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Sense & Sensibility (with Miss Austen Regrets) (BBC TV 2008) Reviews

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Summary: I like them both for different reasons.....
Comment: I have to say that I have been in love with the character of Colonel Brandon since I was twelve and I read this novel the first time. In both films, the 1995 and the BBC production, I find myself remembering why, the character is played by two men who are both powerful in presence but who have a softness to them. The fact that in previous movies they have played villians actually adds to this unexpected goodness in this role, Rickman in Die Hard/Robin Hood and David Morrissey in The Reaping. Oh, they are both handsome too. I have to say that I loved both Elinors, this version's was more of what I have always imagined, so solid and with a good head on her shoulders. I prefer Winslet's Marianne somewhat but I like the fact that in the end the BBC's Marianne showed that sober side more so than 1995's. It is somewhat more serious than 1995's version but that is one of the things that I liked most about it, its a sad story for the most part much like Persausion, these girls are penniless for the most part and their destinies are very much uncertain. I love this one for its detail and the fact that they go into more detail about the Misses Steele and Mrs. Ferrars. I have to say that there is one thing that I didn't like about this version and that was Willoughby, that guy was seriously unattractive, seriously, when I think of Willoughby I think of someone so dangerously handsome that you can't help but want to run off with him. I do like that they go into the story of Col. Brandon's ward more, and don't write her off. I love that they show how Marianne becomes most ardently attached to Col. Brandon in the end, like I said he has always been my favorite character of all the Austen novels, this film lets through the agony of what he went through and what he gained. I loved the duel scene, it was just what I wanted to happen, to see Willoughby brought to account for all his wrong doing. Speaking of which the fact that there is the scene when Willoughby comes back to explain what happened between he and Marianne, I love that scene, it actually brought me to tears. I have always been more Elinor than Marianne, I have no real romantic notions, but I felt badly for her everytime that I read this novel. I sort of wanted a final scene that denoted what Austen wrote at the end of the novel, that the sisters lived in close enough proximity to visit one another most frequently, perhaps a dinner scene with all the Dashwood girls their husbands and mother and younger sister. I think that you have to go into this movie not ready to compare it to the earlier version but to love it for what it is. A more detailed telling of a wonderful story, I love both versions for different reasons. The point is that I love them both.
M.

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Summary: Love Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility+Miss Austen Regrets
Comment: I loved this movie when it aired on MPTV and enjoyed it uninterrupted in my sitting room....the characters are perfect and the scenery wonderful. Jane Austen's material comes to life and if she were alive would so enjoy watching. Amazon Rocks....its not Net Flicks and I have to send my movie back...its mine and when I feel like it I can pop it in and have a visit with my old friends...Thanks you, BLC

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Summary: Great film
Comment: I had been enamored of the Emma Thompson version of this Jane Austen story, at least until I saw the BBC version. This version is so much more true to the feelings of the book. The music is glorious, the photography lovely, and the acting is passionate and sensitive. This is now my favorite version.

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Summary: Best Interpretation Yet
Comment: I have enjoyed many of Jane Austen's period pieces and novels; they are rich in history and in reminding us all of the beauty of the human relationship. This version of Sense and Sensibility is simply the best I've seen bar none. The acting is superb and it is quick to absorb oneself in the human drama. However, one other element makes this series superior: the music. It is moving and in a heartbeat sweeps you into Barton Cottage and each key moment of this drama and romance. This is a series worth owning.

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Summary: Wowza.
Comment: This is awesome. Its a difficult novel to get right on the screen because there are so any levels to it and personalities hiding behind the stiff upper lips - but this version just has the right "finish". I've already watched it twice within 2 weeks. This is a great one to watch again and again and again and...

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