pRiD3 & Pr3jUDicE

Ahh, the end of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and Pride and Prejudice along with it. I can see why a lot of people liked the diaries. I mean the jokes and dialogue were pretty corny for my tastes, but nonetheless still entertaining. It also serves as a pretty true Pride and Prejudice adaptation. With the characters names and attitudes still present and the storyline progressing in the same way the book does (with some changes here and there), it does pretty well to adapt the novel.

The few changes to the story are also nice. With the story taking place in our generation, having the story unfold via YouTube vlog is entirely appropriate. However, that limits how many characters can be in the story at one, which leads to characters being mentioned rather than seen in some parts of the vlog. Also, without actually seeing what’s going on in the lives of the characters, we only have Lizzie’s point of view which kinda makes the audience’s judgement of other characters a little biased.

The way they also try to modernize the story leads was bound to lead to some changes in the way the story progressed, but I don’t think any of them were undesired or really out there, and I think that’s what makes the diaries so popular. Also, I wonder how many people actually thought this story was real. Like…the acting wasn’t terrible, but I found it really hard to believe that this was someone’s actual life and that all this stuff was really happening to “Lizzie”. Idk…It could just be because I knew that this wasn’t supposed to be real, but I really can’t imagine anyone else thinking otherwise.

Overall, I can’t say that I’m more enamored with Pride and Prejudice or The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, but I’m glad I read it. At the very least, if a random person asks me if I have read the novel or if I know anything about the story, I could say “Why do you care? I don’t even know you…?”