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greatbritonDriving: I had to drive at work today. the first day I did was kind of hectic and I was all lost and disoriented half the time. But today was rather fun. I found everything very easily and didn't get lost once. :) !! Yay Me!!! But I did get stiffed for the first time today...that bastard of a man.
Pride & Prejudice: Awww!! *girly squee of girly-like girliness!!*
Katie and I went to watch it since the movie theater sucked my balls the first time around.
I really enjoyed the movie. I thought it was well played by the actors...and I had real hesitation about Mr. MacFadyen as Mr. Darcy. He seemed smaller but was actually quite a large man and played it very well. Half way through I was cursing the damn movie for cutting up so much of the small amount of time Darcy is there.
The biggest problem I had was that it was all so mashed together. But that's what is to be expected with a two hour movie based off a book. Everything moved so fast and a lot wasn't given much time to...flourish.
Anyway, I will rant a ramble under a cut because I will probably end up ranting and rambling like a fool.
Firstly, Keira Knightly was lovely. I would turn lesbian for her, its just so true!!! She was a brilliant Elizabeth. I keep comparing this adaptation to the Mini Series adaptation though, and comparing her performance with Jennifer Ehle, and its just not fair. Both were very good, but this two hour movie didn't allow Keira Knightly to do what was allowed to be done in the Mini Series, which had about five hours to tell the story.
And then there's the Mr. Darcy. I liked how they kept with him and his looks, since a lot of his dialogue was cut out, which would make it much harder to figure out his character. I would have loved for more moments of squabbling between Elizabeth and Darcy to have been done. They are so brilliant and having the dialogue of the ones they did keep cut and moved about grated on me a bit. It would have helped to establish the dislike of Darcy much better for the beginning of the story. I don't think this movie made him distant enough...at least in the beginning. But eh. Oh, but I did love the awkward intrusion scene...when he walked in on Elizabeth to try and start some conversation to very little success. AWWWW! And the moment I would have loved to see done closer to the book would have been when Elizabeth and the Gardiner's are at Pemberley and stumble upon Darcy. I didn't like the rushed and short way they did it in the movie.
Nothing made me hate the time constraints more then the lessened importance of a lot of characters, or what they did with them. I don't think the Mr. Collins was absurd enough, but then he was a serious kind of absurd. Mr. Wickham, who I think is a important character, was almost non existant...and that made the whole Lydia/Wickham thing a bit strange. And that's supposed to be a big moment...when Elizabeth realizes she loves zee Darcy but at the same time realizes its too late and he'll have nothing to do with her anymore. OH! And the scene where she comes out with the letter and tells them about Lydia/Wickham...because she's not there alone with Darcy, it loses a bit of the weight carried with it when he leaves suddenly with the words "I am afraid you have been long desiring my absensce," and she knows that she'll probably never see him again. OH! I would have loved that type of scene with this cast.
I didn't like that the other sister and her husband, the Hursts', were cut from the movie all together. And Ms. Bingley was minimized. I didn't like it but they weren't NECESSARY I guess...and if something had to go, I guess. *sigh*
But I did enjoy some of the additions...like Bingley and Darcy before Bingley goes back to propose to Jane. I did like the scene when Darcy and Elizabeth meet in the morning in the fog....but it was a bit odd. More romantic, I guess but a little inappropriate for the characters...and the lack of a lot of the original dialogue during that scene took away a bit of the humor.
Oh but I'm nit picking! It was very good. But for the very very end. That final part after Mr. Bennet gives his consent for Darcy and Elizabeth to marry...I guess the scene that was added for the overly gushy and retarded American audiences. Why in gods name they decided to add that kissing scene is beyond me. It was too silly!
Gah, I loved the cast though...if only they had done a three hour version or something...so they could have settled the story down more, that would have been fantastic!! I just wanted more.
Pride & Prejudice: Awww!! *girly squee of girly-like girliness!!*
Katie and I went to watch it since the movie theater sucked my balls the first time around.
I really enjoyed the movie. I thought it was well played by the actors...and I had real hesitation about Mr. MacFadyen as Mr. Darcy. He seemed smaller but was actually quite a large man and played it very well. Half way through I was cursing the damn movie for cutting up so much of the small amount of time Darcy is there.
The biggest problem I had was that it was all so mashed together. But that's what is to be expected with a two hour movie based off a book. Everything moved so fast and a lot wasn't given much time to...flourish.
Anyway, I will rant a ramble under a cut because I will probably end up ranting and rambling like a fool.
Firstly, Keira Knightly was lovely. I would turn lesbian for her, its just so true!!! She was a brilliant Elizabeth. I keep comparing this adaptation to the Mini Series adaptation though, and comparing her performance with Jennifer Ehle, and its just not fair. Both were very good, but this two hour movie didn't allow Keira Knightly to do what was allowed to be done in the Mini Series, which had about five hours to tell the story.
And then there's the Mr. Darcy. I liked how they kept with him and his looks, since a lot of his dialogue was cut out, which would make it much harder to figure out his character. I would have loved for more moments of squabbling between Elizabeth and Darcy to have been done. They are so brilliant and having the dialogue of the ones they did keep cut and moved about grated on me a bit. It would have helped to establish the dislike of Darcy much better for the beginning of the story. I don't think this movie made him distant enough...at least in the beginning. But eh. Oh, but I did love the awkward intrusion scene...when he walked in on Elizabeth to try and start some conversation to very little success. AWWWW! And the moment I would have loved to see done closer to the book would have been when Elizabeth and the Gardiner's are at Pemberley and stumble upon Darcy. I didn't like the rushed and short way they did it in the movie.
Nothing made me hate the time constraints more then the lessened importance of a lot of characters, or what they did with them. I don't think the Mr. Collins was absurd enough, but then he was a serious kind of absurd. Mr. Wickham, who I think is a important character, was almost non existant...and that made the whole Lydia/Wickham thing a bit strange. And that's supposed to be a big moment...when Elizabeth realizes she loves zee Darcy but at the same time realizes its too late and he'll have nothing to do with her anymore. OH! And the scene where she comes out with the letter and tells them about Lydia/Wickham...because she's not there alone with Darcy, it loses a bit of the weight carried with it when he leaves suddenly with the words "I am afraid you have been long desiring my absensce," and she knows that she'll probably never see him again. OH! I would have loved that type of scene with this cast.
I didn't like that the other sister and her husband, the Hursts', were cut from the movie all together. And Ms. Bingley was minimized. I didn't like it but they weren't NECESSARY I guess...and if something had to go, I guess. *sigh*
But I did enjoy some of the additions...like Bingley and Darcy before Bingley goes back to propose to Jane. I did like the scene when Darcy and Elizabeth meet in the morning in the fog....but it was a bit odd. More romantic, I guess but a little inappropriate for the characters...and the lack of a lot of the original dialogue during that scene took away a bit of the humor.
Oh but I'm nit picking! It was very good. But for the very very end. That final part after Mr. Bennet gives his consent for Darcy and Elizabeth to marry...I guess the scene that was added for the overly gushy and retarded American audiences. Why in gods name they decided to add that kissing scene is beyond me. It was too silly!
Gah, I loved the cast though...if only they had done a three hour version or something...so they could have settled the story down more, that would have been fantastic!! I just wanted more.
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