Monday, January 13, 2014

[bearshorty]

I just finished rewatching the "Pride & Prejudice" miniseries so I'm feeling all mushy. I always forget just how perfect and wonderful that adaptation is. The facial expressions alone. The best rewatch. And now I need to see what Netflix had in terms of Jane Austen - I need to watch "Emma" "Northanger Abbey" and "Mansfield Park" to finish my Jane Austen month. I don't like "Emma" with Gwynneth Paltrow so I'm really hoping to the miniseries.

I had a productive morning since I finally heard back from my Uni boss about questions for upcoming semester. That meant that I could finalize all my syllabi and finish up setting up all the websites. So that's done. I think tomorrow I will start prepping the first reading.

The weather is so nice and warm today. I took a walk since I was craving a chicken cutlet sandwich from the local deli - they make it so well. I also got a pork bun from the Chinese bakery for Bear since he loves it and I get it occasionally as a treat for him. I don't eat pork myself but I do like buns from Chinese bakery - it's the sweet dough.

Comments

[missautumn]

Is that the one with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth? Cuz if it is, it’s the only one worth watching. I love that version of Pride and Prejudice. I think I’ve seen that movie 1000+ times. There were weeks were it was the only thing I’d watch on repeat every night (over two or three nights). Such a great film and they’re all excellent actors <3

I was surprised by the nicer weather today too. I am loving it (:

[bearshorty]

Colin Firth is Mr. Darcy - I can't even watch any other adaptation. When I was 15 or so I spent the summer going through video section of the library (this was before DVDs) and watching as many movies as I could. And by accident I borrowed the 3rd episode of that miniseries with Ehle and Firth and watched it. So it was completely out of context and I never read "Pride and Prejudice" before either but just the atmosphere and that first proposal scene were so good that I tracked down all the other episodes. And I always underestimate how good it is until I watch it again.

(For "Persuasion" my favorite adaptation is the movie with Amanda Root and Cieran Hinds ad for "Sense and Sensibility" I love the movie with Emma Thompson.)