Don't get me wrong, it wasn't so bad. Just... I haven't seen Batman v. Superman yet and yesterday I sat down to watch this. (Not that I hear good things about Batman v. Superman.)
Quick acknowledgement: I'm a Whovian, my favorite doctor is 11th (Matt Smith), Matt Smith is dating Lily James in real life, and as the duty of a fangirl I dislike her.
To be honest before seeing the movie I really didn't know what to expect. I mean the cast looks amazing but the premise... As a Jane Austen fan and a fan of the creepy stuff, I wasn't sure if this was the best thing ever or the worst thing ever. Because sometimes no matter how good two things are separately they don't mix well together. But then again sometimes we try things and get the sweet sour sauce.
Just let me say this movie was no sweet sour sauce. As I said before, I can't necessarily say that it's bad. But it wasn't good either.
I confess long before the movie was made I thought of reading the book but not being the biggest book worm it is hard for me to steer from Neil Gaiman. But given the premise of the book, I kinda knew what to expect and the casting was pretty satisfying towards my expectations.
No matter how much I oppose being a fan of Lily James, I have to admit she was really good in her role of Elizabeth. Yes she's pretty, yes she's a good actor; fine I'm over it. Whatever.
I was very... very surprised to find Matt Smith in the role of Mr. Collins (Sorry Parson Collins). And even though I am very confident of his talent I wasn't sure if it was the right choice. But it was. It really, really was. I have seen my fair share of Pride and Prejudice adaptations and this was the first time I actually liked Collins. I can really say that Matt steals the show from every other character. Good job Smith!
Lena Heady, oh God that was the perfect choice for Lady Catherine de Bourgh. But Charles Dance, in my opinion was a wasted talent as Mr. Bennett. Too passive of a character for such a treasure.
I can't say that I am satisfied with the entire cast though. Sam Riley kinda disappointed me. I really liked his performance in Maleficent so I didn't doubt that he wasn't going to be able to carry the role of Mr. Darcy. I should have. The whole movie was like Sam Riley's audition for Batman. I can easily say that the majority of the points lost of this movie (acting wise) is because of Colonel Darcy.
Now, my copy of the movie was not brilliant so the colors were a bit confusing and when I get confused I absolutely can't focus on the cinematography. But I'm guessing that if you watch Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, you don't watch it because you expect it to be a piece of cinematic art.
So let's talk about the screenplay. First of all I wasn't expecting for the story line to be this similar to the original. At least for the first half. In the beginning this caused a bit of a confusion in me. The evolution of Elizabeth and Darcy's relationship has always been the best part of the story and in the movie it was depicted in the worst way possible. One second they hate each other and the second they are totally in love. That's not how it goes. But of course this movie is not supposed to be a love story as it originally is; in fact I have no idea what genre it fits into.
Visually I believe it lives up to the grotesqueness of the zombie apocalypse. This statement is also a warning to you if you have a sensitive stomach. Just because it is combined with a classic love story doesn't mean that they went short on displaying the savageness. Blood, brain eating and rotten flesh (lots of gross rotten flesh) is a common sight throughout the movie. If you don't like seeing your characters eating other characters, you have been warned.
In a nutshell, I can say that this movie is watchable if you don't have great expectations. If you don't mind the blood and not looking for a great screenplay also if you think Batman sounds cool, this is the movie for you.
Bu hey, it's just my humble opinion.
What do you think? Feel free to leave a comment.
Until next time, thank you for reading. =)
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