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[timepiececlock]

Thanks to the generosity and time of mswyrr, I've been able to start watching the BBC miniseries Pride & Prejudice, the one from the 90s with Colin Firth.

A few days ago I was able to see the new movie (LOVE! LOVE!), so it's pretty cool to be able to compare them. (Never read the book. Yet.)

However, I have decided not to post commentary on the miniseries until I finish watching it (which will take a few days), as it would be wrong to pass judgement on the incomplete miniseries in comparison with a completed film.

However, I have begun to realize that my comments might be long, and gushy, and skip from point to point, and most of you probably won't care. I don't feel like writing it all out if that's the case.

So, a poll! Because any excuse will do for a poll. When I finish the miniseries, does my friends list want to read a long and gushy and spoilery comparison of the tv series and the film? Or would you like a much shorter version along the lines of "Well, did you like it?"

[Poll #612617]

Comments

[thisficklemob.livejournal.com]

I love the BBC miniseries to pieces, so I'm so glad someone sent it to you. (I taped it years ago when it was on PBS, but somehow didn't get the last part.) I really liked its Elizabeth, and mmm, Colin Firth. (Far better than the heinousness of a version we watched a bit of in high school English.) I'd like to see a comparison between it and the new movie, because my first reaction at seeing that there would be a P&P movie, was, "Why, why," even though I like the guy from MI5, because the BBC one was excellent. Of course most Americans can't be bothered to watch a six hour miniseries, but I thought it was just right for capturing the book.

As for the book, I didn't really like it in high school, until someone pointed out to me that what Austen was writing was very well written and vaguely socially sardonic romance novels. This somehow made it all better.