Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Well, first time for accident I saw the trailer I was shocked, I used to really love Jane Austen's adaptation movies, because love her work. But this was different and trailer was kind of too much for me.

Nevertheless, I felt curiosity about it. And then I saw it. I must confess that I had seen "Pride and Prejudice"'s Joe Wright (2005) like thousands of times and zombies don't bother me so why not? well the movie was just Lovely! Seen this girls as a powerful warriors, seen our beloved Lizzie fight it against zombies without fear, with grace and elegance was great! There are some things make me doubt but is refreshing, have some action, some brains and of course Mr. Darcy the personification of charming prince doesn't disappoint is sexy in his own way.

The landscapes are beautiful, some great actors around and zombies are OK. It's not the movie that will change your life but if you are a big fan you're going to smile you'll thrill every time Mr. Darcy and Lizzie's eyes meet and with every interaction. it doesn't matter if are zombies, plants, aliens or whatever. This is one of the biggest love stories of all times.

Zombie infestation is spreading uncontrollably fast, they are literally everywhere, even in spin-off of Pride and Prejudice. It may sound bizarre at first, and it really is, but there's no lack of production value here. The presentation is top notch and the cast, mixed of actors from Maleficent, Cinderella, Doctor Who and Game of Thrones, deliver an air of seriousness beyond that expected from a zombie movie, also with unexpected degree of humor as well.

This is still the story of British aristocrats and their so troubled lives in 19th century, though some aspects have been altered to accommodate zombies, even as far as to present backstory with heavy monologue and narration. It doesn't deter the movie from going full drama as the cast essentially creates a drama while acting like zombie killing is as the norm as sipping afternoon tea. These fine men and ladies look astoundingly fitting in the outlandishly bleak universe.

Lily James, if born into different time, might be a legitimate princess. She looks comfortably convincing as Elizabeth Bennet, the zombie hunter version of the female lead at least. Sam Riley as Darcy is proper as well, he encompasses the awkward nobility with a fervent passion. These two have strange chemistry, especially when zombies are involved, yet it's weirdly adorably amicable. Matt Smith from Doctor Who fame, can singlehandedly delivers the humor, he's simply too versatile and endearing not to have in old style England.

The humor works splendidly, there are times when sarcasm is produced just right against the backdrop of the somber tone. Its playful romance, bantering and even cringe worthy moments are pleasantly delightful. However, the jarring tone can be too distracting at times. The movie screams too hard to set grim horror, a staple flaw in horror genre and on the other side of spectrum, it's occasionally overly zealous in the drama that it becomes wallowing or slow.

An odd bite of contrasting drama and comedy, yet surprisingly enjoyable, this seemingly crazy version of Pride and Prejudice can serendipitously attract audience of many different tastes.

I know most people who love PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen are furious about this movie even existing, let alone being successful. But I actually liked it a lot!

I know the original classic fairly well (I'm a former high school English teacher and a current college librarian) and I was astonished almost from the very beginning at how much of the dialogue comes direct from Jane Austen's novel. All of the issues that really matter and the conflicts that draw the reader into the novel are still very much alive in the movie. It's just that they are juxtaposed against the horror of the walking dead.

I can't say enough about the good looking young (and not so young) cast members. I was absolutely blown away by how seriously Lily James and Sam Riley took the relationship between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Both of them are so skilled at projecting courage and integrity combined with deep feelings and hidden pain. They never seem silly even when they're doing very silly things, i.e. cutting each others' clothes to bits in a sword fight. Bella Heathcote and Douglas Booth as Jane Bennett and Mr. Bingley are almost as good, and I have to say, visually they are absolutely perfect as the characters from Jane Austen's novel. And the supporting players are absolutely outstanding! You just cannot go wrong with Charles Dance as Mr. Bennett. His performance is exactly what you would hope for in a serious adaptation. Though that's true of every actor in the cast, really. Lena Headey is an exquisite Lady Catherine DeBurgh, though her character is ultimately just a little more sympathetic towards Elizabeth than she is in the novel. Even Jack Huston, who has been a hero of mine ever since his epic role as disfigured World War One veteran Richard Harrow in BOARDWALK EMPIRE, is an effective villain as Mr. Wickham. Best of all is Matt Smith, who takes the thankless role of the hateful Mr. Collins and turns it into an irresistible Peter Sellers style comic explosion. He's that good.

Let's face it, a Jane Austen zombie movie is not for everyone. But if you're willing to be open minded and you enjoy great acting, comedy and romance, this just might be for you. The sword fights are exciting, the love scenes (including the arguments) are authentically romantic, and the blood and guts are never really that gross. Oh, and if you do go and see the movie, make sure to stay through the closing credits, because the last joke of the film is really the best!

At the beginning of the 19th century, along with the silks and spices of the colonies, an abominable and virulent plague arrived in Britain that caused in the infected an insatiable hunger for human brains. Millions of them perished and returned to life as hungry and bloody zombies. Today, almost a century later, the last battle between the living and the dead is still to be fought, and the Bennet sisters will not miss the event. As the Bennet sisters-Elizabeth (Lily James), Jane (Bella Heathcote), Kitty (Suki Waterhouse), Lydia (Ellie Bamber), and Mary (Millie Brady) have all been trained in the art of weaponry. Mrs. Bennet (Charles Dance) and Mrs. Bennet's (Sally Phillips) only want to see her daughters married off to wealthy suitors. Meanwhile, the Bennets attend a country dance also attended by newcomers Colonel Darcy (Sam Riley), his good friend the amiable Charles Bingley (Douglas Booth). "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Bloody lovely !. For future , for love, for family, everyone must fight !. Slay with pride. Kill with prejudice. To survive 19th century England, they'll need beauty, wealth and a killer instinct !.

Action, horror, gore, bone-chilling scenes, romantic cinema and a certain amount of black humor come together in this free adaptation of the best seller by Seth Grahame-Smith. The latter is an author from whom other novels had previously been adapted, such as Abraham Lincoln, vampirehunter. This exciting movie was well written and directed by Burr Steers; displaying romance, unstopped action, thrills , spectacular fighting , graphic violence, and being pretty entertaining. Packs large amount of struggles , guts and gore , there's a huge body count, this one actually knocks off an immense amount, several humans and zombies are beheaded, or staked bloodily in the chest, or people bitten in their necks even more impaled with large weapons. There's really savage decapitation , plenty of bodies ripped in scraps and half, including some of the most tears ever, that spill lots of guts and blood .

Seth Grahame-Smith 's Quirk Books novel, in turn, gave a twist to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, setting the action of this nineteenth-century novel in a world infested with the living dead. Thus, the independent, insightful and stubborn Elizabeth Bennett bnicely played by Lily James, ecomes here a radiant heroine, master of weapons and martial arts and trained in China along with her also exceptional sisters. The protagonists give decent performances, actors were trained heavily to be able to do a lot of his own stunt work, such as: Sam Riley as the expert zombie hunter Colonel Darcy, Jack Huston as Lieutenant George Wicham, and Bella Heathcote as Jane Bennet. Along with them, Charles Dance plays the father of the beautiful Bennet sisters, Matt Smith as suitor reverend Parson Collins and Lena Headley plays the implacable Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

It contains tense and atmospheric musical score by composer Fernando Velázquez. As well as colorful and brilliant cinematography by Remi Adefarasin . Spectacular production design and art design from David Warren, Noami More, Steve Carter. The motion picture was professionally made by Burr Steers (17 again, L, Igby Goes Do, Big Love, The New Normal, Weeds, Chapelwaite, Charlie St. Cloud) , though with no originality, because takes parts of other Zombie movies and Jane Austin novel. Rating: 6/10. The film will appeal to terror and romance genre fans.

I had very low expectations before I see this film, mainly because of the raving bad reviews, 5.7/10 puts this movie in between bad and horrible. When I was watching it, I kept expecting the movie turn bad or boring ... never did, I mean, it is not Oscar worthy, but fairly entertaining and at times convincing. The visuals are beautiful, action sequence decent, even dialogue was made in "Pride and Prejudice" fashion ... I really don't understand where such low rating comes from. This makes me wonder how many of the reviewers have actually seen the film. IMO truly one downside of this internet age is everyone just blindly follows everyone else. No one seems to have his own opinion, or it is subject to be influenced easily at any given time.