The Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion is out and many fans have a big complaint

The Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion is out and many fans have a big complaint

from netflix Persuasion is the last of 2022 releases of book and film adaptations which has been made public. what we know Persuasion is that it sounds Fifty Shades of Grayit’s Dakota Johnson about a woman who has her second chance to love. This Jane Austen romance novel has been adapted for television four times, and the Netflix adaptation is the first film version of the famous novel. But since the release of this vintage Netflix piece, many fans have voiced one big complaint about it: contemporary dialogue.

A fan posted his reaction to Persuasion for Tweeter that there are successful adaptations of Jane Austen like like Jane Austen Emma goes well with Amy Heckerling No idea in creating a free adaptation to the modern age. However, this fan says so Persuasion it may well fit the period, but it offers a contemporary take on the film’s dialogue.

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another fan tweeted What Persuasion felt that a film in historical costumes with “aggressive modern dialogue” could be fun, but it shouldn’t be present in the world of Persuasion. Films and series have followed this method as in Maria Antonietta which had modern music and dialogue in the late 18th century or in one of the best shows on Apple TV + Dickinson where these 19th century characters speak like modern teenagers. But of course, that doesn’t mean the technique always works.

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If you want more proof that costumed dialogue doesn’t make sense over time, this fan posted Twitter Captioned sample screenshots of the dialogue at the bottom of each scene that Jane Austen and costume dramas alone would despise.

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It’s a thing for movies like Greta Gerwig Little woman have some changes deviate from the starting material. Another thing is when a film tries to fit in with the novel era, but loses the audience because of the way the dialogue is handled. This new version of Netflix currently has a 36% on Rotten Tomatoes, where their consensus praised Dakota Johnson but didn’t find it a credible Jane Austen adaptation. variety opinion seemed Persuasion he was trying to modernize by borrowing comedy tricks from the British comedy series Lots of fleas which deviated from the tone of the classic novel.

It can be very disappointing to fans when a Jane Austen novel doesn’t translate well on screen in its attempts to modernize what is already brilliant dialogue. Several successful film adaptations of Jane Austen such as pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Yes Emma, to show that there is no need to modernize the dialogues of a literary work that fans already love as it is. You can see for yourself what you think Persuasion as you see it now in yours netflix subscription .

Source: Cinemablend

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