A.’s Comments (group member since Jul 19, 2012)

A.’s comments from the Jane Austen group.

I admit, I really liked Becca's number three from S&S. It was so sweet.

To Lucy??? She rubbed her engagement with Edward in poor Elinor's face the entire book! The little cat!

For me...twice. But I've seen the movie a gazillion times. (the mini-series, I mean)

I'm gonna have to look up this music!

Youtube!!!! Since the sheet music isn't out (at least not to my knowledge), this guy listened to it and wrote it down. He and his wife play it. It's amazing!

My favorite music from a Jane movie has got to be Emma 2009. Oh, it was beautiful....my mom and I play The Seaside as a duet on the piano. It's probably my favorite music just to listen to.

I really like Marren's ideas. Nice. :)

Tried it.....man, that was sooooo hard!

Go Darcy! He was great about defending Lizzie.

@Aerykah: I completely agree! I love that look. *sigh*

Ooooh. A new series would be really good. I'm dying to watch a new version of Austen's....anything, really!

Can you believe how sick people are now days?!

When people make something 'modern' I sometimes wonder if that just means they have an excuse to make it vulgar. I mean...nowdays, lots of things that were considered taboo back in the 1800's aren't now. (Which is sad but true.) So my thoughts are...are they going to stick with Austen's dignity? or make it something she would most definitely disapprove of?

I agree with you guys. He was definitly a rat. I just like Greg Wise playing him better than the other guy.

Firth is defenitly the best Darcy. Sorry Macfayden fans!

Finally, people with a sense of taste. Aaah. It's refreshing.

Ooops! :)

I really liked Emma Thompson as Elinor. She and Greg Wise were the only actors I really liked in that movie. (I'm sorry, but at first sight, I would have been like Marianne. I think Greg Wise was really nice looking.) I can't stand the guy that plays Willoughby in the 2008 version though. He's the only one I would change, I think.

Marren wrote: "Now, I will disagree with you there. No one would tell Emma what to say, she may have appeased when Mr. Knightley scolded her. However,no one could tell Emma what to say, she was no Harriet. This i..."

Hmmm...I'm kind of in the middle. Emma was intelligent and she wasn't like Harriet, doing what anybody told her. But the saying, "You are who you surround yourself with" (or something like that) is true. The people you spend time with influence you thinking and actions. It is a fact of life. Emma's natural tendencies weren't to hurt people, as she did Miss Bates, but her character also saw, and was disgusted with, the tittle tattle that Miss Bates was constantly throwing forth. So, when she spent a lot of time in the company of a person who cared little for the feelings of others, she slowly began to feel the same way. And as this happened, she began to harshly ridicule (aloud) the things which she would normally just say in privacy of people whom she knew would never repeat her confidences. Do you know what I mean?

Soph wrote: "Some comedy is good. Some however of what passes for comedy now a days is appalling!"

I agree completely. Nowdays what people call 'comedy' is crude, vulgar, and offensive. I'm disgusted with it.