更新时间:2005-11-05
冬冬 • 新娘与偏见:A different approach
So, I'm really not sure what to say about this Bollywood version of my beloved "Pride and Prejudice". The story, the music, the colors, the visuals, the glamorous settings, two attractive main characters, everything is there. However, I am just not loving it as I should be. I'll explain in a bit.
Quick summary of the story in case you don't know:
"The main plot focuses on the relationship between wealthy workaholic Will Darcy (Martin Henderson) and Lalita Bakshi (the "Elizabeth Bennett" role, played by Aishwarya Rai), the second daughter of a middle-class Indian couple. When Darcy arrives in Lalita's hometown of Amritsar, it's contempt at first sight, but as these two mismatched individuals get to know one another, love blooms. There are plenty of complications, not the least of which are Lalita's pride and Darcy's prejudice."
The film is enjoyable, light-hearted, funny at times, bright and colorful. However, some scenes are too obnoxious and loud, the relationship between Darcy and Lalita was developed too quickly, Darcy is way too pretty and not enough darkness in him, the lip-synching during musical numbers are hard to watch, and the whole idea that everybody (except Darcy) in the story are Indians is just a bit hard to grasp. It's difficult for me to accept a different approach to a story that I know so well, especially when the "Pride and Prejudice" miniseries(with Colin Firth) is still so deeply-rooted in my mind.
Also, please be warned, watching Sayid from "Lost" gettin' jiggy wit' it was an extremely painful experience.
After watching this, I think I'm anticipating the more traditional "Pride and Prejudice" remake that's due out end of this year more than ever now.
http://wintervalley.blogspot.com/2005/11/bride-and-prejudice.html
Quick summary of the story in case you don't know:
"The main plot focuses on the relationship between wealthy workaholic Will Darcy (Martin Henderson) and Lalita Bakshi (the "Elizabeth Bennett" role, played by Aishwarya Rai), the second daughter of a middle-class Indian couple. When Darcy arrives in Lalita's hometown of Amritsar, it's contempt at first sight, but as these two mismatched individuals get to know one another, love blooms. There are plenty of complications, not the least of which are Lalita's pride and Darcy's prejudice."
The film is enjoyable, light-hearted, funny at times, bright and colorful. However, some scenes are too obnoxious and loud, the relationship between Darcy and Lalita was developed too quickly, Darcy is way too pretty and not enough darkness in him, the lip-synching during musical numbers are hard to watch, and the whole idea that everybody (except Darcy) in the story are Indians is just a bit hard to grasp. It's difficult for me to accept a different approach to a story that I know so well, especially when the "Pride and Prejudice" miniseries(with Colin Firth) is still so deeply-rooted in my mind.
Also, please be warned, watching Sayid from "Lost" gettin' jiggy wit' it was an extremely painful experience.
After watching this, I think I'm anticipating the more traditional "Pride and Prejudice" remake that's due out end of this year more than ever now.
http://wintervalley.blogspot.com/2005/11/bride-and-prejudice.html
新娘与偏见Bride & Prejudice(2004)
又名：爱斗气爱上你
上映日期：2004-10-08(英国)片长：111分钟
主演：艾西瓦娅·雷 Aishwarya Rai/马丁·亨德森 Martin Henderson/阿努潘·凯尔 Anupam Kher/纳威恩·安德利维斯 Naveen Andrews/娜姆拉塔·施洛德卡 Namrata Shirodkar/丹尼尔·吉里斯 Daniel Gillies/因迪拉·瓦玛 India Varma/Sonali Kulkarni/Nitin Ganatra/阿丽克西斯·布莱德尔 Alexis Bledel/玛莎·马森 Marsha Mason/亚香缇 Ashanti/乔治娜·查普曼 Georgina Chapman/里克·沃登 Rick Warden/Saira Banu/顾伦德·查达哈 Gurinder Chadha/Prem Chopra/Michael Dotson
导演：Gurinder Chadha编剧：顾伦德·查达哈 Gurinder Chadha/简·奥斯汀 Jane Austen/保罗·梅达·贝哲斯 Paul Mayeda Berges
