tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post7137639271867285115..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Ode to Jane Eyre...Maureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-64937266447781915332011-04-03T10:01:57.315-04:002011-04-03T10:01:57.315-04:00Sorry thursday seemed to get swept away somehow - ...Sorry thursday seemed to get swept away somehow - the first characters I really loved, that totally spoke to me were emily from the Emily of New Moon series and Laura Ingalls Wilder.<br /><br />Karen - I have that book too I think - the one in Russia? I need to dig that out.<br /><br />I'm edxcited about jayne Eyre because I so adore Fassbender - he was incredible in Inglorious Bastards.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-47861038619208192202011-03-31T15:56:36.292-04:002011-03-31T15:56:36.292-04:00It was fascinating. I got really caught up in the ...It was fascinating. I got really caught up in the first season and then haven't watched the subsequent ones. Lack of time and nobody wanted to watch it with me, I guess. Still, Mia was amazing. So was Gabriel Byrne.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-3051868213586141182011-03-31T15:42:13.339-04:002011-03-31T15:42:13.339-04:00I haven't seen that, Eileen, but am DYING to.I haven't seen that, Eileen, but am DYING to.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-14694693413342239722011-03-31T15:31:20.938-04:002011-03-31T15:31:20.938-04:00Did you see her in the first season of In Treatmen...Did you see her in the first season of In Treatment? I was in agony for her.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-68883374977702239932011-03-31T14:52:25.852-04:002011-03-31T14:52:25.852-04:00Oh, and I loved this Jane Eyre.
I think Mia Wasik...Oh, and I loved this Jane Eyre.<br /><br />I think Mia Wasikowska is a small miracle of an actress. I predict big things for her.<br /><br />Between this and The Kids are All Right and Alice in Wonderland... totally different characters in all three and totally convincing in all three. And she's Australian? Have never heard a hint of an Aussie accent in any of her performances.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-18748686354628922102011-03-31T14:49:25.241-04:002011-03-31T14:49:25.241-04:00Like Sinead, I think Elizabeth Bennett is one of m...Like Sinead, I think Elizabeth Bennett is one of my all time favorite characters. <br /><br /><br />On the other side of the coin from characters like Jane Eyre (whom I do love, don't get me wrong) I've always loved some determined, deluded and slightly ditzy comic characters, too... Like Sophie Kinsella's Becky, or Cher in Clueless (Emma), or Elle in Legally Blonde, or just about any character Eileen Cook writes.<br /><br />To me these are characters who are so misguided but so good hearted and believable, because (like Jane Eyre) the writer makes you understand why they are the way they are... I find characters like that hilarious when they're well-drawn. (Annoying by copy-cat writers who can't pull it off.)Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-34020322936893734052011-03-31T13:22:24.061-04:002011-03-31T13:22:24.061-04:00I was always a sucker for Austen's Lizzie.. Bu...I was always a sucker for Austen's Lizzie.. But Jane Eyre is pretty wonderful. <br /><br />I want to see that movie so badly. Both the leads are so appealing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-16202736657601553822011-03-31T11:53:13.721-04:002011-03-31T11:53:13.721-04:00Oh, fun game! When I was a kid, I'd say it was...Oh, fun game! When I was a kid, I'd say it was Jo in Little Women. I loved her. How smart she was. How true to herself she was. <br /><br />Recently, I've become obsessed with Miss Skeeter from The Help. I really want to be that brave and to open my eyes and really see.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-40901612736918646422011-03-31T09:57:58.120-04:002011-03-31T09:57:58.120-04:00Right now I'm reading Kristin Hannah's nig...Right now I'm reading Kristin Hannah's night road. There are two heroines and both of them have had the worst things imaginable happen. And just when you think it can't get any worse - BAM. <br /><br />I'm not finished yet, but the unrelenting grimness is about to get to me. Yet I'm cheering for one of the heroines (and now despise the other), so I keep reading. Because it's GOT to get better, right? I can only hope.<br /><br />Since the author is one of my hardcover buys and one of my all-time favs, I have to believe I'll get my happy ending, I'll cry and sigh and put the book on my keeper shelf as I've done with all her others. <br /><br />BTW, I love Jane Eyre also.Karen Whiddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10669628257477406166noreply@blogger.com