Comments on: Mansfield Park–My Reaction http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Costume Drama Thursday: Mansfield Park « KayeDacus.com http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-19229 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:45:25 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-19229 [...] There are three main adaptations of MP—the 1983 BBC version (the one I like), the 1999 “romantic comedy” version (starring Frances O’Connor and Jonny Lee Miller), and the absolutely botched 2007 version starring Billie Piper and Blake Ritson, which aired during the 2008 PBS Complete Jane Austen Series (read my review here). [...]

]]> By: Fun Friday–Spotlight on Fun Friday « KayeDacus.com http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-15828 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:02:56 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-15828 [...] Jane Austen Series on PBS, Spring 2008 Persuasion Northanger Abbey Mansfield Park (preview) Mansfield Park (review) Miss Austen Regrets (preview) Miss Austen Regrets (review) Pride & Prejudice (Part 1) Pride [...]

]]> By: A Sense of Closure « KayeDacus.com http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-9134 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:31:15 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-9134 [...] firmly entrenched at the top of my list of favorite Jane Austen films. The new adaptation of Mansfield Park was a fiasco and the only one of the films that I’m not going to waste money on (yes, I [...]

]]> By: Mandy N http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-8383 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:45:04 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-8383 So agree with your observations on MP 2007.
Yet consider it slightly better than the appalling MP2- also, Maggie Wadey had to cram a great deal of story into 2 hours !
Before and after I read the book, I found MP 1984 tv series enjoyable and still find it the best MP adaptation.

]]> By: Camy Tang http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-8306 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:47:53 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-8306 Oops, I didn’t see this post before commenting yesterday. Now I’m really not looking forward to seeing MP from my Tivo queue. It was TORTURE to sit through Persuasion, and if this is even worse, I don’t know if I can stand it.
Camy

]]> By: Rachel http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-8302 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:57:02 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-8302 They WALTZED in this one? I think I’m going to have a stroke…. Not even French ladies would dance the waltz at a proper ball in this time period.

]]> By: Ruth http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-8298 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:19:18 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-8298 You’re right about the mini Master & Commander reunion being the best part of MP!!

]]> By: Ruth http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-8294 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:24:52 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-8294 Excellent points. Definitely a DISTANT third to Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (in that order, lol). I finally posted:

http://www.xanga.com/ChristianFictionQueen/639849938/mansfield-park.html

]]> By: Lori Benton http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-8293 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:59:32 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-8293 This is the first adaptation I couldn’t stay awake through. I did surface at the end to realize they were doing the waltz, sat up in surprise and said to my husband, “Wait a–are they?–do you have any idea how scandalous that would have been then???” and shuffled off to bed muttering to myself. Oh well. Let’s hope for better next time. I agree completely about the miscasting of Fannie. I kept wanting to shove a cap down over that crazy hair. :-)

Lori

]]> By: Jaimie http://kayedacus.com/2008/01/27/mansfield-park-my-reaction/#comment-8292 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:08:30 +0000 http://kayedacus.wordpress.com/?p=511#comment-8292 Excellent review and I agree. They have taken all the grace out of Fanny and turned her into a sloppy simpleton. Although Northanger Abbey has been so far the best of the three, I am becoming amazed at the failure to get these stories right.

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