Two Older Austen Movies

I have not commented on the last two Jane Austen adaptations, so I thought I would remedy that before tomorrow when the new Sense and Sensibility will start.

First was Pride and Prejudice (1995) with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. This is, in my opinion, the best film adaptation of an Austen novel I have ever seen. It follows more closely than any other P&P and if you want to watch it make sure you are prepared! This TV movie takes a whopping 5 hours (or 300 minutes). It is still amazing to me that in 1995 they went to such an extent, but with the new ones we got such short times (Mansfield Park: 88 minutes, Northanger Abbey: 93 minutes). Though I must say that I am not the biggest fan of Colin, he is very good in this movie. When I imagine Mr. Darcy I see Ioan Gruffudd...:big sigh:...anyway

Emma is good as well. The 1996 TV version with Kate Beckinsale and the 1996 Gwyneth Paltrow version are both good and I am not sure at 107 and 121 minutes respectively either can be extremely close to the novel, but I like them. I like that the characters are not cut out or given characteristics that Jane herself did not apply to them. As to which one is closer to the novel itself, I believe I will try to find that out and then I will get back to you.

Butch's Funnies

My second son is normally the funnier of the two guys and he was showing us why again tonight. We were in the van on the way to church when Butch started talking about one time he was "taking care" of Otter. "I was lullabying her to calm her down. I was singing Rocky Top to her."

Pirate Day

Ahoy! thar. This be one o' t' funniest pictures we have o' Otter. She has evidentially been over at Steeple again! I be needin' to put t' wee mate lock on t' keyboard again. Aaarrrrggg!

Kids Say The Funniest Things

Tonight we were talking with the in-laws about the ten commandments and how some people separate the commandments differently. Joe said that he lived by two commandments. Before he could answer what they were Butch said that they were sleeping and eating. How well that little guy knows his Dad!

Reading Level

I got this link from Joe as he posted his own site's reading level. I thought it would be interesting to see how I rank. I was sure that I would be under Joe's level, but I checked it out and...

(My crochet blog lists me as a genius!)

Would You Do This?

I was listening to our local newscast when they showed a story about a teenager in Florida that was being punished by holding a sign. What did he do, you may ask? He was stopped by police for driving 107 MPH in a 55 MPH zone. So for punishment his mother is having him stand outside his school every morning and afternoon to hold up a sign stating, "I was STUPID. I drove over 100 mph and got caught. Thank God! I could have killed me and my friends." If you want to read more here is a link for the story. There is also a video of the local report on the web page. Teenager Shamed Into Slowing Down