*Six hours no longer seems like a long time.
*You begin to wonder why all phim chiếu rạp are not six episodes long.
*You have memorized where the commercial breaks come as well as the order of the commercials in each break.
*You watch the movie all the way through non-stop - then rewind it and start all over again.
*The movie just keeps on getting better every time bạn watch it.
*On a gần đây visit to a local lake, bạn were inspired to dive in and go swimming fully clothed.
*Your relatives and Những người bạn no longer think that bạn are strange for asking them to call bạn "Lizzy".
*You sing along with the background music.
*You find ways to quote Pride and Prejudice in daily life: "That áo sơ mi is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me." ...etc...
*After hours of studying the dance scenes, bạn held a party and forced all your Những người bạn to learn the dance steps so that bạn could pretend to be Lizzy at the Netherfield Ball.
*You are saving up money to go to England to visit the filming locations.
*You made a special trip to England last năm just to visit the filming locations.
*Your itinerary includes a special trip to Pemberley where bạn plan to stand at the window and say, "Of all this I might have been mistress" - and bạn are devasted when bạn find out that this is not possible since the Pemberley interiors and exteriors were filmed in separate locations.
*You think of time in terms of the number of Pride and Prejudice episodes bạn could watch in that amount of time. For example: "I’ll see bạn in four episodes" = "I’ll see bạn in four hours."
*You have pets and stuffed toys named Lizzy and Darcy.
*You name your first two children Lizzy and Darcy.
*Right after bạn splurged and bought the P&P video boxed set, bạn made two copies of it. The original videotapes are now in your display case (along with all your other precious objects and silverware), one copy is at your relative's house in case of a fire, and the third copy is for your daily viewing.
*Others refuse to watch P&P with bạn because they find your habit of reciting the whole movie in unison with the actors annoying.
*Even though bạn have never lived in Britain, bạn now regularly speak with a British accent.
*You find yourself often saying that bạn are "excessively diverted", "quite put out" hoặc "most seriously displeased."
*You dance along with Lizzy and Darcy every time bạn watch the Netherfield Ball scene.
*You have played the whole movie in slow motion to prolong the ecstasy of watching the movie. (Unfortunately, the âm nhạc and the sound doesn't work on slow motion so bạn don't do this very often.)
*You commonly use the "frame-by-frame" advance function on your VCR so that bạn don't miss any miniscule detail of your favourite scenes.
*Upon discovering that some characters wear their costumes thêm than once in different parts of the movie, bạn were inspired to draw up a large bàn in order to tìm kiếm for possible correlations between the costume worn and the mood of the character.
*You have drawn maps and layout plans of the rooms and the buildings in the movie.
*You special ordered a CD so bạn can listen to "Mr. Beveridge's Maggot" (over and over again) even when not watching the Netherfield Ball scene (eg. in the car, on the bus, while washing dishes, on the airplane, while taking a walk, while going for a jog, while vacuuming the house, while painting a fence....)
*You own two copies of Pride and Prejudice - one for the bedside, and one for downstairs reading.
*You own three copies of The Making of Pride and Prejudice - one for the beside, one for downstairs reading, and an extra copy in case either of them gets lost.
*You giggle whenever bạn see Mrs. Bennet hoặc Mr. Collins, before they even open their mouths.
*You find yourself constantly quoting your yêu thích lines from P&P and bạn feel sorry for your family and Những người bạn when they give bạn confused looks since they have only watched P&P once (horrors!) and can't recall the lines.
*You start thinking of excuses to wear muslin dresses in the Regency style so bạn can look like Lizzy and Jane.
*You spent the past five months researching Regency fashions so that the "Netherfield Ball" dress that bạn will be wearing to the tiếp theo formal occasion is historically accurate.
*You no longer need an excuse to wear Regency style clothing - bạn now wear it everyday as your own personal fashion statement and as a indication of your progressive sense of style!
*Your family and Những người bạn put a on when and where bạn can talk about P&P because, unbelievably, they are just so sick of it. (For example, Tuesdays and Thursdays are designated P&P-free days.)
*The above happens and bạn resort to saying lines that bạn hope they won't notice are from the movie (such as: "no, no, the green one.")
*You searched everywhere for a script of the movie and finally wrote your own (by studying each scene in detail) when bạn couldn't find one. With your new script in hand, bạn often recruit all your Những người bạn and force them to be a part of your P&P play while bạn simultaneously ngôi sao as Lizzy (or Darcy) and direct it so that it matches the movie exactly.
*You have a complete danh sách of all the differences between the book and the movie.
*Your danh sách of differences is cross-referenced to the script of the movie that bạn wrote earlier.
*Every time bạn open "The Making of P&P" book, bạn immediately have to start watching the video all over again!
*Saturday night finds bạn and your best friend putting your hair in buns and curling your bangs into ringlets in an attempt to imitate Regency hairstyles.
*You start referring to your ex and his new ditzy girlfriend as Wickham and Lydia.
*You realize everyone in your life fits a character in P&P, and bạn start desperately asking your "Colonel Fitzwilliam" if he has any cousins.
*When your friend declares a dislike for P&P, bạn seriously consider and re-evaluate the basis of your friendship.
*You have written your own stories to conclude the lives of the other characters in the movie.
*You are very proud of your most gần đây story, called P&P: The tiếp theo Generation.
*You tape a picture of Lizzy (or Darcy) to your ceiling so it's the first thing bạn see when bạn wake up in the morning.
*You download pictures of the movie from the internet to put in picture frames in your living room.
*As an excuse to watch P&P thêm often, bạn contact every friend and acquaintance bạn can think of and offer to loan them the P&P tapes (the backup ones, of course) with the understanding that bạn need to be there for the viewing.
*You can relate to most hoặc all of the signs mentioned above!
Compliments of Yvette Lu (link)
*You begin to wonder why all phim chiếu rạp are not six episodes long.
*You have memorized where the commercial breaks come as well as the order of the commercials in each break.
*You watch the movie all the way through non-stop - then rewind it and start all over again.
*The movie just keeps on getting better every time bạn watch it.
*On a gần đây visit to a local lake, bạn were inspired to dive in and go swimming fully clothed.
*Your relatives and Những người bạn no longer think that bạn are strange for asking them to call bạn "Lizzy".
*You sing along with the background music.
*You find ways to quote Pride and Prejudice in daily life: "That áo sơ mi is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me." ...etc...
*After hours of studying the dance scenes, bạn held a party and forced all your Những người bạn to learn the dance steps so that bạn could pretend to be Lizzy at the Netherfield Ball.
*You are saving up money to go to England to visit the filming locations.
*You made a special trip to England last năm just to visit the filming locations.
*Your itinerary includes a special trip to Pemberley where bạn plan to stand at the window and say, "Of all this I might have been mistress" - and bạn are devasted when bạn find out that this is not possible since the Pemberley interiors and exteriors were filmed in separate locations.
*You think of time in terms of the number of Pride and Prejudice episodes bạn could watch in that amount of time. For example: "I’ll see bạn in four episodes" = "I’ll see bạn in four hours."
*You have pets and stuffed toys named Lizzy and Darcy.
*You name your first two children Lizzy and Darcy.
*Right after bạn splurged and bought the P&P video boxed set, bạn made two copies of it. The original videotapes are now in your display case (along with all your other precious objects and silverware), one copy is at your relative's house in case of a fire, and the third copy is for your daily viewing.
*Others refuse to watch P&P with bạn because they find your habit of reciting the whole movie in unison with the actors annoying.
*Even though bạn have never lived in Britain, bạn now regularly speak with a British accent.
*You find yourself often saying that bạn are "excessively diverted", "quite put out" hoặc "most seriously displeased."
*You dance along with Lizzy and Darcy every time bạn watch the Netherfield Ball scene.
*You have played the whole movie in slow motion to prolong the ecstasy of watching the movie. (Unfortunately, the âm nhạc and the sound doesn't work on slow motion so bạn don't do this very often.)
*You commonly use the "frame-by-frame" advance function on your VCR so that bạn don't miss any miniscule detail of your favourite scenes.
*Upon discovering that some characters wear their costumes thêm than once in different parts of the movie, bạn were inspired to draw up a large bàn in order to tìm kiếm for possible correlations between the costume worn and the mood of the character.
*You have drawn maps and layout plans of the rooms and the buildings in the movie.
*You special ordered a CD so bạn can listen to "Mr. Beveridge's Maggot" (over and over again) even when not watching the Netherfield Ball scene (eg. in the car, on the bus, while washing dishes, on the airplane, while taking a walk, while going for a jog, while vacuuming the house, while painting a fence....)
*You own two copies of Pride and Prejudice - one for the bedside, and one for downstairs reading.
*You own three copies of The Making of Pride and Prejudice - one for the beside, one for downstairs reading, and an extra copy in case either of them gets lost.
*You giggle whenever bạn see Mrs. Bennet hoặc Mr. Collins, before they even open their mouths.
*You find yourself constantly quoting your yêu thích lines from P&P and bạn feel sorry for your family and Những người bạn when they give bạn confused looks since they have only watched P&P once (horrors!) and can't recall the lines.
*You start thinking of excuses to wear muslin dresses in the Regency style so bạn can look like Lizzy and Jane.
*You spent the past five months researching Regency fashions so that the "Netherfield Ball" dress that bạn will be wearing to the tiếp theo formal occasion is historically accurate.
*You no longer need an excuse to wear Regency style clothing - bạn now wear it everyday as your own personal fashion statement and as a indication of your progressive sense of style!
*Your family and Những người bạn put a on when and where bạn can talk about P&P because, unbelievably, they are just so sick of it. (For example, Tuesdays and Thursdays are designated P&P-free days.)
*The above happens and bạn resort to saying lines that bạn hope they won't notice are from the movie (such as: "no, no, the green one.")
*You searched everywhere for a script of the movie and finally wrote your own (by studying each scene in detail) when bạn couldn't find one. With your new script in hand, bạn often recruit all your Những người bạn and force them to be a part of your P&P play while bạn simultaneously ngôi sao as Lizzy (or Darcy) and direct it so that it matches the movie exactly.
*You have a complete danh sách of all the differences between the book and the movie.
*Your danh sách of differences is cross-referenced to the script of the movie that bạn wrote earlier.
*Every time bạn open "The Making of P&P" book, bạn immediately have to start watching the video all over again!
*Saturday night finds bạn and your best friend putting your hair in buns and curling your bangs into ringlets in an attempt to imitate Regency hairstyles.
*You start referring to your ex and his new ditzy girlfriend as Wickham and Lydia.
*You realize everyone in your life fits a character in P&P, and bạn start desperately asking your "Colonel Fitzwilliam" if he has any cousins.
*When your friend declares a dislike for P&P, bạn seriously consider and re-evaluate the basis of your friendship.
*You have written your own stories to conclude the lives of the other characters in the movie.
*You are very proud of your most gần đây story, called P&P: The tiếp theo Generation.
*You tape a picture of Lizzy (or Darcy) to your ceiling so it's the first thing bạn see when bạn wake up in the morning.
*You download pictures of the movie from the internet to put in picture frames in your living room.
*As an excuse to watch P&P thêm often, bạn contact every friend and acquaintance bạn can think of and offer to loan them the P&P tapes (the backup ones, of course) with the understanding that bạn need to be there for the viewing.
*You can relate to most hoặc all of the signs mentioned above!
Compliments of Yvette Lu (link)
