Northanger Abbey
Jan. 17th, 2009 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desertvixenSo, Northanger Abbey. It was very good, much better than the 1986 one. The actors who play Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland are very good, and Isabella isn't too bad either. Henry is especially well-done, especially with his looks - he has address, as they say.
The guy who plays John Thorpe is... creepy. Like, he instantly sets off my creep detector. And he seems to leer quite a bit. He seemed a bit smoother in the book.
The dream sequences are much better done, and there is no horrible electronic music. The gothy bits are NOT overdone, they're just appopriately gothy.
The end is sweetly done. The dancing bits are quite nice, and they do a good job of conveying what a crush Bath is.
The 2007 Masterpiece version is WELL worth picking up.
DV
