Thinky Thoughts about Sense and Sensibility (1995 & 2026)
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20th October 2026 @ 4:44 pm
It’s been ages since I last commented – on your Destiny and Chicken Podcast. (Have relistened to that entire podcasts several times though) Now, as a long-time Jane Austen fan who became a fan because I first watched the 1995 Sense and Sensibility version, I have to comment again!
Mostly just to say thank you for discussing those two films – and for being so effusive about my darling 1995 film!
Also, you were talking a lot about the ‘double wedding’ at the end and it being over the top. I actually think this is meant to be just Colonel Brandon and Marianne’s wedding. Elinor and Edward exit after them, but Elinor is not carrying flowers and while she’s well dressed, she is not in wedding clothes. Edward, in fact, is in his official robes because he was the parson performing the ceremony. This is true to the book where Marianne married a few years after Elinor because it took her that long to really fall in love with Brandon. Also, there is no other clergyman exiting the church so if it had been a double wedding, Edward would have had to marry himself. 😊
Anyway, loved your whole discussion and it’s fun commenting again after such a long while.
Maybe you could do a bit more of Austen films/TV version? Also, have you seen The Other Bennet Sister. 😉
Hope you’re both well.
20th October 2026 @ 9:55 pm
Just double checked the scene again and Elinor is, in fact, carrying a bunch of flowers. But so is Mrs Jennings behind her and Margaret in front of her so I still don’t think Elinor and Edward got married at the same time but were already married in the scene – and fair enough, since we already knew they would get married from the previous scene and heavy-handed uneconomical spoonfeeding would be totally unlike anything else in Emma Thompson’s marvellous script.