pride n prejudice, martin tyler, chelski......n the suzuki saga

Just got back from Pride & Prejudice, and boy what a challenge it was for me to enjoy the experience. First, there were so many departures from the novel that I really lost count. And second, there was this mother in a family of four – the parents and 1 small boy n girl (the girl cant be more than 6! whover thought of bringing small kids to a movie like this???) sitting in the row in front of us who was making soo many comments during the movie I thought she’s martin tyler.

The mother was like doing a running commentary of what’s showing on screen to the girl…like as if the girl wouldn’t understand what she’s seeing (which could just be the case since she’s soo young!). So we have the mother making comments like “she is sad”, or “he’s shaking because he’s feeling very nervous”, or “she’s waiting for him to ask her for a dance”, or “she’s running in the rain”……like, duh! Thanks for giving us the blow-by-blow account ma’am.

Oh, and there’s this one scene where we have Georgiana playing a tune on the piano, and the mother (the irritating one in the audience, not the one in the movie) was like telling her daughter “she play the piano and she’s only fifteen!”. And then she reached over to her son (who was seating beside the daughter) and she said “eh, she’s only 15 and she can play the piano leh”. Like, hello, what’s the big deal abt playing the piano (alrite I cant play it for nuts, but still..)?? And doesn’t she know that it’s just a movie, that’s it’s not for real??????

Anyway, here are some departures from the novel that were so obvious even a non-Jane Austen fan like me could have spotted:

1. during the first ball, the dance didn’t just stop when mr bingley and company came in
2. both of mr bingley’s sisters were around with him, not just one
3. when jane got sick n was at the bingleys’, her mum and sisters came to visit. but she didn’t go home with them. she went home only a few days after her mum’s visit
4. there was no scene of mr wickham wif the girls at the ribbon shop
5. mr wickham didn’t tell the lies abt mr darcy to elizabeth under a tree – the lies were told at dinner
6. mr darcy heard mrs bennet bragging abt jane’s impending marriage at the dinner table, not near the stairs like was depicted
7. mr collins didn’t propose to lizzy at the dinner table. they were outside the house when that happened
8. jane didn’t just up and go to london to join her aunt n uncle. they were actually there for christmas ( i think) and brought her back to london wif them
9. lizzy didn’t just visit charlotte by herself. she went there wif charlotte’s dad and sister
10. mr darcy’s fren (cant remember his name) didn’t tell lizzy of darcy’s role in separating bingsley from jane at the church. that was let out during a walk about the grounds
11. mr darcy told lizzy of his feelings for her inside charlotte’s house, not outside the grounds when it was raining
12. and he didn’t give her the letter in the house! that was given the morning after when she’s outside walking the grounds
13. at pemberley, lizzy met mr darcy outside the house. the scene where she saw mr darcy interrupting his sis at the piano and them hugging each other was just bogus! mr darcy’s supposed to just come back, and the sister georgaina was not even supposed to be there yet. in fact, georgiana only met lizzy the day after, when mr darcy brought her straight to the inn to introduce her to lizzy
14. both mr bingley n his sis were at pemberley wif the darcys
15. lizzy read the letters from jane while alone in her room at the inn. her uncle n aunt were out shopping, and had to be summoned back. so the whole scene where darcy, the aunt n uncle were with her when she read the letters were just made up!
16. lady catherine didn’t come to the bennets’ at night and woke everyone up. she came early in the morning, while the bennets were having breakfast
17. lizzy wasn’t sitting under a tree early in the morning when mr darcy came to her to profess his love. in fact, that happened when they were all out for a walk wif mr bingley and the other sisters.

I’m sure there are many more, but I cant be bothered to think too much abt it. And I must stress that I’m no jane austen fan, so my observations might be wrong. I suppose if one hasn’t read the novel then the movie would be enjoyable lah, although I’m sure one would be quite lost trying to follow the story.

Arrrrgghhhhhh Chelsea won again!! N there I was thinking that arse could beat their ass. Bleah!

swift or liana?? liana or swift?? swift def looks better but liana’s cheaper plus its bigger! but swift looks better ah. but liana’s bigger! and older. and it looks kinda dowdy. but swift’s so small. so would it be swift or liana?