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NO!!
I was watching the movie “Becoming Jane” recently. It stars Anne Hathaway (cute having an actress named Anne Hathaway* play someone period right?) as Jane Austen and presumably we see how she gets her ideas for her stories. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not but it closely mirrors many of her various novels.
That’s not what bothered me. What bothered me is you have James Macalvoy’s character discussing what to do for the night with a compatriot and after two of his friend’s suggestions he says in turn, “Been there!” “Done that!”
This is such an irritating nod to the catch phrase of the late 20th century. Was it meant to draw a laugh? I’m sure. But instead, it just irritated me. I think I much more enjoy humor or plots where people from the past are involved in the future than things of the present are injected into the past.
For instance, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure? Good. Jack the Ripper in Modern Day? Good. Bunch of medieval people singing “We Will Rock You”? Bad!
That’s what is nice about time travel movies. It allows us to view the past through the glasses of today because we actually have a character there to do that for us.
Anyway… in short, don’t see this movie. It blows. It’s filled with a lot of montages too(she’s writing! ooh!) which is the sloppiest and clumiest way to advance plot that I know.
* Anne Hathaway = Shakespeare’s wife
So… I take it you’re not a Shrek fan
i like the parts of shrek that don’t rely on this.
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