PRIDE AND FUCKING AWESOME PREJUDICE

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Having never read the title previously mentioned and being only vaguely familiar with the story in the context of Bridget Jones's Diary, I endeavored to watch a film of the same title and purporting to be of the same story.

I, who am not likely to swoon at anything less than Ewan McGregor serenading Satine on top of an elephant, positively swooned.

Between my friend and myself there was an uncommon amount of girlish squealing and fluttery sighs. I'm afraid the dear people behind us must have thought me fifteen instead of twenty one.

Upon returning home I wrote on the white board at the top of the stairs:

Mr. Darcy is hot.
Where's my fucking Mr. Darcy??!!!

And then I thought I should write in my livejournal about it.


EDIT: Now I actually want to read the book. I've never had any desire to read the book before.

EDIT 2: I didn't mention it before but this movie is pretty. It's really lushly and beautifully designed when it comes to sets and landscapes.

Comments

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Bridget Jones is funny. Often the embarassing kind of funny, but very cute and earnest. And Hugh Grant having a fistfight in the street with Colin Firth? Funniest thing ever. In slow-motion.

BJD has the kooky mother and doting father, and it has Hugh Grant as the Mr. Whickam character who distracts Bridget from Mr. Darcy and convinces her that his dispute with Mr. Darcy is due to Darcy's evil nature. The bitchy woman is in the form of competition for Mr. Darcy, not anybody's sister.

And the first meeting between Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy is almost scene for scene a copy of their meeting in the P&P movie. And Mark Darcy is very much a Mr. Darcy type of character.

[mswyrr]

And Hugh Grant having a fistfight in the street with Colin Firth? Funniest thing ever. In slow-motion.

*raises brows* *picturing it*

Oh, dear. Hee.

BJD has the kooky mother and doting father, and it has Hugh Grant as the Mr. Whickam character who distracts Bridget from Mr. Darcy and convinces her that his dispute with Mr. Darcy is due to Darcy's evil nature.

Hugh Grant, monsieur milquetoast, plays the villian!? This I've got to see...

And the first meeting between Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy is almost scene for scene a copy of their meeting in the P&P movie. And Mark Darcy is very much a Mr. Darcy type of character.

Sounds like fun. Putting it on my library queue now. :) Thanks!