A Film Review: Mansfield Park (1983)

You know that feeling you get when you invest hours of your life to a miniseries based on one of your favorite works of fiction, only to come out of your room when its over, blinking your tear filled eyes at the light, wondering what on earth you just wasted so much of you life watching because it certainly wasn't what it claimed to be?  

Well that is what I expected to feel when I started watching this, but as it turns out, this film exceeded my expectations. 

After watching the two more modern adaptations of Mansfield Park I was about ready to give up on there ever being a truly good one. This became available on Netflix instant play recently and I decided to give it a shot, after all, it could be no worse then the other two right?

Aside from the acting, which really was horrible at times, I did enjoy this film. It was by far the most accurate of the three Mansfield Parks. Especially the portrayal of Fanny Price. At first I thought she didn't have enough spirit, (and face it, most people want to give her too much credit, but sometimes we go to the opposite end and don't think about how much spirit she would have to have to stick to her morals so well), but as the movie progressed, her character grew, while still being the meek, quiet, and sometimes fragile Fanny that Jane Austen wrote into existence.

However!! I couldn't stand Edmund. I'll expand more on what I though of each character's portrayal in another post. I plan to watch and review the other two and then do a comparison of all three sometime in the future. 

So, until then, I do recommend Mansfield Park. I'll give it a three and a half out of five stars. Which means I liked it, I'd watch it again, and someday I would like to have it in my DVD collection. It just didn't quite make it to my favorites list.

Things...

I apologize for my silence! I've had the ''ickies''. 

So, normally, today I would be writing "A Little Scribble", but I kind of ran out of ideas. Comment with lots of names, scenarios, era's in history, places, and even lines that I should use in my new story. I'll try to make it short enough to finish in two posts so that I stay interested and keep it interesting to you!

Also, tomorrow a movie review. I'll be reviewing one of the Mansfield Parks. After I've re-watched them all I'll do a character comparison. But that may not be for some time yet.

Anyway, I hope you are all in good health! 

A Book Review: The Measure of a Heart

Plot:

It was very good. It developed at a steady pace, and it's development was thorough. It is an ''everyday'' plot, very believable.   

Characters: 

Again, very believable. There isn't really this big climactic mistake, there are lots of little things that happen that they learn from. 

Flow:

Pretty good. Somewhat choppy at times, but never hard to follow. 

The ''lesson'' in this book was valuing yourself as God does. I was very afraid this was going to be big on self esteem, which I don't think is a good thing. Because think about it, self esteem is about esteeming yourself, usually above others. But Janette Oke did a very good job emphasizing the fact that thinking so little of yourself can cross a line from humility to self-centered-ness if you aren't careful! From the beginning Anna, the heroine, is established as a Godly young woman, but she is deceived by the Enemy into thinking she is keeping God from doing things in peoples life because she isn't good at this or that. By the end, she realizes that God is bigger, and He is in control. She realizes that while God can use her to do good and to be a witness to others for Him, that nothing relies on her. 

Postponed ~ A Little Scribble #3

 Until next Wednesday, I am extremely tired and must go to sleep. Tomorrow I'll review a book! So please come back!

Veggietales Answers!

Miss Laurie of Old Fashioned Charm was the only player in my little game. For those of you who didn't get a chance or simply didn't wish to play, I hope you enjoy looking through the answers and seeing what you would have guessed correctly!

Silly Songs! 

1)

Gated Community from Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Ruler

2)

The Pirates who Don't Do Anything from Very Silly Songs!

3)

His Cheeseburger from Madame Bluberry

4)

The Yodeling Veterinarian  of the Alps from The End of Silliness?

5)

Monkey from The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's

Who Am I?

1) Dr. Jiggle - Jimmy Gourd, in A Snoodle's Tale, a lesson in Self-Worth

2) The Italian Scallion - Larry the Cucumber, in The Sumo of the Opera, a lesson in Perseverance 

3) Toto Baggypants - Junior Asparagas, in The Lord of the Beans, a lesson in Using Your Gifts

4) Nebby K. Nezzer - Mr. Nezzer, in Rack, Shack, and Benny, a lesson in Handling Peer Pressure

5) Sweetpea - Petunia Rhubarb, in Sweetpea Beauty, a lesson on True Beauty

Inspired By...

Which Bible stories are these episodes based on?

(50 points)

1) Duke and the Great Pie War - Ruth and Boaz

2) Moe and the Big Exit -Moses and God's deliverance of His people from Eygypt

(For an extra 5 points, what is the other 'western' that this is a continuation of?)
The Ballad of Little Joe

3) King George an the Ducky - David and Bathsheba

4) Josh and the Big Wall - Joshua and the wall of Jericho

5) Dave and the Giant Pickle - David and Goliath 

Who's Line is it Anyhow?

1) ''Can't you just play your harp and I'll throw things at you?'' King Saul, played by Archibald in Dave and the Giant Pickle

2) '' Larry, you've got an oven mitt on your head.'' Bob the Tomato in Rack, Shack, and Benny, the counter top scene

3) ''I'm a talking weed, you're a talking carrot. Your point was?'' The rumor weed from Larry Boy and the Rumor Weed

4) ''Why is there a piano on my cake?'' King Xerxes, played by Mr Nezzer in Ruth 

5) ''Look, I need a favor from you Julia, first, a chocolate Malta.'' Minnesota Cuke, played by Larry in  Minnesota Cuke and the search for Sampson's Umbrella

What's my name?

Can you name the character described here?

(50 points)

1) I have a red bow-tie (bow-ties are cool), I'm a foreign veggie. - Archibald Asparagus

2) I have very expressive eyebrows, I'm from New Jersey, I hang around with a deep voiced pickle. - Mr. Lunt

3) I am great at math, I used to be very sour, I have freckles. - Rosie Grape

4)  I have no speaking lines but I play a very important role in every episode, I'm not a veggie. - Qwerty

5) I had a tree house once, I have learned the value of a thankful heart. Madame Bluberry

Thanks!!