Pride & Prejudice
Jun 1st, 2005 by Ashley
It seems that there’s gonna be another not-so-good adaptation of
my all time favorite novel – Pride & Prejudice
I’d rather they didn’t make the film
The only adaptation I approved is the one BBC made in 2001
which is a 300 mins mini TV series
Much unlike the Mansfield Park produced in 1999,
sarring Frances O’Connor, an actress I adore,
which is detestful and an insult to Miss Austen,
BBC’s P & P is modest, moderate and faithful.
Anyway, I don’t think a 2 hour movie can bring the essence of P&P
and I hate cheap attempts which might give people wrong ideas about
Jane’s beautiful story
especially those people who choose to watch the movie
to have an understanding of the world classic,
instead of making the time to read the original.
It’s just like (well, it’s only my prejudice.) the Vanity Fair
last year, which was made as if it’s another fancy Braodway Musical
I deeply believe that BBC did a better job (on adapting VF)
though I admit that BBC do fail sometimes
(They failed me on Ivanhoe <- My fav when I was a teen)
still, the precetage of the decent ones they produce is way higher