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Lost in Austen (2008)
Bad Fanfiction
much worse than the usual fanfiction to P&P one can find in internet. Amanda - the main romantic lead - is a typical Mary Sue, having all of the heroes fall in love with her; from Bingley and Collins to Mr. Darcy. The premise sounded interesting, but it's wasted with a number of clichés and crass sense of humour. Unfortunately, even those situations that might have been funny, resulting from the obvious clash of cultures, are ruined by huge historical inaccuracies. For example Regency people did use toothbrushes, didn't eat chocolate in bars, and didn't speak a strange mixture of Old English and modernisms. One shouldn't expect to find Austen's wit in Andrews's writing.
The fact that Elizabeth Bennet is practically excluded from the series and replaced with Amanda - a modern and younger version of Mrs. Bennet ruins the whole. One couldn't believe in Darcy's happy end with someone like that, and one prefers not to think about it.
All of the other characters are far fetched caricatures of what Austen created. Only some of them being entertaining. Wickham undoubtedly wins the show.
From the beginning of the first episode Amanda keeps assuring us that she loves the book and wants to keep its plot intact, only to finally admit that all she always wanted for herself is Darcy. The producers too promised us a new perspective on our beloved novel, only to prove that everybody can ruin it.
Kanal (1957)
A Few Additional Notes
I think everyone who saw this film knows that it's a masterpiece, but maybe not everyone knows how authentic the film is. The writer of the screenplay - Jerzy Stefan Stawinski - is in fact the Lieutenant Zadra responsible for his platoon. Stawinski wrote down his own war experiences here with impressing honesty.
Another thing that may be interesting in this film is the main female character - Daisy. She isn't supposed to be a superwoman as some suggested. In fact there were several thousands of women fighting in this uprising. All of them that survived it were given the status of soldiers by Germans. It was the first time in the world's history when women received such a status. During the uprising many of them were carrying mail via sewers, so Daisy is rather a typical character in this role. It would be more surprising if the guide was a man.