Pride & Prejudice
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Movie Reviews of Pride & Prejudice
Movie Review: Personally... I loved it
Summary: 5 Stars
Many people didn't like this because it wasn't truly a "real" Pride & Prejudice remake, and because it really wasn't "period".
I personally liked its airy, lighthearted feel. Extremely easy to follow and it isn't filled with things that shouldn't be there. It is perfectly shot.
It is the only version of Pride & Prejudice I like enough to where I don't have to fast forward through parts I don't like. I like it in its entirety and while Keira Knightley was, MAYBE, miscast, I adored Rosamund Pike (Jane). Maybe she would have made a better Elizabeth. I don't know.
I also liked Matthew Macfadyen in the role of Mr. Darcy. Of course, I know him better from MI-5, but I was able to put that role aside. He played Mr. Darcy very well. I liked him a lot.
I do believe that Jenna Malone's (Lydia) "British accent" was a very bad one. She was definitely miscast in this role.
Movie Review: clash of cultures/modern versus regency
Summary: 4 Stars
Just for fun, I watched the Director's commentary with the film and now understand why watching this film is like looking through a broken kaleidoscope. It starts with birds chirping on a beautiful landscape, moves to an odd close up, over the shoulder, of a book Lizzie is reading, but you can't see the title of, then has her walking over a FILTHY duck pond into a working farm house, eavesdropping on her parents.
The whole movie goes back and forth between modern use of cameras against a backdrop of regency styles. The family, the costumes, the houses, are all regency, while the camera work fractures the story-telling with its movement from harshly lit close ups to single hand held shots. In the commentary, even the director admits Dame Judy Dench looks awful in her close ups when she comes to visit Lizzie in the middle of the night to confront her about Darcy's proposal. He talks about getting ideas on the way to filming different scenes - like the sunlit close up of Lizzie when she travels to Derbyshire with her aunt and uncle came to him when he put his head out the car door in the sunlight when he was going to a film location.
This story seems filmed a bit off the hip, or off the cuff - improvised!
I still love it. The unspoiled landscapes are gorgeous. From the Longbourne house with its moat and surrounding wildlife and even the farm life to the gorgeous grecian temple in Wiltshire - I will try to go there now that I know where it is - where Darcy proposes makes me melt to the cadence of Matthew MacFadyen's voice. I want to go there just to listen to the echoes of the scene - in the rain, of course. He is a revelation as Darcy, although I can also picture him in modern terms as a spy in his series Spooks. But he is fun and sexy. The close up of his hand after he touches Elizabeth helping her into the carriage is glorious.
I would recommend listening to the directors comments about ALL his casting choices, what he feels about their performances, the design of the sets, and how he made his decisions in telling the story. (the ribbon dyeing scene is wonderful).
So I would recommend this film to anyone. But I would caution them that it is a clash of sensibilities - modern and regency.
Thanks for making it.
Emily Linden, RN, BA.
Movie Review: Pride and Prejudice
Summary: 5 Stars
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Summary: 2 Stars
Being an annual reader of Pride and Prejudice and a lover of Jane Austen's humor and insight, I found this film to be at best disappointing. Austen's humor was lost in translation to say the least. Elizabeth Bennet was morphed into a dreamy eyed, slightly naughty, tousled haired temptress. Her father, Mr. Bennet, was, despite the acting talents of Donald Sutherland, transformed into a frousled, woolly, bumbling father who simply didn't know how to be a parent. All that aside, the photography is lovely, the costumes are beautiful, and the soundtrack is delightful, but this simply isn't Jane Austen. For a proper film version of this wonderful book try the A&E version starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle or the BBC. The A&E version may six one-hour episodes, but, with minor alterations, it's magnificently produced, witty, beautifully acted, and absolutely true to the book and entirely in keeping with Austen's writing.Movie Review: Beauty, Romance . . . What's Not To Love?
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't claim to be an expert on the novels of Jane Austen and don't judge this adaptation according to the original story or any previous versions. Focusing on this 2005 film version starring Keira Knightly as Elizabeth, I found it filled with beauty, romance, music and breathtaking scenery. The casting is nearly perfect as each of the characters comes to life in a highly believable manner. Knightly does an extraordinary job at expressing her love of her sisters (even the kooky younger girls) and her father, along with her initial distaste for Darcy.
I particularly enjoyed the peformances of Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennett, and the appearance of Dame Judy Dench. It's a championship moment when Elizabeth stands up to her in the middle of the night--as good as her romantic scenes with Darcy.
Everything about this film make it a period piece that completely capsulizes a point in time and a classic work of fiction. I will watch it again and again and again.