Well it's finally happened - happening - will happen (is there a one word future tense term for happen?): Tonight, barring cruel and unusual circumstances, I will be watching Pride and Predjudice. Yes, I've finally defected to the dark side. Sort of. You see, for years people have extolled its virtues to me, and I've either scoffed (if it was a guy) or given them that quick little half-smile that so succinctly conveys That's nice, thanks so much for asking but really I need that like a cold cup of sick. 'Victorian', 'high society' and 'custom' aren't exactly concepts that thrill me to the marrow. My idea of a period film is Braveheart. So how did I end up caving in? Ermm . . . attrition. And that fact that my (hah) predjudice against it has been based solely on the concept of such a story, not the story itself (which I've obviously never experienced).
It's something that we do quite a lot. We revile, dimiss, or ignore a thing not for what it is but for its type. Humans are the secretaries of the universe, we put everything into little files and folders and boxes. It helps us make sense of a very messy desk, but often items will get shoved in under the wrong classification. Sometimes giving a thing any broad label at all is misleading. I'm not an anti-box fanatic, but it's my opinion that they definitely have their limits. And occasionally they're decidedly less than helpful. Paperwork will continue to pile up, and only fools will leave it all lying around in a heap, but maybe when we next go looking for something we could consider leafing through a folder that has previously been pushed to the back of the drawer.
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Well, I was quite reserved about seeing the new P&P film, but it's actually quite excellent.
Even though it's very much not my sort of film.
Yes, it was the BBC television version - I was informed that I [i]had[/i] to watch that one first... glad I did now. I thought it was really good - I loved Mr Bennet! :-) But yeah, Elizabeth and Mr Darcy were awesome too. And a bunch of people in supporting roles did exceedingly well. Some of the editing was a wee bit shoddy, but not anything unusual for TV standards. I really liked it!
That editing comment coming from someone who just did a 12 hour session :o)
Yeah, it does change the way you look at these things :-)
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I told you so, I told you so, I told you so, I told you so, I told you so, I TOLD YOU SO!!!!! You actually remind me of Mr Darcy in some aspects. Now do you understand why I like P&P so much?
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