The Diary of Lizzie Bennet

Just when I thought I'd had my fill of Pride and Prejudice and I might have passed the

age of swooning over Darcy and Lizzie, then comes The Lizzie Bennet Diary.

It's basically Pride & Prejudice, but this time in the incarnation of a video log,

or vlog, some kind of video diary.

And it is good, cuz they've transported the world of P&P into modern day America

without losing the favour and fervour of that past period. In LBD, Lizzie is in her

final year of Mass Com and the vlog is kinda her thesis.

Also it is quite awesome because we get to see more of Lizzie's interaction and

dynamics with her sisters, and we even get a major fight! I totally relate to this

because I have sisters, just like Lizzie and we blow up like that too..

Like Lizzie, I have two sweet sisters who are demure and never talks bad about

other people, unless provoked, very much like Jane. And I have that sister

that is not unlike Lydia (whaaat) who does whatever she likes and gets away

with it and she never thinks when she says anything. Serious. But she's not a

slut like Lydia though heh.

That leaves me to be Lizzie (I would like that, wouldn't I *wink wink*) But I 

can't judge myself. I do think the similarities between me and Lizzie is that I 

am rational and I think a lot when doing something. There. But I'm not 

precocious as she is so people tend to see me as a stuck-up.

And getting back to LBD, The Men. Gosh they are huge gorgeous specimen

(am I shallow? tsk tsk) I was pleasantly surprised with Bing Lee, a med

student in this incarnation, and Wickham is a swimming coach (gasp)

Even the annoying Mr Collins and the friendly Fitz are cute.

But Darcy, lordy. The hair and dress, not so much, but he grows on you.

When he first appears, eps 61, he is akward and very much, out of place,

but by the time we see him again, he's such a gem, I'd like to wrap him

and bring him home! (btw that applies to every Mr Darcy, like, ever)

Let me end this post with pics of the OTP. I love em both!! They sizzle

like mad on screen!!

Love him in that suit. Looking dapper and Lizzie looking classy in that dress!!

And in this one, Lizzie's so so pretty. Her dress has like this ribbon-like tied and the
colour is gorgeous too !

So go ahead. Watch it :)

Happy 200th Birthday, Pride and Prejudice!!

Yes, it's not too late to say HB to my perhaps most favourite novel and for 

a lot of people too... on 28th Jan 2013, it has been 200 years since P&P has

 graced the readers and for the past 14 years, for me (I started reading when 

I was 19)

So, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...

You came to me when I was 19 and was in the cusp of really learning English,

and while Dickens and Stevenson and even Doyle had been my favourite authors,

you came like a breeze of fresh air in a hot, stagnant day. Colin Firth's Darcy is

indeed a thing to behold but Ehle's Lizzie is perfect too... *swoons*

It was a jarring performance as it was too Americanized, but still the spirit is there.
Sir Laurence Olivier still made me swoon as Mr Darcy *heart*

The 2005 film was amazingly beautiful too. My favourite parts were when
 Lizzie twirls around in her swing, symbolically interpreting how her present
life is dizzying with Mr Darcy in it, and that proposal under the rain, oh my,
Mr Darcy all wet and looking at Lizzy so intense I wavered. Really... <3 p="">

Then Bridget Jones' Diary and nobody could say Bridget is not Lizzy, she is,
just a bit less self esteem, but all wonderful, witty, classy, kind and real.
And Firth's Darcy is heavenly awkward and snobbish *kiss kiss* And I will
never forget 'I like you, just the way you are' part. Gets me every time...

As smitten as I am with Darcy, I don't find 'Lost in Austen' compelling because the idea

of putting a Mary Sue in Lizzy's place doesn't work for me, especially when both of

them (Lizzie and Darcy, I mean) were put on the screen together, they're electrifying!!

Gemma Aeterton is a spunky Lizzy, rightfully so, and even when she is accidently

placed in the 21st century, she's a survivor, and I really want to see her in Pemberly

but alas, that is not LIA is for...

And my most favourite quote from the book is this,

‘He is a gentleman and I am a gentleman’s daughter: so far, we are equal.’

when  Lizzy was asked about her 'inferior' station to Darcy by his auntie. Gawd,
Lizzie makes me so proud, even today.

Thank you Jane Austen.