Lazy Reviewing
It's about time I finally got around to watching Northanger Abbey, since Mansfield Park is on tomorrow! I shall shamelessly copy and edit - only slightly - my own Facebook/Flixster review of the film rather than writing anything original. Alas, poor readers!
It was good, but leaves room for improvement in future film versions. When I read the book, I felt that the judgment of Catherine was coming from inside - from the narrator and the reader, so that we were sort of laughing at her from our side. In the movie, it's all Henry and I felt a bit left out of the joke.This adaptation took Catherine more seriously than the book does, I think, but it worked because this Catherine was a little more serious and sensible than she is in the book.
Not my favorite Austen adaptation ever, but not bad. And they did the only thing that could make Mr Tilney more attractive in my eyes: give him an actual corporeal form (and a cute one to boot).
srah - Saturday, 26 January 2008 - 4:20 PM
Tags: jane austen, movies, northanger abbey, reviews
