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Lost me with the 'landing strip' comment


What can I say? It has the possibility of being charming and original, but what purpose is served by making references to her Brazilian?

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Ssshhh, careful! Not liking this show is a crime punishable by condemnation as a humourless meanie round here..!

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That reference uttered by Miss Price was, by far, the low point of the movie. It is indefensible.

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I agree. As much as I love LiA, I am not so blind and obtuse as to claim it has not a single fault.
That scene !!! - I would gladly do without it.

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How incredibly humourless of you. I thought it was just in keeping with the comedic tone of the piece.

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Well, it's more than obvious that not everybody is able to get the real "comedic tone of the piece". If some, who perhaps consider themselves full of humour, think that the above mentioned scene was in keeping with the overall tone, then I prefer to be "humourless".

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A landing strip is not the same as a Brazilian.

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That's what I'M talking about! Tell the troof, sister!
I thought the line was hilarious. My wife.... not so much.

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I thought that line was hilarious.

But to answer the OP, it's really just another of those situations where Amanda's 21st century customs look as odd to the 19th century girls as theirs do to her.

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is this supposed to be a comedy?

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It's not so much the "landing strip" as the "pubic topiary" for me - or maybe it was the combination. In any event, I have to agree - as much as I adore the whole series, this was just a bit crass, IMHO. The sentiment/situation is funny, the actual wording was a bit too over the top.

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Crass is the perfect word to describe it. The two things that always bothered me about LIA is that scene mentioned, and her kissing Bingley. They just seemed out of place.

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Have you never witnessed persons kissing random people when they have had too much to drink? I know I have.

I agree with the person above where many scenes have been added to illustrate how many common customs and things that are common and regular in the 21st century are NOT common in the 18th century.

When I was in college and in a sorority, there were many frat parties where drunk girls kissed guys they barely knew (or worse) when having had too much to drink, then the next day they wake up and feel stupid about what they did. This is not an unusual occurrence these days.

I agree that people who do not understand these scenes do not understand the premise (or just plain do not enjoy the premise) that is presented here. I do see this as a comedy, with drama mixed together. It is not the standard P&P story, it is a completely different animal. If you are looking for the original, you know where to find it. I can appreciate that this fish out of water tale which is combined with the classic P&P story may not be to everyone's taste.

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My question is where did her panties go? haha!

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Even taking Amanda's personality into account, I still find it ridiculous that she'd lift her clothing up to reveal her privates like that. Even if she thought she was in a reality show, come on, would you REALLY do that on screen anyway?

And yes, the part where she kisses Bingley is so random. She wasn't THAT drunk.

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AND she's wearing pants, but all she does is lift up her shirt and you can see that area? I was like, "where did her jeans and underpants go?!" Didn't make any sense. Would have made more sense if they had it when she was bathing or dressing.

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I agree that the "landing strip" comment was crude and out of character. Early in the film, Amanda comments on knowing every line in Pride and Prejudice. With this background, wouldn't she handle herself with more deportment in an 18th century setting? Exposing one's privates is exhibitionism. If the entire series was a bawdy send-up of P&P, this kind of lewd humour would belong but in the romance it is essentially, it's a tacky low point in the story.

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Probably because she is a lower class woman from Britain.

She isn't trash, but she is a bit trashy in her own ways at times, and that's how she talks. If you honestly don't know people talk about that then it's nobodies fault but your own.

In a time traveling period drama/comedy you idiots actually expected her not to involve her 21st century language and social skills in it?

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It amazes me that being such an ardent Pride and Prejudice reader, she doesn't abide by the customs she loves so much! How can you be so difficult and unappreciative towards the customs of a place that you say you adore? She insulted Darcy many times and on several occasion, made references that were completely out of place. For a person who wanted to live in those times, she sure didn't seem to know much about those times. She didn't even knew that they used chalk and twigs to brush their teeth! She seemed surprised even at the food that they ate.

I like Lost in Austen but some of it was just not believable to me in the least.

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"It amazes me that being such an ardent Pride and Prejudice reader, she doesn't abide by the customs she loves so much! How can you be so difficult and unappreciative towards the customs of a place that you say you adore? She insulted Darcy many times and on several occasion, made references that were completely out of place. For a person who wanted to live in those times, she sure didn't seem to know much about those times. She didn't even knew that they used chalk and twigs to brush their teeth! She seemed surprised even at the food that they ate."

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Yes but that was the whole point... she loved the story but she's a 21 century woman... she wasn't brought up with those manners and culture. I didn't know they used chalk and twigs to brush their teeth- I don't think that was mentioned in the book! haha.
Plus for the first while she thought she was on a reality show- that it wasn't real. It wasn't meant to be believable- it was a time slip movie and meant to be humorous!

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I agree with the OP. This line really put me off and I'm finding the whole thing rather boring. I'm watching it on Netflix. I have it paused and I'm considering whether I'll watch the rest. I didn't realize it was a mini-series and so long. A friend recommended it to me but I'm just not getting into it.

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I hope you watched the rest. That part should have been edited out but there are many other laughs for a P & P fan

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Having been coerced into watching LiA by my girlfriend, I'm pleased to report that I like it quite a bit, and far more than I expected to; it's rather well done and on the whole is neither juvenile nor slapstick, which I was half-expecting. But this bit was stupid, even allowing for comedic license. It might have been funny had one of the girls accidentally walked in on her while she was dressing or bathing, or even if she had deliberately shown it to one of the girls quite some time down the road, after becoming quite friendly. But for her to "flash" a complete stranger, especially on the premise that she thought she was being pranked on TV? Just stupid. So call me humorless, or call me just some doofus blockhead male who doesn't appreciate the 'charm' of it all. Whatever. Stupid. Like the piece on the whole, tho.

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I also thought it was kind of gross and uncharming. In 1812, a properly raised lady might have blushed merely because Amanda raised her shirt, let alone the exposure of intimate parts.

As for kissing Bingley -- I think that scene would have worked better if she had not kissed him but instead merely put her arms around his neck or some such, then backed off when she realized what she was doing, and that relatively innocent little action would have been enough to scandalize him. "Miss Price, I can't stop thinking about your arms around my neck."

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I loved this mini, but could have done without that scene. It was an attempt at edginess, but came across as doltish instead. Where were the editors?

In defense of Amanda not immediately acting and speaking as an 18nth century gentlewoman, she was in a state of disbelief about the reality of her experience for quite a while, ie. her desperation to ascertain the truth of her experienceduring the above mentioned 'topiary' scene, her 'pinching Kitty Bennet' to see if she were real, among others. When she became convinced that she was indeed 'stuck' in the P&P story, she was consumed with righting the errors that were taking place in the 'story', and her zeal overshadowed her sense of decorum. Could I have done better? Probably not. I would have been using the pick axe on that door on day one.

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I completely agree that the writers of this screenplay went too far in showing modern frankness in language and action. Mr Collins was so altered from Jane Austen's sly portrayal a self-important, very dense and verbose man, that he was unrecognizable. Lost in Austen made him gross and repulsive in ways that were not remotely hinted at in the original.

In the extras on the DVD, the director says something about making the story appeal and make sense to a 16-year-old. I think the never-read-Austen adolescent may have been the target audience. It certainly wasn't lovers of Jane Austen's work.

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