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Sense & Sensibility Collector's Set (Sense & Sensibility 2008 / Miss Austen Regrets / Persuasion 2007)
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| Part No: | B0012Q3T6I |
| Manufacturer: | BBC Warner |
| MFG Part: | WARDE37335D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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| I love Jane Austen's movie. This one is one of my favorites. I think they picked good actors and made the story interesting. I've watched it several times and never get tired of it. I recommend it to Austen fans. |
| They've done it again | 2008-11-21 | 5 / 5 |
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After watching the various versions of Pride and Prejudice out there and coming to a strong conclusion that the BBC's version adapted for the screen by Andrew Davies was head and shoulders above the others, I was ecstatic to see that he has now also adapted for the screen Sense and Sensibility. I watched this film with high hopes and was not disappointed.
This version pf Sense and Sensibility is not overly dramatized and neither is it dulled down. The actors play the roles in this period movie as if they are very comfortable in their setting. It makes the movie come across as very natural and realistic. The dialogue is also very close to the book dialogue.
If you are buying this collection for Persuasion I would consider renting it first. While it's well done, the version with Amanda Root playing the lead role remains my favorite. I think the costumes were better and Amanda Root did an exceptional job that I find hard to outdo.
Just a sidenote: I did notice that the quality of this DVD is better than the BBC's Pride and Prejudice set.
I hope you will try this movie and enjoy it as I have. |
| Best of both worlds | 2008-10-25 | 5 / 5 |
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| If you liked the BBC/A&E Pride and Prejudice, you will love these versions of Sense and Sensibility & Persuasion. AND if you liked the Kira Knightly Pride and Prejudice, you will love this version of S&S. Sense and Sensibility was particularly amazing. It has the beautiful scenery, fantastic filming, and dramatic music of the Kira Knightly version of P&P but the well written script and good acting you'd expect from the BBC. Persuasion was also well done, but slightly less remarkable. |
| Lessons in character-building | 2008-10-04 | 5 / 5 |
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A synopsis of "Sense & Sensibility" by one of your reviewers influenced me into purchasing this particular version even though I already owned the one with Kate Winslett. Their review was RIGHT ON! The scenery is breath-taking, and the acting is superb. Such a wonderful love story that one doesn't want it to end. This offers many hours of low-cost entertainment that also influences me to be a better person.
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| BEST ADAPTATION! BETTER THAN ANY I'VE SEEN...RANKS WITH PRIDE & PREJUDICE!!! | 2008-09-30 | 5 / 5 |
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| This was absolutely the best two adaptations of Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion out there, and this is coming from someone who LOVES Jane Austen and the earlier Persuasion and S&S movies before. I was in love with Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon, but Colonel Brandon in this was even better. I was almost reluctant to watch them, but when my sister brought them up, I first watched Persuasion and was so enthusiastic I stayed up until 2:30 a.m. watching S&S. They are so fresh, and any liberties they took with the book were completely wonderful. The cinematography and vision of the movie were breathtaking, beautiful, fresh, and very Austen. I loved it. Loved, loved, loved it. And i'm kindof a skeptic when it comes to Sense and Sensibility and remakes of movies I already like, but this is so completely worth every penny you may spend on it. Fantastic, utterly Austen. I just can't stop gushing, I want to buy a t-shirt with a Colonel Brandon slogo now, it was that good. If you buy one dvd set for the next 5 years, buy this one...or the A&E Pride and Prejudice (same screenwriter). Incomparable. |
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