Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
I just saw it, finally. I wasn't really interested when it first came out because zombies aren't my thing AT ALL, but decided to give it a chance because Pride and Prejudice is the very definition of my thing, and I already had all the other versions.
It was awesome.
I love how they lifted about 75% percent of the dialogue directly from the book, and it had everything I love about the Regency era, except... with zombies. (And minus ships stuffed full of pretty Navyboys. Oh well.) Plus, all the girls I love were now sporting swords and pistols, and had trained at the Shaolin Temple in Henan, which I actually visited last month. (Although, if Lizzie had spent time in Henan, why did she quote The Art of War in incomprehensible supposed-to-be-Cantonese, instead of the Mandarin they speak in Henan? She referred to it as "the original Wu dialect," but I'm not convinced. But then, I only read it in an English translation, and can't quote from it at all, so I suppose I shouldn't be too picky here.)
Anyway, I was very pleasantly surprised. Very Jane Austen, except with extra-heaving bosoms (they forgot their tuckers), and extra-swashing buckles. I giggled all the way through. Will definitely watch again.
The End.
It was awesome.
I love how they lifted about 75% percent of the dialogue directly from the book, and it had everything I love about the Regency era, except... with zombies. (And minus ships stuffed full of pretty Navyboys. Oh well.) Plus, all the girls I love were now sporting swords and pistols, and had trained at the Shaolin Temple in Henan, which I actually visited last month. (Although, if Lizzie had spent time in Henan, why did she quote The Art of War in incomprehensible supposed-to-be-Cantonese, instead of the Mandarin they speak in Henan? She referred to it as "the original Wu dialect," but I'm not convinced. But then, I only read it in an English translation, and can't quote from it at all, so I suppose I shouldn't be too picky here.)
Anyway, I was very pleasantly surprised. Very Jane Austen, except with extra-heaving bosoms (they forgot their tuckers), and extra-swashing buckles. I giggled all the way through. Will definitely watch again.
The End.