tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post8092251616971866357..comments2024-01-29T03:20:32.291-05:00Comments on ...... SHARP ELVES SOCIETY ...... Jane Austen's Shadow Stories: From Prada to NadaArnie Perlsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-43016562333512833892011-01-30T12:47:48.107-05:002011-01-30T12:47:48.107-05:00Nan, Sorry I did not respond sooner. I see your po...Nan, Sorry I did not respond sooner. I see your point, and have wondered to myself why I did not feel more negative--I think it was that while the story construction was, as you say, weak, the acting was not weak. So I felt some chemistry onscreen, and it moved me despite my intellectual objections. <br /><br />But that balancing of intellectual and emotional reactions is so subjective, and maybe I'd have been more negative sitting at home without that vibe of a responsive audience around me.Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436417288060370638.post-26843666558782513032011-01-28T20:30:39.709-05:002011-01-28T20:30:39.709-05:00Hi Arnie,
I'll have to quote the New York Time...Hi Arnie,<br />I'll have to quote the <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/movies/29prada.html?ref=movies" rel="nofollow">New York Times reviewer</a>, who figured out how to say what I couldn't: <br /><br><i><br /> "Updating Austen presents a particular challenge, one that “Prada” doesn’t meet: without 19th-century propriety and economics to keep the characters apart, you have to be inventive to keep the twists of the love stories from feeling nonsensical.." <br /></i><br><br />Now I know you rightly say it's not really S&S, but for me, since the love stories didn't make sense, it failed as a rom-com. Still, it was a fun night out.<br /><br />--NanNannoreply@blogger.com