Becoming Jane
Honestly, I didn’t have high hopes for this movie, but I looooved it, really loved it. I went with two of my best girls and the three of us were practically swooning in our seats. I found that surprising; I was prepared to be a little disappointed. See, I’m a HUGE Jane Austen book fan, and I've loved the BBC productions of Austen. I was reserving my excitement for the PBS Austen series that’s starting next year. But Becoming Jane was just so much fun I couldn't help but get swept up in the romance of it all.
It’s as if the movie’s writers wrote down situations, character flaws, and telling dialogue from Pride and Prejudice [and a little Sense and Sensibility] on slips of paper, placed them in a bowl, swished them around, plucked them out, assigned them to a character in the movie and then shot. Lines are literally lifted from P&P and placed in “real" characters mouths. Funny. I saw a bit of Wickham, Mrs. Bennett, Lydia all over the place. And then of course at the end of the movie she writes P&P, based on the (fictional, sigh) love affair with the dashing Mr. Darcy, I mean Tom Lefroy, played by the very sexy James McAvoy.
Becoming Jane is a seriously fun girlie. Grab your tissues and your best gal pals and be ready for some swooning!
It’s as if the movie’s writers wrote down situations, character flaws, and telling dialogue from Pride and Prejudice [and a little Sense and Sensibility] on slips of paper, placed them in a bowl, swished them around, plucked them out, assigned them to a character in the movie and then shot. Lines are literally lifted from P&P and placed in “real" characters mouths. Funny. I saw a bit of Wickham, Mrs. Bennett, Lydia all over the place. And then of course at the end of the movie she writes P&P, based on the (fictional, sigh) love affair with the dashing Mr. Darcy, I mean Tom Lefroy, played by the very sexy James McAvoy.
Becoming Jane is a seriously fun girlie. Grab your tissues and your best gal pals and be ready for some swooning!
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