Although Jane, the representative of the British fan, has been seriously Americanized, several main lines in the film still allude to her works, which shows that the screenwriter has made some efforts:
1. Jocelyn's story corresponds to "Emma". Jocelyn wanted to introduce Grigg, the handsome guy she met by chance, to her friend Sylvia who had just divorced, but she gradually fell in love with him. to take control of your own happiness. Like Emma, Jocelyn is messing around with mandarin ducks; and the cold war between Jocelyn and Grigg is quite similar to the bickering between Emma and Mr. Knightley; Jocelyn always asks Grigg to read Austin, according to her The idea of getting along with Sylvia, but she is unwilling to make some changes for Grigg, her character also has the shadow of Emma's self-centered and overestimated eldest temperament.
Second, Prudie's story corresponds to "Sense and Sensibility". Prudie, uh, I love this character, she embraces a European elegance: only fond of Chanel's Byzantine jewelry, spontaneously speaking French aphorisms, and at the same time with a fragile and sensitive Heart: Heartbroken because her husband canceled a trip to Paris for a basketball game, because her husband had a tantrum with her high school classmate flirt at the funeral. She is like Marianne in "Sense and Sensibility", and the appearance of Trey, a middle school student, is like Willoughby, arousing the instinct in Prudie's heart, knowing that sullen women have never resisted Willoughby. At the moment before she went to the Motel to meet Trey, whether it was because of the influence of Jane's work or Prudie's subconscious mind, reason regained the upper hand in her mind, and she did not cross the street but returned to her husband. , reunited with her husband. Well, this story is a bit of a stretch. .
3. Sylvia's story corresponds to Persuasion. Sylvia's husband divorced her in order to find a new passion. Sylvia gradually got out of the shadow of divorce but still couldn't get rid of her feelings for her husband; while Anne in the novel was 19 years old and ruined her relationship with Winter for family reasons. Worth's engagement, but remained in love with Wentworth for the eight years before the reunion. The husband, who failed to seek passion, failed many times, and finally used Wentworth to win back Sylvia's heart again. Although the connection is not very reliable, this story is more like a modern version of "Persuasion". The kind of forbearance love in the novel that can last for eight years has basically disappeared in modern society. Besides, how can such a half-hearted husband talk to him? Let's compare it to Colonel Wentworth, who is affectionate, cheerful, handsome and wealthy.
Add two very funny plots:
First, when the book club first met at Starbucks, Sylvia's daughter Allegra regarded the relationship between Eleanor and Marianne in "Sense and Sensibility" as a mother and daughter, because she only watched I have seen the movie (should be the 95 version), you must know that Emma Thompson was 36 years old at the time in the 95 version, and Eleanor played by her was less than 20 years old in the novel. But sisters can be mistaken for mother and daughter, and I'm afraid Emma Thompson's nose will be crooked when she sees the misunderstanding of others.
2. When discussing Mansfield Manor, Grigg drew an analogy between the plot of Star Wars II The Empire Strikes Back and the cousin relationship between Fanny and Edmund in the novel, in an attempt to show that their love is counterintuitive . At that time, the speechless expressions of the others and Grigg's innocent face made people gasp. Indeed, it is sometimes very interesting to understand Jane's novels from a non-Jiang fan's point of view.
All in all, although The Jane Austen Book Club's plot is nothing new, it can roughly go through six of Austen's novels in less than two hours, and can also taste a little life from the light-hearted movie. Wisdom, whether you are a fan of Jane or not, is worth seeing.
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