Comments on: Pride & Prejudice (2005) – To Be or Not to Be… Arrogant?

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:27:25 +0000

I thought it was a very well done adaptation. I liked MacFadyen’s Darcy and Rosamund Pike was absolutely perfect as Jane, and Tom Hollander’s version of Mr Collins was brilliant. The miniseries is ‘better’ in the sense that because it’s longer and therefore not obliged to leave out characters or plot points because of time constraints, but as a film this one was excellent.

I think most of the criticism this adaptation has attracted is unwarranted and has to do more with people not liking Keira Knightley (who was good, if not phenomenal as Lizzie) rather than anything actually wrong with the movie

By: CenouradoLado

CenouradoLado — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:42:07 +0000

Vi esta versão (que não conhecia) aqui há um mês e este fim de semana resolvi rever a da BCC.
Pronto! Está explicado porque é que nesta versão as mulheres “estão todas de costas”, completamente flats!
;)

By: Elizabeth Kerri Mahon

Elizabeth Kerri Mahon — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:39:32 +0000

I didn’t have any problems with the ending although I preferred the ending of the BBC mini-series with them all getting married. I had a few problems with the rest of the movie, Lady Catherine de Burgh showing up in the middle of the night, the pigs running through the house. Although the scene in the rain where he proposes was kind of hot.

By: PA

PA — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:18:11 +0000

I tottaly agree with Xana. The original end was enough for me but it’s always a (not guilty at all) pleasure to have a little peak at the intimate life of the Darcys.
*sigh*
:P PA

By: witchie

witchie — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:12:58 +0000

Well, there’s only one Darcy for me. The true and only ;)
As for Lizzy… I don’t know, but a younger Emma Thompson would be nice. Or Kate Winslet, although she is a bit too smiley. A younger Maggy Smith, perhaps? Tough one, this Lizzy…

By: Ana

Ana — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:35:40 +0000

Hey Witchie! Who would you like to see playing Lizzy? And Darcy? :-)

By: witchie

witchie — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:02:36 +0000

I didn’t see it. I really really don’t like the actress and the idea of one of my all-time favorite heroins being played by her was a big no no for me.
And the extra scene is criminal! I mean, they have to be allowed certain liberties when making a movie out of a book, but inventing new things really isn’t one of them. Or shouldn’t be.
So I didn’t see it and I don’t plan on doing it. I refuse.

By: Xana

Xana — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:53:02 +0000

Story goes that the extra scene was made especially for US audiences. It seems that Mr. Bennett was enough for the likes of us European.

And in my humble opinion, it really was. It ends the movie with the ironic, witty tone that’s so famous in Jane Austen.

On the other hand I have to admit that it’s always a (guilty)pleasure to have a little peak at the intimate life of the Darcys :)

By: Fantasma

Fantasma — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:55:27 +0000

Yes, at the movies I like it :P Go figure!!! ;)
(well, just some of it…)

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:12:14 +0000

I’m not a fan of that extra scene either. For me it doesn’t bring anything to the story, who was already perfect.

Yes, you are right, Ana T. This scene begins when Lizzy, after talking with her father, goes out to tell the news to Darcy. In the french dvd, the american end is in the extras as alternative ending.