Well, I love to have fun.

Well, I love to have fun.

The best mr darcy sue me

The best mr darcy sue me

❝Of all weapons in the world, I now know love to be the most dangerous. For I have suffered a mortal wound. When did I fall so deeply under your spell, Miss Bennet? I cannot fix the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words which lay the foundation. I was in the middle before I knew I began.❞
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I know Pride and Prejudice and Zombies gets a lot of shit, and it's considered a bad film, but I am simply too deeply enamoured with Sam Riley to care, and regardless I thought it was a lot of fun. It's pretty true to the original Austen story (just with a lot more zombies), though I don't know how faithful it is to the 2009 novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, and in my opinion the post-apocolyptic elements blended well with the historical ones. I will say, however, that the pacing of the plot was a bit odd, and caused the film to drag quite a bit in the middle, which consequently made the ending feel very rushed. The cast were excellent, and of them I really liked Riley and Matt Smith's performances; the latter is one of the best Mr. Collins portrayed on-screen despite limited lines and screen-time. I loved the costumes and sets too, and it was interesting to see how weapons and dresses were altered to make them easier to fight with/in while remaining fairly historically accurate. All in all, I had a good time watching this, and I will be rewatching often just to see Sam Riley in that leather overcoat. We need way more classic book adaptations with zombies thrown into the mix.

❝Of all weapons in the world, I now know love to be the most dangerous. For I have suffered a mortal wound. When did I fall so deeply under your spell, Miss Bennet? I cannot fix the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words which lay the foundation. I was in the middle before I knew I began.❞
⊱ ──── . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁. ──── ⊰

I know Pride and Prejudice and Zombies gets a lot of shit, and it's considered a bad film, but I am simply too deeply enamoured with Sam Riley to care, and regardless I thought it was a lot of fun. It's pretty true to the original Austen story (just with a lot more zombies), though I don't know how faithful it is to the 2009 novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, and in my opinion the post-apocolyptic elements blended well with the historical ones. I will say, however, that the pacing of the plot was a bit odd, and caused the film to drag quite a bit in the middle, which consequently made the ending feel very rushed. The cast were excellent, and of them I really liked Riley and Matt Smith's performances; the latter is one of the best Mr. Collins portrayed on-screen despite limited lines and screen-time. I loved the costumes and sets too, and it was interesting to see how weapons and dresses were altered to make them easier to fight with/in while remaining fairly historically accurate. All in all, I had a good time watching this, and I will be rewatching often just to see Sam Riley in that leather overcoat. We need way more classic book adaptations with zombies thrown into the mix.

I loved that in this universe they have a double wedding, so cute

I loved that in this universe they have a double wedding, so cute

Absolutely ridiculous movie. I really enjoyed it anyway! Surprisingly high production value and starpower. The worldbuilding falls apart if you think about it for more than a minute but I forgive the contrivances. They're bits! It's funny.

Bits I liked:
• The Bennett sisters as warrior women ♡ Daggers strapped beneath dresses and overly flourishy fighting are objectively lowbrow tropes but I still find them visually appealing.
• Lizzie snapping up the flies by Jane's bedside and Darcy discreetly sheathing his blade.
• Matt Smith (Mr. Collins) and Lena Heady (Lady Catherine to Bourgh) fully committing to camp. They were the highlights of this movie. Matt Smith's physical comedy and little vocalizations were hilarious! And Lena Heady switching fluidly from an unthreatening comedy antagonist to a genuinely menacing figure was so cool.
• The fight scene between Lizzie and Darcy
• Wickham being the Antichrist TT
• The contrast of foppish Mr. Bingley with leather trench coat-clad Mr. Darcy. I also enjoyed Lady Catherine's purple Napoleon jacket and leather knee-high boots.
• The double-wedding ending! It took me a while to buy the romances between the leads (tbh Jane and Bingley didn't really move me) but Lizzie and Darcy's fighting scene and confession to one another won me over by the end. Pride and Prejudice (2005) still massively clears of course but there's something about Darcy smiling and Lizzie melting in the face of it <333

Bits I didn't like:
• Jane and Bingley were a bit wooden
• The editing was really weird in several moments— one scene that stands out to me was Lizzie reading Darcy's letter. There were too many cuts and angles of Lizzie crying. It didn't match the intended solemnity of the moment at all.
• I won't complain about the many small, nonsensical details in the plot because I accept that this movie isn't supposed to be taken too seriously, but they do add up in the end and detract from the tension.

Overall, still an entertaining watch.

Absolutely ridiculous movie. I really enjoyed it anyway! Surprisingly high production value and starpower. The worldbuilding falls apart if you think about it for more than a minute but I forgive the contrivances. They're bits! It's funny.

Bits I liked:
• The Bennett sisters as warrior women ♡ Daggers strapped beneath dresses and overly flourishy fighting are objectively lowbrow tropes but I still find them visually appealing.
• Lizzie snapping up the flies by Jane's bedside and Darcy discreetly sheathing his blade.
• Matt Smith (Mr. Collins) and Lena Heady (Lady Catherine to Bourgh) fully committing to camp. They were the highlights of this movie. Matt Smith's physical comedy and little vocalizations were hilarious! And Lena Heady switching fluidly from an unthreatening comedy antagonist to a genuinely menacing figure was so cool.
• The fight scene between Lizzie and Darcy
• Wickham being the Antichrist TT
• The contrast of foppish Mr. Bingley with leather trench coat-clad Mr. Darcy. I also enjoyed Lady Catherine's purple Napoleon jacket and leather knee-high boots.
• The double-wedding ending! It took me a while to buy the romances between the leads (tbh Jane and Bingley didn't really move me) but Lizzie and Darcy's fighting scene and confession to one another won me over by the end. Pride and Prejudice (2005) still massively clears of course but there's something about Darcy smiling and Lizzie melting in the face of it <333

Bits I didn't like:
• Jane and Bingley were a bit wooden
• The editing was really weird in several moments— one scene that stands out to me was Lizzie reading Darcy's letter. There were too many cuts and angles of Lizzie crying. It didn't match the intended solemnity of the moment at all.
• I won't complain about the many small, nonsensical details in the plot because I accept that this movie isn't supposed to be taken too seriously, but they do add up in the end and detract from the tension.

Overall, still an entertaining watch.