So, has anyone else seen this sad excuse for [another!] Jane Austen spin-off?

Usually, I'm quite happy with any Austen-book-turned-film, but this was going too far. Though an interesting part of Miss Austen's life to be sure, it isn't entirely accurate. Though I'm sure she was proposed to several times, sources say that she her romance with lawyer, Tom Lefroy, was not taken very far or to the extent that was showed in the movie. She nearly eloped with him for goodness sake! *exasperated noise*

Besides that glaring piece of fact, they cast Anne Hathaway as Jane! Admittedly, she has improved since her Princess Diary days, but not much by far. She's not even British! [Her faux accent only added to the ridiculousness!] Originally, they were to cast Keira Knightly, Kate Winslett, or Natalie Portman for the role, all of which I think could have done it better.

All that aside, I did find one aspect of the movie rather intriguing. All throughout the movie, Jane writes her acclaimed novel Pride and Prejudice. If you've read the book before, or ever seen the movie, you'll notice how similar many of Austen's real life friends and family are made similar to her book characters. Most obviously Mr. Lefroy is likened to the supposed arrogant and impertinent Mr.Darcy.

Overall this wasn't a fabulous movie. It had some fairly good humour which made up for some of the overall awful bits.

How did everyone else feel about it?

I haven't seen it yet, but I want to. Although now I'm afraid I'll be disappointed I have to admit I was a little upset when I heard about Anne Hathaway being Austen (she just doesn't seem right at all to me...) but I had hopes for the rest of the movie. But then again, I probably do not know as much about Austen as you, darling, so maybe I'll like it

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I'd like to see it, but I'm not sure if
a. I'll get to
or
b. I'll make the final decision to go see it.

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Ahhh finally you've seen it dear Larael!

True, true, I wasn't impressed by Anne Hathaway. She looked adorable... or in Jane Austen's own words agreeable but I didn't see any passion in her acting - and her accent was just... not British!
But, like I have mentioned before, I was disappointed by the missing spark between her and James McAvoy.. they didn't succeed in convincing me their displayed love was real at any time.
I would have loved to see Kate Winslet as Jane!

I haven't read Pride & Prejudice (yet), but I've just recently seen the BBC series (yup, did a marathon, 6 hours straight!) so I didn't pick up the references.
And I don't know much about her life either so I can't tell how much matched.. but after all it is fiction and the movie didn't claim otherwise.

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I was going to go see this, but I guess not any more. I was kinda bordering on no anyway.

I love that about AU: you can review movies and warn others what's worth seeing.

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I agree, Kate Winslett is amazing

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@ Gily: Hullo.. I haven't talked to you in ages. If you don't know much about Austen's life and you don't mind Hathaway's acting skills then I don't see why you shouldn't see it. I guess I'm just too much of a factitious person when it comes to biopics.

@ Eä: No passion or spark in her acting or her supposed love for Mr. Lefroy. An overall disappointment on her part I should say.

Oo, you must read P&P and then watch it again! Nearly all of her close family and friends seem to be portrayed as characters in her book.

@ Aramel: Lol. Glad I could be helpful. Although I don't want to put anyone off seeing it just because I thought it was bad. My review was written in the view of a die-hard Austen fan.

@ JF: No, you definitely wouldn't've liked it, even if you did have a fancy for biopics. Trust me.

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Oh, Lar, I dont think you should be terribly hard on the film.
The director did always say that it was going to be "a fictional biography", and it was always intended to stray away from Jane Austen's life, I'm sure it was nothing like that at all, i did still really enjoy it.
It was better than I expected in the least.

I do agree about Anne's accent, but it's not like she didn't feel the pressure of making a movie like this, and almost quit because she thought she wouldn't give a good performance, so she did try her best.
Plus, James McAvoy was totally worth sitting down for.
But maybe that's just me.

One of the things I did really like was how she titled the book "First Impressions" when she started writing P&P. Because in real life too, that was what she had originally named the book, and i did like that bit.

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@ JF: You have confirmed it then. I definitely wouldn't go see this movie if I were you. They definitely take her romance with said lawyer, Lefroy, to the extreme. Very, very exaggerated.

@ Ms.G: I am being a bit hard, aren't I? It's just, I was expecting something really well done, but it just came out over-exaggerated. I guess I'm just too much of a die-hard Austen fan, so I was expecting something a bit more... accurate. Anyway, I'm glad someone enjoyed it at least.

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A very good point m'dear. Of course, I'd rather see something accurately based off the person it's about rather than something almost made up.

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I'm confused.. how can it be a bio of the person is made up? Maybe I'm being really thick or something, but I can't wrap my head around that.

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