http://www.myprideandprejudice.com/2009/07/movie-review-of-pride-and-prejudice-a-latter-day-comedy/ The book, the movies and the BBC adaptations Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:54:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.myprideandprejudice.com/2009/07/movie-review-of-pride-and-prejudice-a-latter-day-comedy/comment-page-1/#comment-787 thewatergirl Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:05:07 +0000 http://www.myprideandprejudice.com/?p=489#comment-787 I quite honestly cannot believe you gave five stars to the horrendous "Lost in Austen" and two stars to this. I have to say I wholeheartedly disagree. It's been several years since I saw the "Latter Day" version, but I thought at the time that it was funny and charming. Yes, it was a little tacky and it strayed from the plot of the original book. But I'm not a purist, it was a re-imagining and that was fine with me. I thought the use of Mormon culture was quite possibly the only way you could re-tell the story in modern day America. "Lost in Austen" though...whoa. Despite a few funny lines/moments, the entire film felt like someone went to a fan fiction website, chose a P&P story and threw it at some actors and said "Go!" My family and I watched it on Netflix over New Years and could not stop laughing...at how bad it was. I quite honestly cannot believe you gave five stars to the horrendous “Lost in Austen” and two stars to this. I have to say I wholeheartedly disagree.
It’s been several years since I saw the “Latter Day” version, but I thought at the time that it was funny and charming. Yes, it was a little tacky and it strayed from the plot of the original book. But I’m not a purist, it was a re-imagining and that was fine with me. I thought the use of Mormon culture was quite possibly the only way you could re-tell the story in modern day America.
“Lost in Austen” though…whoa. Despite a few funny lines/moments, the entire film felt like someone went to a fan fiction website, chose a P&P story and threw it at some actors and said “Go!”
My family and I watched it on Netflix over New Years and could not stop laughing…at how bad it was.

]]> http://www.myprideandprejudice.com/2009/07/movie-review-of-pride-and-prejudice-a-latter-day-comedy/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Ku-chan Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:20:16 +0000 http://www.myprideandprejudice.com/?p=489#comment-27 Oh dear, I thought things couldn't get any worse after reading about the Bollywood version...but the words 'There is no Mr. or Mrs. Bennet and no Lady Catherine...' shocked me to the core... Liked the description of Georgiana though - might have to watch it just for that! But on the other hand maybe not... Oh dear, I thought things couldn’t get any worse after reading about the Bollywood version…but the words ‘There is no Mr. or Mrs. Bennet and no Lady Catherine…’ shocked me to the core…
Liked the description of Georgiana though – might have to watch it just for that! But on the other hand maybe not…

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