merely talk

So they made this new Pride and Prejudice movie. And I have to say I scoffed at them every step of the way, from the very fact they presumed to do it, and to do it casting Kiera Knightly as the lead. Both horrible ideas if you ask me.

I'm quite proud you see and I love the 6 hour BBC version which made women (and some men) the world over aware of the lovely Colin Firth (forever known as THE Mr. Darcy). So I couldn't belive they were attempting to turn the 6 hours of perfection into a 2 and a half hour movie.

So I admit I was pretty prejudice of this movie before it even came out. But a funny thing happens when you have no expectations for a movie, you end up not hating it. Now don't get me wrong, I don't love it. I'm not convinced by the idiot they hired as Mr. Darcy, and some of the directing choices were wrong...(what was UP with the dance at the Neatherfeild ball anyway?), but overall the supporting cast was fabulous, the landscape gorgeous, and they were as true as they could be to the story in that little time.

I'm still not convinced about the movie though. During the crucial scene when Mr. Darcy and Lizzie finally figure each other out, two drunk and high teenage boys stumbled into the theater and were quite distracting, so I missed the scene in it's entirety. It really was the scene that the movie hinges on, and I missed it. So now I'm going to have to rent the damn thing. And I really hated the very last add on scene that was completely unnecessary and stupid.

So I reserve the right, to reserve my judgment until it makes it unto DVD.

In other news, how much do drunk and high teenagers suck?