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[dwh]

I just watched the old 1940's version of Pride and Prejudice.

My eyes are still burning. That has to be one of the worst adaptations I've ever seen.

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[anonymous]

Well, maybe, but then again, you thought the stars wars prequels were really good, right? There is no accounting for taste.

I wish you'd posted more in-depth criticism, because they probably did ruin it but good.

- Will

[dwh]

I don't believe I ever stated anywhere that I thought the prequels, as a whole, were good. If I thought so, I'd have no reason to team up with Lauren and Liz to completely rewrite them. On the other hand, I thought RotS was a vast improvement from the first two, and quite good in its own right.

As for an in-depth criticism, it actually would've turned into a rant about how they destroyed the story. Oh, the characterizations were pretty good, but there's simply too much story to cram into a two-hour movie. I'm a fan of the BBC approach- six fifty-minute episodes, totaling five hours of Pride and Prejudice awesomeness.

Oh, one character they did destroy was Lady Catherine. That was unnecessary. I'm such a huge fan of the catfight scene between her and Lizzie, it utterly cheapened it to turn it into a "front" so that Mr. Darcy could see if Lizzie was still interested.

And a minor gripe, the costumes were all wrong for the period.

Like I said, I'm a fan of the BBC approach.