds played the parts in the 1995 version. Although I've watched the 1995 version a few times and liked it quite a bit too. Sophie Thompson as Mary Musgrove in the 1995 version was stellar the whiney, hypochondriac sister of Anne. I just found out today reading her bio that she's Emma Thompson's younger sister.
BTW, did you see Giles (actor Anthony Head) from Buffy as Anne Elliot's insufferable father? Wasn't he good? Hard to believe his U.S. career started with coffee commercials isn't it? Take a look if you dare.
Next week is Northanger Abbey which I am not familiar with at all. I'm sort of excited to see it for the first time. I've never seen an adaptation or read the book. So I'm very curious about it.
Labels: Jane Austen, PBS, TV
Posted by Rosie at 12:01 AM
8 Comments:
Morning Rosie. I watched cowboys, what else? *G*
making the blog rounds...good morning! :) I saw the first half hour but got sleepy and went to bed. Will watch the rest tonite. From what I saw though, I quite fancy this blonde Captain Wentworth. *g*
I read Northanger Abbey back in my Peace Corps days and remember it being a pretty short and less complex book. boy meets girl, big mis, some gothic atmosphere thrown in, then an HEA. But I think that should translate nicely to the screen so I'm looking forward to it.
Sarah, How was it? It got mixed reviews here.
Zeek, "you owe me a coke!" Yep, I posted late last night and checked out a few posts on my google reader and was floored how similar they were.
Sula, yes Captain Wentworth was very good I think. You'll enjoy it and it goes by very quickly.
If I was more disciplined and motivated this week I'd go get Northanger Abbey and read it before next Sunday.
I read last night. LOL
But I dvr'd Comanche Moon and Persuasion. I love my dvr. :P
I dvr'd Commanche Moon but didn't know I could also tape Persuasion! What a mope. I did tape Terminator the Connor chronicles or some such. Since I'm a sci-fi geek that would have probably won out ;)
CindyS
Ames, we should probably have dvr'd the Comanche Moon mini-series because GG loves westerns.
Cindy, I completely forgot about the Terminator show until a few other people mentioned it. Now I'll wait to see what other people thought before I tune in.
I watched Persuasion. I wanted to record Comanche Moon to watch later, but unfortunately my DVR can only record 2 programs at once (Brothers and Sisters was on). Ah well. I'm hoping they'll show it again this summer.
Dev, did you like the new Captain Wentworth? I thought it was pretty well done. I'm counting on Comanche Moon either repeating or being available on DVD later. GG really wants to see it.
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