Let's Get Lost.
Was up until five this morning watching all four parts of Lost in Austen. Naturally, being the kind of girl who lives inside her head most of the time, I loved it immensely. It was heart-wrenching in the best way possible, at all the right moments; the same deliciously painful feeling I get whenever I see Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice. It also made me think of which novel I would like to get lost in. The first thing that came to my mind was obviously The Hunger Games, but I changed my mind because I could never replace Katniss, not to mention that fact that I wouldn't last even a minute as a tribute. Perhaps I would like to enter A Game of Thrones, right at the beginning. Then I could stop the Starks from separating and maybe make Jon Snow love me because I would be the girl who saved his family.
Speaking of my imaginary boyfriends, here's what I realized while watching Lost in Austen: Mr. Darcy is such a {insert big superlative here} character that any hot-blooded female wouldn't be able to help but fall head-over-heels in love with him no matter which actor is playing him. Of course I've only seen two Darcys--Matthew Macfadyen in the 2005 movie and Elliot Cowan in Lost in Austen--so I can't say I'm an expert, but I did fall for both Darcys; for the actors, not so much. I guess he's one of those roles that change the people portraying them instead of the other way around, and in my book, that speaks a lot about how well the character was written and developed. To test this "theory", I'm currently downloading the 1995 Pride and Prejudice series with Colin Firth as Fitzwilliam Darcy. I shall keep you posted.
Click to viewSuch a classic Darcy moment. Oh my heaaaaaart... ♥