Quick poll on Pride and Prejudice

[Anonymous]

The Colin Firth version is ok WETA UK today and it prompted me to post a poll:

Which version is better: Colin Firth or Kiera Knightley/MacFadyen?

I prefer the latter; better scenery, more authentic dialogue, and more chemistry.

So that’s 1 vote for Knightley/MacFadyen.

[Anonymous]

Colin Firth is #1

[Anonymous]

I prefer Keira Knigthley as Eliaabeth. Jennifer Ehle seemed too old. It's a toss up as to which Mr Darcy is better, I like both.

[Anonymous]

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love Colin Firth.

[Anonymous]

Firth/Ehle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love Colin Firth.

Reader, I would marry him in a NY minute.

[Anonymous]

2005. It’s because of the sets/production, Rosamund Pike and Donald Sutherland and the Mrs Bennett. Oh and Judy Dench! And her hair.

I have watched both though more times than I care to admit.

[Anonymous]

1995 BBC

1980 BBC




2005 Knightley/Macfadyen

[Anonymous]

I low-key was a bit angry when they cast Keira Knightley in this role.

[Anonymous]

Always
Always
Always

Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.

The 1995 BBC production is actually much more authentic to the period, OP. No, Jennifer is not too old. She suits the character much better than Kiera. The interpretation is looser in the 2005 production - unsurprisingly, since it was an Anglo-American effort. A little bit of glossy US surrealism seeped in!

[Anonymous]

Op again.

Let’s see if there’s an age demographic driving this.

I’m 49, and I prefer the Keira version. It’s beautifully filmed. The music is lovely. The acting feels more authentic. And the chemistry is smoldering.

The Firth version is a cross between watching a play (stilted; feels obviously fake and stuffy) and Little House on the Prairie (modern actors struggling to pull off the costumes and dialogue). Plus, no chemistry. The best acting in this version is Lydia—she’s a natural.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I low-key was a bit angry when they cast Keira Knightley in this role.

I liked KK's movies at the time they came out, but looking back now, her acting style feels misplaced in a period piece. She has a spirited youth/pixie dream girl thing going on (like a 1990s British version of 1980s Winona Ryder). I know Elizabeth Bennett was spirited for the times, but KK felt too modern. Just my take.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Always
Always
Always

Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.

The 1995 BBC production is actually much more authentic to the period, OP. No, Jennifer is not too old. She suits the character much better than Kiera. The interpretation is looser in the 2005 production - unsurprisingly, since it was an Anglo-American effort. A little bit of glossy US surrealism seeped in!

Op here: when I say authentic, I mean the actors fade away and it feels like you are watching real people in Keira’s version. The Firth version feels like stage actors reading lines…almost like watching a skit on SNL.

[Anonymous]

I'm 49, new poster, and I vote Firth/Ehle.

BUT - I have watched and will watch 2005 again and again, too.

[Anonymous]

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