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Originally Posted by greenbaggins  What is so interesting is that this movie can fly in the face of the many excellent reproductions of her own books that get sooo many things right. The A&E Pride and Prejudice, combined with the BBC Pride and Prejudice, get everything right between the two of them. Same thing with S&S and Emma. The most recent P&P, of course, was a disaster, the one with Keira Knightley. |
You are right, and that's only to mention the recent ones. Many good movies have been made using Austen's material directly or indirectly. (Even "Clueless") Great storytelling is great storytelling.