Admission? Confession?

I have to be honest and admit this. At first, I was furious that they were making a new Jane Eyre. I mean--you can't mess with perfection!!!

*sigh*

What? Oh, right. The 2007 version was the best version EVER. And I've seen about 5 or more. I would know.

Every fan of the book agreed with me--this is the best.

Every fan of the story agreed--this is the best.

Every fan of just this movie agreed--this is the best!

So every one of us was in shock as to why "they" would make another adaptation. Why are we beating these poor stories over and over again? There are so many other classics that could use a good film adaptation!

And while I am still a bit annoyed and wondering why in the world they are making another adaptation--and so soon after perfection!--here is what I must admit.

I am growing more intrigued every day...especially as the release is only a month away.

Well, you look at the cast and see if you resist even the slightest twinge of interest.

OK. You may be intrigued. You may not. But my admission is not just that I am intrigued. But it is something we all probably figured out, considering this entire blog:

I am a Period Drama film addict.

And in such confession, I would like to list those that I have seen--with my Thumbs Up (+) and my Thumbs Down (-). Granted, I have seen so many of these in the last 3 years--they were my great sustainment in a trying chapter of life--that I know I'll forget some. I borrow much of this list from the wonderful Enchanted Serenity--where I get most of my Period Drama news, info, etc. And I, like her, include a few that are not technically Period Dramas, but fit so well into the whole aura of the genre for me. (This list is certainly not complete, as I'm not including many of the much older versions of some classics!)

A Walk to Remember +
Amadeus + and -
An Ideal Husband +
Anastasia (animated) + (though - for the Rasputin parts)
Anne of Avonlea (BBC) + (much closer to the book)
Arsenic and Old Lace +
Ballet Shoes + and -
Becoming Jane + and -
Berkeley Square + and -
Bleak House (new one) +
Britannic -
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang + and -
Chocolat + and -
Cranford +
Daniel Deronda +

David Copperfield 1999 +

Downton Abbey +
Emma 1996 + 

Emma 2009 +++!
Finding Neverland + and -
From Time to Time +
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969) +

Great Expectations 1999 +
He Knew He Was Right - (only because "he" bothers me!)
His Girl Friday +
Jane Eyre 1943 (I think) -

Jane Eyre 1983 -

Jane Eyre 1996 + and -

Jane Eyre 1997 +

Jane Eyre 2007 +++
Jude --- and another ---
Lark Rise to Candleford (season 1) +
Lark Rise to Candleford (season 2) +
Lark Rise to Candleford (season 3) +
Lark Rise to Candleford (season 4--still on!) +
Les Miserables (Liam Neeson) - with a bit of +
Les Miserables in Concert ++ (and so excited for the 25th concert in month!!!!)
Little Dorrit 2009 ++
Little Women 1933 -

Little Women 1978 +

Little Women 1994 +
Lost in Austen + and some -
Love Comes Softly +

Love's Abiding Joy +

Love's Enduring Promise +

Love's Long Journey +

Love's Unending Legacy +

Love's Unfolding Dream +
Love Finds a Home -
Love Takes Wing + and -
Man in the Iron Mask - and a little +
Mansfield Park 1999 - and a little + 

Mansfield Park 2007 + and -

Martin Chuzzlewit +
Mayor of Casterbridge -
Miss Austen Regrets +
Mr. Holland's Opus +
My Fair Lady +

Nicholas Nickleby 2002 +
North & South +
Northanger Abbey 1987 - with a little + 

Northanger Abbey 2008 ++

Oliver! +
One Night with the King +++
Our Mutual Friend ++
Persuasion ++
Persuasion 2007 + and a little -

Pride & Prejudice 1940 - (even with the amazing Greer Garson)
Pride & Prejudice 1980 - and a little +

Pride & Prejudice 1995 ++

Pride & Prejudice 2003 ++
Pride & Prejudice 2005 + and -
Return to Cranford (2009) ++
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves + and a little -
Sense & Sensibility 1971 + and -
Sense & Sensibility 1981 - and a little +
Sense & Sensibility 1995 +
Sense & Sensibility 2008 ++
Shadowlands +
Somewhere in Time + and -
Tess of the D'Urbervilles + and -
The Barchester Chronicles (part of it) - and a little +
The Buccaneers --- and triple that
The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 - with a tiny +
The Inheritance +++
The Lost Prince +
The Moonstone +
The Princess Bride +
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982 +

The Scarlet Pimpernel 1999 +
The Secret of Moonacre +
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall + and -

The Way We Live Now - and +
The Woman in White +
The Young Victoria +++!
The Young Visiters - and a little +
Twelfth Night 1996 + and a little -
Under the Greenwood Tree +++
Washington Square - and a tiny bit +
Wives and Daughters +++
Wuthering Heights 1939 -
Wuthering Heights 1992 -