Booooring!
Added 11/7/2009
Not only were the characters ugly, they were boring, unrealistic, and not romantic at all!! This movie is definitely going into permanent storage!
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Excellent Jane austin movie
Added 11/6/2009
Excellent Jane austin movie
I had seen all of the movies here in the Jane Austen's set
so knew I would enjoy it
When I am down I just put in Jane Austin Movie and will feel better by the end of the movie
very good acting and english scenery
Her stories are the best to watch
will watch it over and over
chfancier
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Very faithful and Romantic
Added 9/24/2009
I bought this dvd after reading several reviews for it. I believe this is one of the most faithful adaptations of a Jane Austen book, especially when the book Persuasion focuses so much on what Anne Elliot's internal feelings are. Amanda Root does so much with her facial expressions to convey what she is feeling at the moment. Ciran Hinds does a brilliant job as Captain Wentworth. This movie is definitely worth the time and money spent on it. True, it isn't flashy like many Hollywood movies and there were times when I had to turn up the volume but other than that, this is a very enjoyable film. Even my husband liked it :). I definitely put this one on par with the BBC Pride and Prejudice version that came out in 1995 with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
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Don't waste your time
Added 9/24/2009
I decided to watch this DVD becasue all those good reviews about it. However, I sensed that this movie wasn't good just shortly after the 15 minutes of watching it. I persuaed myself to hang on but after an hour of watching, I couldn't bear it anymore. I didn't even bother to finish. Wish I could get that one hour back.
I am Ok with the ugly actors and actresses but their poor acting plus their unpleasant appearances really put me off. The lead actress has this tension in her eyes all the time. Others are over acting as well. Since I didn't read the novel, one part of the movie just didn't make sense to me until I read other negative reviews here after watching this movie. So it shows other reviewers experience the same thing (I try not to reveal any storyline in my reviews so you can experience yourself and make a fair judgement). Don't understand why people give 5 or 4 stars to this movie.
One lesson I learn from this movie and also another one (the cast of that one actually are all beautiful faces without conveniencing story or acting) - read the negative reviews on Amazon first before ordering any DVDs. Before, I didn't know how to check reviews and thought I had to go through all the reviews in order to get a fair idea about a movie. But, that will take so much time to check each single review. Now I know you just need to click on the "1 star" section of the score bars. Then, "2 star" and so on. That's how you check the negative reviews immediately to see why people think a particular movie doesn't worth your time.
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A Different Ending Written by Austen
Added 9/14/2009
I gave this five stars because the writers used a chapter discarded and rewritten by Austen. Well, Austen's original chapter worked rather well on screen. If you want a copy of this chapter, go to The Gutenberg Project and download the biography of Jane Austen by one of her nephews. The makers of this movie were quite respectful to Austen. There are some points which I think could have been done better. Mr. Elliot's story differed quite a bit from the original. I didn't see the need and indeed, this rewrite detracted from the film. Amanda Root as Anne Elliot is perfection itself. All things considered, this is a solid production but the gold standard has yet to be made.
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Booooring!
Added 11/7/2009
Not only were the characters ugly, they were boring, unrealistic, and not romantic at all!! This movie is definitely going into permanent storage!
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Excellent Jane austin movie
Added 11/6/2009
Excellent Jane austin movie
I had seen all of the movies here in the Jane Austen's set
so knew I would enjoy it
When I am down I just put in Jane Austin Movie and will feel better by the end of the movie
very good acting and english scenery
Her stories are the best to watch
will watch it over and over
chfancier
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Very faithful and Romantic
Added 9/24/2009
I bought this dvd after reading several reviews for it. I believe this is one of the most faithful adaptations of a Jane Austen book, especially when the book Persuasion focuses so much on what Anne Elliot's internal feelings are. Amanda Root does so much with her facial expressions to convey what she is feeling at the moment. Ciran Hinds does a brilliant job as Captain Wentworth. This movie is definitely worth the time and money spent on it. True, it isn't flashy like many Hollywood movies and there were times when I had to turn up the volume but other than that, this is a very enjoyable film. Even my husband liked it :). I definitely put this one on par with the BBC Pride and Prejudice version that came out in 1995 with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
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