Comments on: BECOMING JANE script report–from one who has read it

By: Marrim

Marrim — Thu, 11 May 2006 21:26:26 +0000

No no, I’m not asking for an opinion about a child, really. I was just using that as a example. I’m asking for myself, frankly. I don’t like seeing much worse then PG, unless it’s just for violence or tense scenes or something to that effect.

Karenlee, alright, that’s what I thought, I just wanted to make sure. Thanks!

By: Mags

Mags — Thu, 11 May 2006 13:36:14 +0000

Marrim, I’m not missing your point. MY point is, I see no reason to dumb down a movie for children who will be uninterested in it. Janeites are not such delicate flowers, or shouldn’t be, as Jane was not one herself.

By: Karenlee

Karenlee — Thu, 11 May 2006 09:59:02 +0000

Despite how it seems they’re going to be twisting and stretching Jane’s life story, I seriously doubt there’ll be content a parent would find objectionable. This is the late 1700s, after all, dealing with well-brought up, upper middle class people. So no drugs, swearing, steamy sex, scary violence. Reading Diana’s comments on the script, the only thing that sounds like it could be disturbing is Jane’s presence at a ‘bloody birth’.

By: Marrim

Marrim — Wed, 10 May 2006 23:47:24 +0000

You’re kind of missing my point! What I mean is, will there be anything worse then PG in it?

By: Mags

Mags — Wed, 10 May 2006 04:32:53 +0000

I can’t imagine a ten-year-old being interested in this film.

By: Marrim

Marrim — Wed, 10 May 2006 00:11:36 +0000

Well, alright, anything you wouldn’t want your ten year old watching?

By: Mags

Mags — Tue, 09 May 2006 04:44:48 +0000

Marrim, that depends upon your definition of “objectionable.”

By: Marrim

Marrim — Mon, 08 May 2006 20:15:17 +0000

Your review of the script has greatly heightened my anticipation of this film! Thank you!

However, I was wondering, do you think will there be any objectionable content in it?

By: Mags

Mags — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:17:00 +0000

As I said about P&P3, they’re not really making this movie for the Janeites. They know we’ll see it. They’re making it for the Great Unwashed. THE REAL JANE AUSTEN, though I have not yet seen it, sounds more like something made for Janeites.

I still like my comparison to Julia Roberts’ character in PRETTY WOMAN: “You don’t have to seduce me. I’m a sure thing.” That’s us. We’ll go see it even if it stinks, just to snark it if nothing else.

By: Cinthia

Cinthia — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:45:53 +0000

Diana, thank you so much for your permission. I’m torn between the 2 ideas. I agree that a fictional film would be more attractive for the general audience, and that a more formal bio-pic would be material more for cultural tv/BBC like than for cinema, but as Janeite I would prefer the later to the former. Mags, I think we would have to produce it , pencil it along with your own NA script, please. So it is definitive, the closest there is for the moment is “The Real Jane Austen” (time to petition its DVD release to BBC America’s shop), if only we could have had 50 minutes more of it.

With apologies to the capable and discerning PR people, the point is still valid. Those involved in Becoming Jane leave much to be desired. IMNSHO, with Internet, many things have changed and many have missed how much it could be gained by listening the fans from the very early stages.