I had such a short night last night, what with the essay and all, and yet I'm still up? For goodness sake, Pride & Prejudice has been done for an hour! But then I had to re-watch the entire ending, and sigh and hug cushions when Darcy calls Lizzie "dearest Elizabeth" (I love how, in a Regency-era comedy of manners, the usage of a first name can make such an impact), and then I got out one of my copies of the novel and read the ending. I always do that, whenever I watch this version (okay, I have trouble watching any other version, because you don't get that slooooow build-up and everything being communicated through everyone's eyes as you do in this one), because the mini-series ends with the wedding, and you don't get all the funny stuff at the end of the book. I think I even read the last chapter aloud to Meg, one time when we had our seasonal viewing.
I forgot how weird I am when I watch movies alone. I let myself be entirely crazy and expressive. I allowed myself to be bad and fast-forward the Mrs. Bennett parts that make me too embarassed (confession: when I was a small child, I would run to the other room and hide whenever Curious George got in trouble). During the exciting parts, I held a cushion on top of my head. Whenever there was a particularly good part, I'd re-wind and watch again. And, at the end, I was so happy that my arms ached.
Seriously, someone send me to bed! I'm at the rambly stage! Just ask the people whose blogs got comments from me in the past hour.
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Ok, that brain stem we share? Ridiculous.
That's pretty much exactly what I do when I watch movies alone. I also jump up and down on the couch and punch pillow cushions at really exciting parts.
For serious.
We met the couple that hosted our small group last we year in September. The first time we hung out (the husbands at one house and the wives at the other) the lady and I watched A & E's "Persuasion". We each started in our own chair. But about half-way through we were both so excited we couldn't take it anymore. I got off the chair and we both sat snuggled up together on the couch and would kick and scream at all the good parts. That's a good movie, too. They're making a new one (friends of ours in England were in Bath and saw the taping. I hope it's good.)
Marc and I scream and kick our legs (me more than him, thank goodness) when we watch the P & P you just did.
Oh, I meant to say the first time we hung out was shortly thereafter -- like Oct or Nov. We really hardly knew each other...
Oh, that Persuasion is tremendously good. I haven't watched it in a while, and I don't think I've made Chris watch it yet. Hmm...
Hee! I love the rambly comments.
I need to come watch movies with you!
That Persuasion is very good, but my VCR ate my old version and I haven't got the DVD version yet... am thrilled there will be a new version of it. I sort of collect them and watch the different Austen versions-- and laugh SO HARD at the BBC versions.
Have you seen the BBC Northanger Abbey with the weird David Bowey '80s explicit-movie-music? AWESOMELY strange.
Ohmigosh!! I have a great fear of that BBC version of Northanger Abbey! It was so very terrible. I owned it for a while, but had to throw it out because it was just so strange.
The guy who played the frightening Tilney is now on that awesome BBC show, "Spooks," though.
Ha! I haven't seen that Northanger Abbey movie yet, precisely because Ky was so scared of it, and I figured that I would be, too.
And, kristiface, if we could ever figure out a way to watch movies together...
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