"Anne Hathaway?"" I asked, my artist's sensibilities slightly ruffled and offended at this mismatch of visual cues. Seeing Anne's dramatic, gorgeous features disguised as Jane Austen, and watching her romp about the country side like a frisky young filly and making moon eyes at the actor playing Tom Lefroy in previews, well, it all seems anachronistic to me. In fact, to my eyes, watching Anne as Jane is like watching a parrot disguising itself as a thrush. Both birds are beautiful in entirely different ways.
I like my Jane Austen just as she is, thank you, no more and no less. In fact, I rather like the quiet, mysterious side of her and I don't need to see her life glammed up by Hollywood types whose main mission in creating a film is the bottom line. So I will see this movie with some trepidation.
Nevertheless, I'll try to see Becoming Jane with open eyes, since so many people are reporting that they like it and because it has garnered a number of good reviews, but something deep inside tells me to remember as I watch, "It's only a movie." As for my review of Becoming Jane, don't expect to see it soon. I intend to see the film twice and will take my time digesting what I have seen before writing my opinion.
Links to Becoming Jane
Did you intend to jump onto the Becoming Jane bandwagon, only to have stumbled across my quiet site? Here are some important links:
- Austen Blog: My touchstone Jane Austen site. Find a compilation of information about Jane Austen and Becoming Jane, and links to the other juggernaut Jane Austen sites.
- Becoming Jane Fansite: An unabashed fan site of the film that contains an enormous amount of information about the movie and actors, and speculations about Jane's romance with Tom.
- Following Austen: A site maintained by Lori Smith, author of A Walk With Jane Austen. Lori posted her take on Jane and Tom Lefroy's romance, The Truth About Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy, which was written well before the movie made its debut.
- Becoming Jane Austen icons: for those who just can't get enough images of the movie.
4 comments:
I hope you'll enjoy the film! It's fraught with historical inaccuracy, yes, but it's visually stunning and awfully sweet. I was shocked by my own tears at the end.
I'm dying to see your review! I saw it on Sunday and I agree with tina - probably not accurate, but I loved it anyway and did shed some tears at the end. But then, I've been accused of being one to cry at supermarket openings, so that's not saying much...
I just finished watching 15 min ago... To be honest, I don't have a good background, information, biography... of Jane Austen as you have, But I do adore what I have read from her... I still experience the same feelings I experienced the first time I read Pride and Prejudice, and ever I have the time, I would go for it, even though besides my heart will be touched I enjoy it the most... Back to movie, I really enjoyed all the movie and could go through the feelings, may not precisely perfect; however the passionate was more than clear, where Jane left Tom while they were running away so wisely but bitter than imaginations, I just couldn't help it, I wanted to shout "give him a choice, please..." my tears were running and my voice was gone... Just came back to that feeling... I love jane Austen!
I just finished watching 15 min ago... To be honest, I don't have a good background, information, biography... of Jane Austen as you have, But I do adore what I have read from her... I still experience the same feelings I experienced the first time I read Pride and Prejudice, and ever I have the time, I would go for it, even though besides my heart will be touched I enjoy it the most... Back to movie, I really enjoyed all the movie and could go through the feelings, may not precisely perfect; however the passionate was more than clear, where Jane left Tom while they were running away so wisely but bitter than imaginations, I just couldn't help it, I wanted to shout "give him a choice, please..." my tears were running and my voice was gone... Just came back to that feeling... I love jane Austen!
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