Latest review: Pride & Prejudice. I've seen it twice and you all should see it, too. While it can never replace the 5-hour extravaganza brought to us by the BBC and A&E starring Colin "Wet Shirt" Firth (I stole that), it's still really good. I also, of course, have a mistake in this review as well. I spell the Bennet name incorrectly, although when I pulled out my copy of the book to verify the name - I spelled it Bennett - the back of my book had it spelled that way, which is incorrect. I blame finals, Dr. Marler, my fellow staff members for distracting me, rock 'n' roll, the 40 mph wind we had here, Colin Firth, caffeine, Joseph McCarthy and Jane Austen for this error.Current reading: The Boxcar Children, Book 1. I have a 5th grade reading level...probably should admit it...
I should be studying right now. I have to figure out what exactly which area of the Intelligent Design debate I want to argue in my editorial for my Opinion Writing final. Personally, I'm tired of reading about monkeys, the Galapagos Islands, crazy people, Dover, Pa., and Pat Robertson. Intertwined with this research comes studying for my Bible final, for which I have to read 1 Samuel through 2 Kings and know random information. If I sit in my room to study, I'm distracted by my computer. I've been sitting in the living room, but if I look up, I see the rows and rows of pretty movies I own sitting next to the TV.
Ah well, I just need to make it through a few more days, then I have one semester left of not being an adult.
OK, one more picture of Colin Firth and I'll go back to studying (this is from the best scene in the miniseries):
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Oh, Colin.
Hence the word "adaptation." The movie has to be able to stand on its own and cannot always be likened to the book and the more thorough miniseries. If you want to talk about speeding through a book, look at "Goblet of Fire." The First 150 pages were done in the first 10 minutes of the movie. But somehow it worked. The director chose what to focus on and what not to, which is his prerogative. I think Joe Wright did an excellent job, especially considering this is his first feature film.
I get the feeling that skipping to the middle of a John Grisham book won't hurt the plot. You could probably read right to left and still get the same effect.
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