Northanger Abbey

Jan 20, 2008 22:26

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julielu January 21 2008, 03:43:21 UTC
I loved it too! Squeeee! And yes, that kiss, loved how he pulled her into the shrubbery! :N Delightful!

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stockinged_one January 21 2008, 03:45:55 UTC
He pulled her? I thought she pushed him! I mean, she's the one who was fantasizing through the whole show! I thought it was all her exuberance (not that he wasn't helping)! Now I'll have to buy it, I need to know who was more 'involved' as it were! :)

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julielu January 21 2008, 03:50:14 UTC
Oh, well maybe it was a mutual thing - whatever whoever it was wonderfuly romantic and so much better than that mother bird regurgitating for it's baby bird kiss from the other one! LOL

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angechrissy January 21 2008, 03:56:38 UTC
I agree with you. I believe she pushed him. :)

This production definitely makes watching Jane Austen on TV fun. I'm glad that you like it!

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stockinged_one January 21 2008, 18:04:03 UTC
Are you trying to spoil my fun by picking on me? :P Can't work, I enjoyed it too much.

As for the liberties...Absolutely! I love the format of the book more than the actual characters (and that's not usually the case for me and very unlike my view of P&P) so I'm pleased with the changes. I suppose if I loved Catherine and Henry as they were in the book (*ha*), then I'd be upset. And while NA is my second favourite Austen book, it is by no means anywhere near my favourite novels. I've read it once. I think I would only be picky with two, maybe three, favourite novels when they are made into an adaptation. I have loosened up a bit since P&P2005 too -- not that I still don't hate it (haven't changed there), but I found when I started to watch the 1996 mini-series shortly after 2005, I was hyper-critical of it too, having spent so much time discussing the book in the fandom. I'm much more laid back now ( ... )

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sunsetsylvia January 22 2008, 12:33:00 UTC
He! I loved this adaptation too, even when the book is still the nonplusultra for me. Gotta love me a Henry Tilney! Teasing, teasing man! ♥
I always felt like HT was a little bit like a male Lizzy Bennet, only without the prejudice. Witty, lively, charming and capable of some goodnatured teasing.

And there was a Henry Tilney challenge over at hero_stills. I am sure you'll find something there. :)

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