Pride and Prejudice

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This adaptation, while superior to the 2005 Kiera Knightley abomination, doesn't even enter the same zip code as the 1995 A&E masterpiece. There are reviewers here who actually think this better follows the book? Really? Sure, there is a lot of Austen's dialogue, but it is kind of awkwardly recited rather than acted well, and some of the characterizations are way off. Mr. Bennet comes off as a real jerk...barking at everyone and openly sneering at his wife, Mary gets far more attention in the script than she should....and what is up with her getting some of Elizabeth's lines and gossiping about Wickham and finally, making eyes at Bingley? Did I miss something in the source material? Kitty trying to flirt with Bingley and crying all the time and coughing so much....taking an amusing joke from the book and bludgeoning it until I assumed she had asthma or consumption. And I know looks are subjective but Jane Bennet looked distractingly like Lily Tomlin. There is no way on earth I could buy her as a beauty. Mr. Darcy was handsome but possessed none of Firth's ability to let us see what is happening behind his eyes. He recited his lines and looked so cold most of the time he uncomfortably started to seem like a Regency era psychopath. When he approached Elizabeth from behind and asked her to dance a reel, I thought he was going to sink a knife between her shoulderblades. Handsome but creepy. The production values are really poor, it looks cheaply done and the transitions are awful. There is little to no imagination in the script....resorting to Lizzie inner monologues in case the audience doesn't get it? It was awkward and weird, especially for someone who knows the book so well. I love how the 1995 version added some key scenes from Darcy's perspective....not in the book, but it helps us understand him and root for them more....this is a movie adaptation, not a book recital. Faithfulness is good, but there should be some imagination as well. Anyway, at least this is better than the dreadful 1940s version and the 2005 disaster. But the 1995 one is the definitive version. See this one if you want to have fun comparing, but don't expect too much. I was even getting bored and I can sit through the 1995 version over and over, and have read the book every year.

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