We went to the new restaurant Violet on Southport for the Pride and Prejudice BAMJABC. The food was fine but the service was something else. We witnessed the host and the waiter getting into an argument right outside the giant window to the exposed kitchen…a concept that would have been a nice touch if the kitchen weren’t so plain and the chefs weren’t so stressed out. Everyone kept running around looking like they were about to cry which did not make for enjoyable eating. But alas, this is not a restaurant review...it is a book review. We thought Pride and Prejudice was terrible.
No you goofballs, we loved it of course. How could you not love the most romantic beautiful book in the history of books? Not to mention that the entire time you’re reading it you can remember that Mr. Darcy was played in the movie by the talented and delicious Colin Firth. My mom watched the movie recently and said, "Well, that Colin Firth sure is smoldering isn’t he?" Smoldering.
Here is a synopsis of the book:
-Colin Firth gets cast in Pride and Prejudice the A&E version.
-Colin Firth attends rehearsals and costume fittings. Mmmm...costume fittings. "Oh, I’m sorry Mr. Firth, are these pants STILL too tight on you?"
-Colin Firth spends the first part of the movie looking smolderingly at a girl who could be Elizabeth Bennett...or it could be Brooke Allen...
-Colin Firth proposes to Elizabeth Bennet and she says NO because she thinks he’s jerk. Just because he called her ugly and dissed her mom and ruined her sisters happiness and is mean to her friend Mr. Wickham. Not good enough reasons in my book. Clearly Elizabeth Bennett has never spent 5 years living as a single gal in the big city cause let me tell you...no, let me not.
-Colin Firth realizes the error of his ways and understands he has to be a little bit less of a smug ass if he wants to win the heart of Bro...er...Elizabeth.
-COLIN FIRTH TAKES HIS SHIRT OFF AND JUMPS IN A POND. Now, granted, this does not happen in the book, only in the movie. But I think Jane would have thoroughly approved of this. In the book Elizabeth sees him when he "Turns the corner down the lane" but in the movie she sees him in all his glory...and so do we. Thank A&E.
-Suddenly Elizabeth decides maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to marry him. This change of heart is more understandable in the movie due to the above reasons.
-Some scandals, including Elizabeth’s little sister being a total oldsy-timesy hobag, her older sister’s happiness being unruined by Colin Firth, Mr. Wickham being exposed as a douche who people should be mean to (Thanks to Colin Firth) and some other stuff. In the end everything good that happens is thanks to Colin Firth and everything bad is prevented from being worse thanks to Colin Firth. Just like in life.
-Elizabeth marries Colin Firth and they live happiy ever after in his gigantor mansion.
-Colin realizes he can’t keep living this lie, leaves Elizabeth and comes to Chicago where he marries me instead.
So, I’m generally not movie star crazy. I remember a time in my life when I was very young and in early high school and had this sort of devastating crush on Leonardo DiCaprio until my stepdad bought me one of those teen idol books full of pictures of Leo and I thought..."This has gone to far." Now I think he’s a decent actor although he does look a little bloaty most of the time doesn’t he? Anyway, Colin Firth is my only Hollywood Hearthrob anymore and I think I’m seriously in love with him a little. Not just Mr. Darcy Colin, but also Brigitte Jones Diary Colin, Love Actually Colin, that other movie he was in Colin. Anyway, Colin was at Sapa, the restaurant where my brother works in NYC, filming a movie with Uma Thurman for a few days and my brother got to talk to him quite a bit. (My brother might actually show up in the movie, yay Tater!) I was all a fluster during this time and would call my brother every night after the shoot asking how Colin was...what he’d been wearing, if he’d asked about me. Tate finally said to him, "Listen, I never do this but I have a little sister who is in love with you and would kill me if I didn’t get your autograph." And Tate SWEARS that he got the autograph on a bar tab in triplicate. I have yet to see this alleged autograph so I’m not convinced of it’s existence. But if I ever do get it I will certainly scan it into the blog right away. I know you are all drenched with anticipation.
No you goofballs, we loved it of course. How could you not love the most romantic beautiful book in the history of books? Not to mention that the entire time you’re reading it you can remember that Mr. Darcy was played in the movie by the talented and delicious Colin Firth. My mom watched the movie recently and said, "Well, that Colin Firth sure is smoldering isn’t he?" Smoldering.
Here is a synopsis of the book:
-Colin Firth gets cast in Pride and Prejudice the A&E version.
-Colin Firth attends rehearsals and costume fittings. Mmmm...costume fittings. "Oh, I’m sorry Mr. Firth, are these pants STILL too tight on you?"
-Colin Firth spends the first part of the movie looking smolderingly at a girl who could be Elizabeth Bennett...or it could be Brooke Allen...
-Colin Firth proposes to Elizabeth Bennet and she says NO because she thinks he’s jerk. Just because he called her ugly and dissed her mom and ruined her sisters happiness and is mean to her friend Mr. Wickham. Not good enough reasons in my book. Clearly Elizabeth Bennett has never spent 5 years living as a single gal in the big city cause let me tell you...no, let me not.
-Colin Firth realizes the error of his ways and understands he has to be a little bit less of a smug ass if he wants to win the heart of Bro...er...Elizabeth.
-COLIN FIRTH TAKES HIS SHIRT OFF AND JUMPS IN A POND. Now, granted, this does not happen in the book, only in the movie. But I think Jane would have thoroughly approved of this. In the book Elizabeth sees him when he "Turns the corner down the lane" but in the movie she sees him in all his glory...and so do we. Thank A&E.-Suddenly Elizabeth decides maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to marry him. This change of heart is more understandable in the movie due to the above reasons.
-Some scandals, including Elizabeth’s little sister being a total oldsy-timesy hobag, her older sister’s happiness being unruined by Colin Firth, Mr. Wickham being exposed as a douche who people should be mean to (Thanks to Colin Firth) and some other stuff. In the end everything good that happens is thanks to Colin Firth and everything bad is prevented from being worse thanks to Colin Firth. Just like in life.
-Elizabeth marries Colin Firth and they live happiy ever after in his gigantor mansion.
-Colin realizes he can’t keep living this lie, leaves Elizabeth and comes to Chicago where he marries me instead.
So, I’m generally not movie star crazy. I remember a time in my life when I was very young and in early high school and had this sort of devastating crush on Leonardo DiCaprio until my stepdad bought me one of those teen idol books full of pictures of Leo and I thought..."This has gone to far." Now I think he’s a decent actor although he does look a little bloaty most of the time doesn’t he? Anyway, Colin Firth is my only Hollywood Hearthrob anymore and I think I’m seriously in love with him a little. Not just Mr. Darcy Colin, but also Brigitte Jones Diary Colin, Love Actually Colin, that other movie he was in Colin. Anyway, Colin was at Sapa, the restaurant where my brother works in NYC, filming a movie with Uma Thurman for a few days and my brother got to talk to him quite a bit. (My brother might actually show up in the movie, yay Tater!) I was all a fluster during this time and would call my brother every night after the shoot asking how Colin was...what he’d been wearing, if he’d asked about me. Tate finally said to him, "Listen, I never do this but I have a little sister who is in love with you and would kill me if I didn’t get your autograph." And Tate SWEARS that he got the autograph on a bar tab in triplicate. I have yet to see this alleged autograph so I’m not convinced of it’s existence. But if I ever do get it I will certainly scan it into the blog right away. I know you are all drenched with anticipation.
Huh? Oh yeah, the book. It was wonderful, I sighed a lot while I was reading it and especially during the last few chapters. It was really dreamy. I suggest if you have never read Austen and you are a girl and you love Colin Firth that you start with this book. And also that you back off my man.Although here is someone slightly more obsessed than I...
http://colinfirth-anappreciation.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html
Basically, if you are only ever going to read one Jane Austen book, pick this one. It’s the most famous and most romantic and the most Firthy. Or better yet, just watch the movie.
Sigh. 
4 comments:
Two things:
1) What if you've never read Austen and you're a guy and you love Colin Firth? Should I still read it?
2) I am astonished by the talent in the cast of the Mamma Mia movie. I mean, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Stellan I-don't-know-how -to-make-that-mark-on-the-top-of-your -last name, Amanda "I was awesome on Veronica Mars" Seyfried, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski…we are aware this is a shitty ABBA musical, right?! I can't quite process it.
Seriously, I got goose pimples reading this. Primarily because Colin Firth is the man I would run away from home and happiness to be with. Smoldering. Yep, that sums it up. And now I'm drooling, literally.
So now we can have A & E P & P night.
Ahhhh...firthyness...I heart P&P so much, and as far as I'm concerned the A&E version of the movie is really the only version, sorry Keira. And Colin really does manage to play smug ass very, very well.
So, remember Circle of Friends? He was in that too. I saw, just last weekend The Legion. Crappy roman empire war-type movie, but colin firth was often seen all sweaty and cute (thanks Geoff):)
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