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So I went to see Becoming Jane. Oh. My. God. It was SO BORING. If your movie can't even distract me from my own problems for two fucking hours, your movie sucks.
Things I did like about it included:
1.) Language used - actually sounded like an Austen novel
2.) When she met Anne Radcliffe
3.) Cassandra's heartbreak
4.) Seeing the country dancing ... I actually did some of that on an assignment, and it's really fun
The rest? Snooooze. Hated slow plodding scenes of nearly-nothing. Hated how books were rarely talked about. Hated most of all last scene, in which EVERYONE knows who Jane Austen is despite her wanting to remain anonymous.
The theater experience was ... interesting. I went to a theater up near the Brandywine district (which I think is the most beautiful area of Delaware, unless Sussex County is somehow hiding a rainforest). First of all, it's fucking huge ... you have to take two escalators to get to the screens. I thought the hugeness would mean it had cool stuff at the concession stand, like wrap sandwiches. (Yes, I've seen this before.) But alas ... just a hot dog. Maybe that's why I didn't like the movie, too. I was cranky. And very cold.
But, while I'm on the subject, I really liked Sense and Sensibility - both the book, and the Ang Lee movie, which I watched with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cyberweasel (and he liked it, too!). Yay actual Austen, boo pastiche Austen.
And ... just in case this LJ entry was too girly for you guys, here's a link to my brother:
He's the announcer, not the jumper You can also watch his band playing but ... after listening to two minutes of rumbling while they set up and then barely hearing the song I kind of got bored.
By the way, I do like my brother. I think he's very funny (a hell of a lot funnier than me) and an overall nice guy. This all just somehow does not translate AT ALL to his appearances on the Internet.
Things I did like about it included:
1.) Language used - actually sounded like an Austen novel
2.) When she met Anne Radcliffe
3.) Cassandra's heartbreak
4.) Seeing the country dancing ... I actually did some of that on an assignment, and it's really fun
The rest? Snooooze. Hated slow plodding scenes of nearly-nothing. Hated how books were rarely talked about. Hated most of all last scene, in which EVERYONE knows who Jane Austen is despite her wanting to remain anonymous.
The theater experience was ... interesting. I went to a theater up near the Brandywine district (which I think is the most beautiful area of Delaware, unless Sussex County is somehow hiding a rainforest). First of all, it's fucking huge ... you have to take two escalators to get to the screens. I thought the hugeness would mean it had cool stuff at the concession stand, like wrap sandwiches. (Yes, I've seen this before.) But alas ... just a hot dog. Maybe that's why I didn't like the movie, too. I was cranky. And very cold.
But, while I'm on the subject, I really liked Sense and Sensibility - both the book, and the Ang Lee movie, which I watched with
cyberweasel (and he liked it, too!). Yay actual Austen, boo pastiche Austen.And ... just in case this LJ entry was too girly for you guys, here's a link to my brother:
He's the announcer, not the jumper You can also watch his band playing but ... after listening to two minutes of rumbling while they set up and then barely hearing the song I kind of got bored.
By the way, I do like my brother. I think he's very funny (a hell of a lot funnier than me) and an overall nice guy. This all just somehow does not translate AT ALL to his appearances on the Internet.