Extreme Prejudice (DVD)

Advantages: Beautifully shot film
Disadvantages: Making Mr Darcy an American

...I had to analyse this film and compared it to the book for the speech and ideolect for one of my assignments. I bought the DVD for £5 off amazon.co.uk which turned out to be an ex rental copy which was annoying because you can fast forward the ads on it. I normally don't like musicals but this was for Uni. The musical film Bride and Prejudice is made in a Bollywood style and was adapted by Gurinder Chadha. The story Set in Amritza, India for the first part of the film and in London, UK and LA, California for the second part, the Bakshi are the centre family of this story. Mrs Bakshi has 4 daughters that she wants to marry off to wealth men but their second daughter who's called Lalita is stubborn and wants to marry for love and not for money. Lalita is played by Aishwaraya Rai. When her best friend gets married, she... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Great story, excellent script, direction, acting, camerawork, action and loads of others....
Disadvantages: Brando and a weak ending

...their own mistakes on others and want those mistakes "terminated with extreme prejudice". Kurtz proved to be a thorn in their side and so they want him "terminated" but without any fair trial - so much for democracy. If you've seen Coppola's documentary (Heart of Darkness) then you will be aware of how much time, effort & money (and health in Sheen's case!) it took to get the script turned into film and in my judgement it is perhaps the best movie indictment of America's protracted stay in Vietnam, and more specifically, Cambodia. (a film even Oliver Stone would be proud of!) The acting, with the exception of Brando, is truly breathtaking, especially from Sheen as a man high on booze & drugs and who can flip his normally cool manner with acts of sudden violence & aggression (the machine gun attack on the boat being the most abrasive... Read review

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Advantages: Keira Knightley
Disadvantages: Pace

...snack - this Pride & Prejudice might satisfy you for a short while, however if you are looking for an elegant five course meal, only the original BBC series will satisfy your hunger and delight your taste-buds! My advice is to purchase the original BBC series on DVD. You will be blessed with five hours of beautiful Austen craftsmanship.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful