A Truth Universally Acknowleged
Jane Austen adaptations for the screen are tricky. There will always be a contingent of the audience decrying the lack of historical accuracy in the production design or costuming; a few bookworms will be bereft that their favourite character and/or scene was cut, and there's still, unaccountably, those members of society who find it boring . I think it's especially difficult to try and fit her many observations into a feature length film, and find the most successful adaptations to be mini-series (usually from the BBC). That being said, I will, and have, watched every regency drama with an accent I possibly can. Cutting my teeth as a 10 year old with the 1940 black and white film of Pride and Prejudice starring Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy. Like any millennial pre-teen I had my crush on Colin Firth walking back from his impromptu dip in practically his undergarments. And sure, I was skeptical how Jo...
