Sanditon

I watched to the end, because I couldn't believe how silly it was. Jane would have been turning in her grave!

Yes yggdrasil. I had to stop thinking about Jane A and just try and watch it as any old Regency romp .... plus I enjoyed seeing views of Dyrham Park which is my nearest NT property.

As the weather was so awful I watched the BBC Pride and Prejudice yesterday afternoon/evening and the contrast between it and silly Sanditon was marked (to say the least!)
Given that Andrew Davies wrote the screenplay for both I had expected better of Sanditon. The language was often out of period as were some of the plot developments. As for the direction- Charlotte was clearly still a child (as she wore her hair down), and the sex on the floor added little to the plot, although the bare bums when the men stripped off to swim in the sea was probably more realistic than Mr Darcy’s wet shirt! My final thought was that there was an air of unreality about the whole thing . Perhaps like “Dallas” it had all been a dream?

The "faults" as I see them - Charlotte's hair blowing loose for much of the time, - the fact that she was a farmer's daughter yet seemed to know all the dances and have all the right clothes and be aware of the strict etiquette - she walked on the cliffs alone with Sidney in the last episode without a chaperone. Plus the actress who played Charlotte couldn't manage to convey any emotions without frowning, squinting or doing weird facial expressions. I didn't rate her.

Some of it reminded me of "Vanity Fair" - the constant theme of money, for example.

But Anne Reid's character was a pleasure.

MawB Perhaps like “Dallas” it had all been a dream?
Perhaps Sidney will come back in the shower??????

MawB The thing is, with "Pride & Prejudice" Andrew Davies had the whole book on which to base his script, but it seems that without the full Jane Austen foundation, he couldn't come up with accurate goods.

I so agree newnanny. I was v disappointed. Yes, another series I think. Sidney may even replace my postcard of Ross Poldark!

I chucked out the whole Jane Austin thing on the first episode and just looked on it as a costume drama. Not Andrew Davies' best though by a long chalk.
However, in a way, I felt the end was probably very authentic. Marriage was a business in those days. Lots of broken hearts must have been around.
Several loose ends- how about poor Miss Lamb? What was to happen to her? and her boyfriend Otis?
Maybe there's to be a new series? I hope so.

I think it goes without saying this has been left open for another series, although whether there will be one is debatable. Look at 'Home Fires' where they left us in the heat of the action at the end of series 2. There are so many loose ends that it would have been a complete waste of our time if it stops here.

I was another who thought that Jane Austin would not only have been turning in her grave, but climbing out of it to throttle the scriptwriter! Thank goodness for Anne
Reid!