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• 1986-04-21
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• Melbourne, Aus. Though I'd prefer to be somewhere else.
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• 2004-10-16
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• Student for a little longer. Volunteer. need a paying job
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• Um.. a few academic awards, basketball premierships, a hockey premiership and a few dozen other things.
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• 1999, late starter
Favorite Anime
• Trigun (all time favourite), .Hack//Sign, .Hack//Legend of the Twilight, Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Bleach, Elfen Lied, Code Geass, Fate/Stay Night, darker than Black, FLCL, The list continues...
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• To write a novel, to get into honours.
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• Acting, Writing, playing Hockey, watching TV, Playing Videogames,eating, sleeping.
Talents
• I'm a decent Hockey player, I can act and if I feel like it can spin a few words together.

myOtaku.com: Meggido

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Pride and Prejudice

SO I've just watched the American film version of Pride and Prejudice. I must say that I would have to say it is probably the poorest adaptation of the book I've seen. First to get why I saw this film, I read the book for year 12 Literature and even with studying it which usually ruins a text for me, it has to be one of my favourite texts ever. I also have to say the best adaptation was the mini-series made by the BBC.

So issues I had with this film, or to be specific I had issues with the portrayel of a number of the characters. The main ones being Mr Bennett (too cold and dry but none of the dry humor of the novel), Mr Bingley (made to look like a complete idiot), Mr. Collins (too serious and not played as over the top as his character is made out in the novel), Lydia (not as childish as she should be), and Bingley's sister (who seemed less conniving then the novel). The ones character I did not have issues with was Mr Wickham who was the pretty boy he was supposed to be.

On another note it was good how they made it so that almost every major sequence from the novel was in the film, however I did not like how they changed some of the sequences. For one, where Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, it was a lot more sharp and the two seemed to attack each other more with scathing words then is made in the book. There was also a lot less emphasis on conversation. Now in my opinion conversation is what makes the book so great but in this film it seem to make it seem less a factor in development, and tries to avoid it as a source for getting across elaborate emotions, feelings and understanding.

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