Lorna Doone

[lesbiassparrow]

So far we have an exciting range of unwashed manhood and plumed hats. Plus murder. They're keen on the murder and pillage, the Doones. And LORNA and whatshisname have met and she has saved him. If I recall the book correctly our hero needs a lot of saving. Plus there's a giant snowstorm that lasts for approximately 2 years. I shall look forward to that.

I plan to give you exciting updates as things happen.

ETA: Hero has rebel cousin who seems a little too fond of his horse. NOTHING WILL KEEP HIM FRM HER.

ETA 2: For all the looting and murdering and pillaging the Doones do, they sure do seem to live in squalor. AND THE ACCENTS ARE HILARIOUS.

ETA 3: Was there more mud in the past or something? Becuase everyone seems to sort of wallow in it. Our hero (Clive Owen) was also tossed out of a carriage. His face was a thing of joy.

ETA 4: In the North Country it was the law that every 5 minutes you had to shout LOOOORNA. This is fact.

ETA 5: The Doones - accompanied by some truly magnificent whooping - have come a-raiding as our hero has run off with Loorrrrna. Hero's family are fighting them off, despite the whooping and the Doone's clear superiority in the plumed hat department.

ETA 6: I don't remember the book very well, but this seems to speed things up a lot. Except for the Looorna shouting and the teeth gnashing. And the hats. The hats in this are spectacular.

ETA 7: Despite the presence of Polly Walker, Sean Bean (evil as always) and Clive Owen (not evil) and a truly magnificent hat at the wedding scene (really! it was conical and had a sort of spike of cloth sticking out the top), this seems to lack a little something in the Lorna Doone department.

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I should watch this version. I liked the more recent version when I saw it a few years back, but I understand they cut/changed a lot.

Though I should actually read the book first...

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

From what I remember of the book it was pretty slow going (though it's been years since I read it). And it didn't have hats like these. Or maybe it did and they weren't as lovingly described by the author.

[cookiesworld17.livejournal.com]

Sorry, my hat comment was obviously meant for this post. Am interested in watching it just for the hats.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

The hats were awesome, though when I saw the spectacular hat again it turned out the cone thing was a feather. SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I just watched this and found it entertainingly cheesy (also, were they actually trying to make Sean Bean look unattractive or something?) but,,,uhm...there certainly didn't seem to be a lot of the titular character...