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<![CDATA[Wordsmythe, will agree with you that many of these films, particularly the TV series, do have their flaws.  When I was a kid, I would take the costume dramas out from the public library and watch them.  The costume dramas of the 70s and 80s were extremely inept &amp; lifeless, and in comparison these new adaptations are quite charming.  An inept adaptation for me, would be last year\'s adaptation of \"Room With a View\" where they completely buggered up the dialogue and changed the ending!  As for Alan Rickman - he was 56 and playing a character meant to be 35!  He\'s 36 years older than Kate Winslet!  I\'m not criticizing his acting ability (I have adored him since Truly, Madly, Deeply), I\'m criticizing the casting.  <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemaroll.com%2FDrama%2FTop-10-Greatest-Jane-Austen-Adaptations.93990%23comment117632"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemaroll.com%2FDrama%2FTop-10-Greatest-Jane-Austen-Adaptations.93990%23comment117632" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:14:20 PST</pubDate></item>
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<![CDATA[I haven't seen all of the adaptations, but after seeing the first two of the current series, I stopped watching. They were the most inept, lifeless adaptations of Austen I've ever seen, even granting that Persuasion is a difficult book to make enjoyable. Even the version with Ciaran Hinds was flawed. Langton's Pride and Prejudice is a classic for all time, and Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility comes close. If it could have been a mini-series instead of a movie, it would equal P and P. I don't agree about Alan Rickman being too old--after all, that's one of the reasons he didn't appeal to the overly romantic Marianne. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemaroll.com%2FDrama%2FTop-10-Greatest-Jane-Austen-Adaptations.93990%23comment117468"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemaroll.com%2FDrama%2FTop-10-Greatest-Jane-Austen-Adaptations.93990%23comment117468" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:00:05 PST</pubDate></item>
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