In the summer of 1997, I figured out that girls exist. Shortly after, in my 10th grade literature class, we were required to read the book Pride and Prejudice. Most in the class were really disappointed by the book and its femanism and romance, but I did enjoy it somewhat. I guess I got in touch with my femanine side or somethin'.

So when the females at the house I currently live in rented the miniseries version of Pride and Prejudice, I was eager to see it. I knew that if it was half as good as the book, it'd be much better than most romance movies I had seen in my day. And, of course, it was. Sure, it stretches a lengthy six hours, but it is worth it.

I daresay it's probably the only good adaptation of a book to the film medium that I have ever seen. Part of it has to do with the length and being able to say most or all of what the book also says. But part also has to do with the fact that the book allows us to get inside the main character's head and the movie does a fairly good job of getting the thoughts of the main characters out on the screen. Not many movies have most of the "action" going on in the thoughts of the main characters, but this one does it and does it well.

Sadly, there's another remake of Pride and Prejudice coming out this year. It's gonna be terrible and will never stack up to the perfection of the miniseries version. First of all, it's being released to theaters so it cannot be longer than two or three hours. Even in the trailer I noticed a couple lines where they cut a beautiful retort of Elizabeth's from a sentence or two to a boring one-liner. Second, the main character, Lizzie, is being played by Keira Knightley. Lizzie's not supposed to be the prettiest babe in the story, by any means. As Strong Bad says, "Modestly hot, my eye!"