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Mansfield Park (1999) - Drunk Monk - 05-25-2020
A serviceable retelling of another Austen book that I haven't read, but the director took liberties fusing Austen's life with her character Fannie. Francis O'Connor is the lead and she's growing on me since The Missing (http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5391&pid=38165#pid38165). Downton factor 1: Lord Grantham as the cuckold, extra points for a shy Johnny Lee Miller. It's a grittier version of Austen with references to the slave trade and a topless en flagrante delicto scene, plus there's some talking directly to the camera and moments of still posing as the narration explains some story bit. A tad surreal but it worked well enough, mostly because it wasn't overdone.
No sword fights. Not particularly DOOM recommended unless you're into Austen.
RE: Mansfield Park (1999) - King Bob - 05-26-2020
Saw this one years ago. It was pretty good. The movie sort of improved on the book I thought - it's one of her longest and has the blandest heroine.