tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19337329.post1518386751005883487..comments2023-10-29T10:20:31.368-04:00Comments on Cutting Room Reviews: Not interestedYaseen Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908587347677660287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19337329.post-19821358724560964802009-01-16T22:03:00.000-05:002009-01-16T22:03:00.000-05:00Schematic? Yes.Boring? Hardly.Chalk up the first t...Schematic? Yes.<BR/>Boring? Hardly.<BR/><BR/>Chalk up the first to Fielding's admitted <I>Pride and Prejudice</I> hangover, which the book blatantly borrows from. But even after several revisits, I still laugh my ass off, and her calculated build-ups to character reveals, (both minor and major), and Bridget's public humiliations get me every time.<BR/><BR/>It's also a product of its time ('95, if I remember correctly), so the journal-style device is certainly dated and tired, but it's still very entertaining material.Yaseen Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908587347677660287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19337329.post-1098656335869123492009-01-16T12:50:00.000-05:002009-01-16T12:50:00.000-05:00I enjoy the film nearly as much as you (a romantic...I enjoy the film nearly as much as you (a romantic comedy about a self-deprecating, opinionated person who works in publishing and drinks and smokes too much?), but I've often heard the novel itself is rather schematic and...boring.<BR/><BR/>Truth?Nick M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12566330717380805279noreply@blogger.com