Lost in Austen

Because I am extremely addicted to watching movies and TV instantly on Netflix I recently saw the fantastic film Lost in Austen. In which After a dispute with her boyfriend, the feisty Amanda Price ends up in the 19th-century world of author Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. While helping the Bennet sisters find husbands, Amanda accidentally causes problems that could alter the course of the tale. Throughout this British series, Amanda must balance her feelings for Mr. Darcy (The extremely hot Elliot Cowan) with her responsibility to the one of the world's greatest love stories.

The movie had one of the best Darcy's that I have ever seen, certainly one of the best looking. And The keeping of the dynamic of the beloved characters was perfectly held in the many hypothetical situations. The entire thing accomplished one of my favorite things about movies, which is to ask "What if?". That is to me what makes the movie so fun and what made me and Amanda both Lost in Austen. Although my tale was a bit different.

After a combination of seeing the mini-series (with the amazing Colin Firth) for the first time and re-reading the novel for a class this coming semester you would think my mind would be strictly P&P. However (as always) my mind strayed a bit of track. Instead of dreaming of the Bennet sisters I was transported to an outing with the Dashwood sisters.

I had a strange yet wonderful dream that my life followed the plot of "Lost in Austen" only (you guessed it) instead of Pride and Prejudice it followed the story of Sense and Sensibility. In some sort of mix up I took Marianne's place and ended up marrying Christopher Brandon while she became an actress in the modern world.

And the best part of the entire thing was not only did I get to change the story for the better while interacting with my favorite characters, I got to find true love. The amazing, brave, handsome, and infinitely sweet and forgiving Colonel Brandon. Anyone who has even looked at my blog knows that I am obsessed with justice, happy endings, and OF COURSE prince charming. And me and Brandon ending up together seemed to fulfill all of those categories.

Because Although I love the novel with all my heart it always upset me the way Marianne ended up with Brandon and "learned to love him". With all do respect to Ms. Austen I believe both of the characters deserved more. Marianne deserved the exciting life she yearned for. And Brandon deserved the full and unconditional love of a woman he loved back.

Call me crazy for correcting classic literature. Say I'm missing some profound commentary on married life. But in all truthiness I will not be swayed to believe that the original version is better than the one of my dreams. So I will continue to enjoy reading Jane's work with joy (save some revisions). And continue to be Lost in Austen.