Floss
Jane Asher
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Post by Floss on Oct 8, 2004 15:48:22 GMT
Extreme Prejudice. Apparently, they're making a film of the Jane Austen Classic (TM) and it's to star Keira Knightley. I am mildly upset by this. I'm a huge fan of the book, and indeed of the BBC adaptation with Colin... but I'm not sure I can see Keira as Lizzie. Possibly as Georgiana Darcy, but not as Lizzie. I've looked at the IMDb forums on this and there are people who agree with me, but as they spell "Shite" as "Shight" - I'm looking for a more thought out opinion. Any takers?
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Post by Cherubic on Oct 8, 2004 16:05:56 GMT
I've never even thought of spelling it shight. I think I prefer it. It's very Sean Bean.
Thankyou for broadening my horizons.
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Post by pauliepoos on Oct 8, 2004 16:25:41 GMT
Someone my friends and I used to describe as "limited" used to spell it shight.
I was horrified when Jennifer Ehle was cast, but she did a cracking job.
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dizzie
Junior Member
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Post by dizzie on Oct 11, 2004 15:43:49 GMT
In fairness to the odd spelling, IMDb is really strict on the use of swear words, so I’ve seen strange replacements for the words (although most sane people just use * in the middle of the word).
Keira will probably be shight, but really, the film will be too. Andrew Davis struggled to be completely faithful to the novel in a 6 hour epic, so a 2 hour version is going to be Austin-lite indeed. I expect the thundering failure of the film will be blamed on Keira anyway. She’s way too popular at the moment (kinda like Britney was a year ago!).
Whatever the firm turns out to be, it will still only be my second most hated Jane Austin adaptation after the Gwyneth Paltrow horribleness that was ‘Emma’.
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Post by audrey notwhatsheusedtobe on Oct 12, 2004 10:42:55 GMT
I'm sick of Keira Knightly. She's soooooo boring. I don't think she should be allowed to make any films at all. I just don't get all the "ooh she's the most beautiful humanoid ever" guff. She's no Sarah Beeny or Kirstly Allsop.
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