{"id":759,"date":"2008-04-19T21:05:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-20T02:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=759"},"modified":"2022-10-10T19:32:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T23:32:25","slug":"sense-and-sensibility-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/sense-and-sensibility-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Thompson &#038; Ang Lee&#8217;s Sense and Sensibility repopularized Jane Austen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this blog&#8217;s opinion, Ang Lee&#8217;s <em>Sense and Sensibility<\/em> is the best-of-breed within Jane Austen film adaptations. Please note, however, there are two very good reasons to discredit my opinion on this subject:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I.<\/strong> Despite my English major, I am ashamed to admit I have read only one Jane Austen novel: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/etext\/158\"><em>Emma<\/em><\/a>. Yeah, I know, I&#8217;ve got to get working on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>II.<\/strong> <em>Sense and Sensibility<\/em> features two of this blog&#8217;s all-time favorite movie crushes: Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. Any film featuring just one of these English roses automatically earns extra credit. Any film featuring Emma <em>and<\/em> Kate, together, equals porn (especially if they hop into bed together, as they do here&#8230; granted, as sisters keeping their toes warm, but still!). Any film featuring Emma and Kate, plus a screenplay by Emma, equals bliss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sense-sensibility-thompson-winslet-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility\" class=\"wp-image-6263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sense-sensibility-thompson-winslet-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sense-sensibility-thompson-winslet-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sense-sensibility-thompson-winslet-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sense-sensibility-thompson-winslet-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sense-sensibility-thompson-winslet.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honor and duty. Elinor, where is your heart?&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few extra notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Guest commentator (and first-class Austen aficionado) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/snarkbait\">Snarkbait<\/a> has coined the best phrase for this genre: &#8220;Regency Era froth&#8221;.<\/li><li>Actor Greg Wise (John Willoughby) later became Mr. Emma Thompson, after Kenneth Branaugh foolishly let her get away.<\/li><li>Hugh Grant&#8217;s trademark stammer, persistent interest in the carpet, and out-of-control hair are still charming even in 18th Century surroundings. But it is difficult to stifle a snicker when the devilish Grant, as Edward Ferrars, expresses an interest in joining the Church.<\/li><li>I wish I had Alan Rickman&#8217;s (Col. Brandon) vocal cords.<\/li><li>Hey, look! It&#8217;s Tom Wilkinson in a cameo as the soon-to-be-late Mr. Dashwood! This blog thinks Wilkinson is one of the finest and most versatile actors working today.<\/li><li>Required viewing: Emma Thompson&#8217;s 1996 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar acceptance speech (not on YouTube as of this writing, but <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Emma_Thompson\">here is the text<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog&#8217;s opinion, Ang Lee&#8217;s Sense and Sensibility is the best-of-breed within Jane Austen film adaptations. Please note, however, there are two very good reasons to discredit my opinion on this subject: I. Despite my English major, I am ashamed to admit I have read only one Jane Austen novel: Emma. Yeah, I know, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2],"tags":[989,46,346,1220,755,336],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-4-stars","category-movies","tag-ang-lee","tag-drama","tag-emma-thompson","tag-hugh-grant","tag-jane-austen","tag-kate-winslet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/sense-and-sensibility-feature.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa9lhB-cf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":689,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/as-you-like-it-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":759,"position":0},"title":"All the world&#8217;s a stage in Kenneth Branagh&#8217;s As You Like It","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"March 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been a Kenneth Branagh fan ever since seeing the joyous trifle Much Ado About Nothing on a date with my first girlfriend in high school. 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