P&P3 News Roundup: P&P vs. Godzilla
Well, not really. Although we do think Elizabeth Bennet could kick Godzilla’s . . . tail if it came down to it.
Alert AustenBlog reader Laurie sent along a link to a Working Title contest for a “making of” book signed by the director and a few cast members.
We have a nagging feeling that we’ve already seen something like this, but, you know, it could just be a dream.
The Barking and Dagenham Post chooses to stay on the sidelines of the critic’s circle, offering only this:
The critics have loved it.
Professor Mags, do they get credit for not mentioning Gritty Realism?
The Austrailian gets down and dirty with snarky Donald Sutherland about life, love, and Keira:
We move on to Knightley and at first you think he can’t be serious, but Sutherland is always in earnest, even when joking. “What a joy that girl is,” he says. “Terrific.
I watched her on the set and she listened, she heard, she was compliant. But more than that she brought out of herself truths about the character.”
With all his lovely leading ladies, who was the most iconic? “Keira Knightley.” I laugh: more than Christie or Fonda? “Absolutely. You said iconic. She reminds me of Marilyn Monroe, but with more humility. She is a very simple artist. She is - or appears to be - without vanity or artifice.”
All together now: Awwwwwwwww!
It seems as if P&P2 is no longer the only adaptation with a fiercely loyal fan base. The Guardian fiercely defends Knightley & Co. (but mostly Miss Knightley):
And this is because of an outstanding performance from Knightley as Lizzy Bennet, which lifts the whole movie. She gives a performance of beauty, delicacy, spirit and wit; in her growing lustre and confidence she is British cinema’s answer to Kate Moss, but Moss is a star from the silent era. Knightley is from the talkies. Only a snob, a curmudgeon, or someone with necrophiliac loyalty to the 1995 BBC version with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle could fail to enjoy her performance.
In other news, Snobs & Curmudgeons Anyonymous has taken offense and is planning on retaliating by Turning Up Their Noses and Sulking.
