Fuck Yeah! Jane Austen Heroine

month

May 2011

2 posts

Sorry for the accidental hiatus.

My little brother graduated high school and my grandparents came to visit! I started a summer job! And I’m taking a spring semester class on Shakespeare that makes me weep, because the prof is ridiculous! Portal! The Pillars of the Earth! …mostly it’s been a newfound obsession with Community, though. Basically, my dears, I am a busy bee and real life gets in the way of tumblr...

April 2011

38 posts

“They had drawn back from many introductions, and still were perpetually having cards left by people of whom they knew nothing” -Persuasion. The original I-don’t-know-you-but-maybe-we-can-be-Facebook-friends-anyway. Jane Austen was so hip. i enjoy this muchly, thank you for submitting! (and sorry for all the lower-case nonsense, guys, i still can’t type. it’s...

sapphireblues asked: Sorry about the broken wrist, Lovely! I hope your gentleman friend is pleased to take care of you. Which wrist did you break?

little-eccentric asked: I adore the 2005 version, it captures the humour that the 1995 mini-series didn't really get. I saw the 2005 first, and generally it seems that the version people have seen first, they like better. I suppose it's because we connect with how the actors pay their roles and when somebody else does it, we think 'no, they aren't doing it right'. The cinematography in the 2005...

beyondmywildestdaydream asked: My roommate and I have the same issue. She likes the 2005 version and I like the 1995 version (at this point, we just agree to disagree). I like them both, they're both good movies, but I'll always love the 1995 version more.
For me, I think the overall quality of acting is better (Judi Dench aside, she's freaking amazing as always). Colin Firth will always be the best...

caughtunawares asked: I absolutely adore MacFayden as Darcy. In fact, McFayden made me truly fall in love with Mr. Darcy as a character. He's just fucking perfect and intense and has just the right ratio of asshole to hero.

amoris asked: I like the 2005 version best, mostly because I think MacFadyen is perfect as mr. Darcy, while Firth has the same uninterested look in every shot.
However, I really don't like Keira Knightley, and I think the movie is way too cheesy in some parts. That's Hollywood, of course... But that confession scene in the rain was too weak for my taste. She's supposed to still despise...

mazedness asked: I also love 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice better than 1995 one. the actors are better suited for the roles, I believe (in the book Elizabeth says that she's not one and twenty, and Jennifer Ehle looks like she's thirty-something), oh and Macfadyen is more Darcy-ish, I think, because he's so secretive and mysterious in his looks. and the whole film is just very very beautiful,...

radioactivepink asked: Hiya, just wanted to let you know that this post was mine:
http://fyeahjaneaustenheroine.tumblr.com/post/4794695363/ill-be-honest-with-you-guys-i-am-that-friend-no

Was fiddling with the wording and my computer died, hence why I didn't submit it =[

Also, re. that - the 2005 P&P is less accurate in the way that they portray the Bennet family life. There...

sparklydancing-deactivated20130 asked: I love both the 1995 and 2005 versions! I really wish we could experiment with both casts and have them act out both adaptations and see what happens. I mean, both versions are amazing in different ways O_____O I CAN'T DECIDE. BOTH MAKE ME HAPPY

Y'all are awesome when you've got opinions

They’re all queued right now so I don’t flood your dashes. …you should also fill up my submissions box. Just sayin’.

ahalucy asked: I still love the 1995 version better, and I don't quite understand how the merits of the 2005 top the merits of the 1995 (I hope we can at least agree that the Laurence Olivier version was terrible and completely wrong), but I promise not to unfollow. It's childish to assume everyone has the same opinion, and therefore I applaud your "coming out" as a 2005-lover, lol.

anobscureaspirant asked: I reblogged this, but the only problem I have with the 1995 version is the scenes that they ADD to it. I know, it's kind of backwards, usually people complain about the scenes that are cut out. But the scenes that weren't in the book felt forced to me, like they didn't seem completely in character. Of course, it was so long, they kind of had to, even the book was not long enough...

I just forgot to mention: 1995 might have Firth,...

And Judi Dench wins at everything ever. Any other arguments are automatically rendered invalid, though feel free to tell me why you disagree.

perilous-realms asked: It can be pretty daunting sitting through the whole of the 1995 P&P but It's a miniseries, so you're not actually meant to watch the whole thing in one shot. You can watch it episode by episode and make it last a week. At the end of the day I'd much rather do that than sit through the the two hours of mind-numbing dullness that is the 2005 version. There should be more to a...

ohgollygee asked: I am putting in a vote for 1995 because Darcy aside, Jennifer Ehle is the perfect Lizzie for me. The way she does those tiny half smiles and the faintest quirks of an eyebrow? Just fabulous. Ehle manages to really pull off the façade of politeness and social convention suitable to the era while still portraying to the audience Lizzie's mirth and good humour bubbling away under the...

ellysummers asked: Colin Firth forever is all I can really say on the this matter of great contention ;)
I will forgive you however, because this blog is pure quality.

where can I find the memegenerator so I can make me some memes? ;D

mychordaetendineae asked: i make four =]

part of it is i can't sit through a movie that long. but i love everything about the 2005 version. the music, matthew, kiera, the scenery, EVERYTHING

gothiktenkasen asked: I love the 2005 version as well! Nothing wrong with that. :) The cinematography and the music, especially the music *swoon* and the way Macfayden delivers the confession of love while it's raining. I love it :)

itsliese-deactivated20110901 asked: I actually like both versions for different reasons. The 2005 one shows class structure more obviously & is prettier to look at, but the 1995 version's closer to the book...or at least that's what I think.

I don't get why people are so against the 2005 one - it's actually amazing if you keep watching it over and over again like I do lol

sapphireblues asked: Hey, the 2005 version is my favorite, too. :) Glad to know I'm not the only one. haha

sungsiwons asked: I agree with you about 2005 P&P versus 1995 P&P
stay strong xx

Submitted by heyangelhey. Thank you so much! And you know, all y’all can submit things too.

dinosaursbutno asked: This might just be the greatest thing ever. Thank you ! Made my day. :-)

thewellmeaningprofessor-deactiv asked: This is my new favorite tumblr. I'll try to submit anything if I can come up with something. :P

March 2011

41 posts

ahalucy asked: Oh haha that asshole one is mine, but I saw another one too similar so I didn't submit. Thanks for posting it :)