tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post7473515953172053222..comments2024-03-28T16:41:29.596-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: Movie Review: Sense and Sensibility (1981)Heather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-6373530435399989712011-08-30T10:27:01.767-04:002011-08-30T10:27:01.767-04:00Actually this production of S&S was my first i...Actually this production of S&S was my first intro to this story and I quite enjoyed it and still do. I have it on VHS and hope to get it on DVD soon. Yes it is dated and there's no Margaret Dashwood but I liked the fact that it didn't rush on like most adaptations do and you got more of the story itself. I understand why someone coming to it nowadays wouldn't care for it thoughtthompsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-89500448018140785512011-08-18T13:58:09.849-04:002011-08-18T13:58:09.849-04:00Yet another case of the book being better than its...Yet another case of the book being better than its movie adaption!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-76916496203848318122011-08-18T12:22:39.318-04:002011-08-18T12:22:39.318-04:00I saw this and Pride and Prejudice (made by the s...I saw this and Pride and Prejudice (made by the same production company around the same time) when I was about 12 and I found them very dull as well, so I don't think you are far from the mark. It wasn't until I saw the A & E version of P&P and the movie S&S that I started to get the story.<br />--HeidileaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com