Quick poll on Pride and Prejudice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really don’t see Elizabeth Bennett swinging on a muddy tire swing with her hair down in a dirty dress being yelled at by charlotte Lucas. That whole scene made me cringe.

Yes. And this is what irks me about the 2005 version - things like Lizzy being indignant that Charlotte would marry Mr. Collins. Lizzy was well-aware why Charlotte Lucas would make that choice.

[Anonymous]

2005 P&P is for shallow people who have no understanding or appreciation of the time period in general, or the book in particular.

1995 P&P is for people with IQ in the 3 digits who understand the individual subtleties of each character as well as the social constraints of the era.

[Anonymous]

43-year-old here, and I love the 1995 version. I saw the 2005 once and am not interested in seeing it again.

I wonder how often the first version we see is the one we imprint on. I also prefer the 1995 Persuasion with Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds and the 1995 Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility (I absolutely do not care that she was too old to play Elinor, also ALAN RICKMAN). (‘95 was a good year for Austenites.)

[Anonymous]

Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle all the way.

Did not like the other version at all. Eliza Bennett was all wrong, did not capture the character in the book well, was too modern. Same for Mr Darcy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

The casting was wonderful.

You’re looking at it through early 21st century eyes. She’d have been the beauty at the time Austen wrote it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

The casting was wonderful.

You’re looking at it through early 21st century eyes. She’d have been the beauty at the time Austen wrote it.

Sorry this was for the comment that Jane Bennet wasn’t beautiful enough in the 1995 version.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The overwrought melodrama of the Keira Knightley version is more suitable for a Charlotte Brontë novel than Pride and Prejudice. She was more measured. More genteel. Like the 1995 BBC version.

Lizzie in the Firth version was cold, flat, boring, and unlikeable. Zero passion.

Firth was uncharacteristically flat, too.

Have you actually read the book?

[Anonymous]

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

Me too! She was dead to me after that. Her weird vampire smile. NO. The BBC version is the one true version!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a 36 year old English major who has read and reread Austen. I prefer the 2005 version—one of my favorites that I just adore. I can see the authenticity complaints, but I don’t “feel” them. I appreciate but do not love the BBC version. I think Jennifer Ehle is too old. And though I understand and find somewhat persuasive claim that Lizzie is SUPPOSED to be judgmental, I don’t think she’s supposed to actually be older than 21. I think Keira Knightley conveys the judgmental nature of youth well. I’m not at all persuaded that the 995 Jane is a beauty according to Edwardian standards, and even if she is I don’t think it makes it a better movie. I prefer MM’s awkward, ardent Darcy.

Jane wasn’t a beauty according to Edwardian standards because she would have died a century before that era. But she would have been a beauty by Georgian standards, even Regency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The overwrought melodrama of the Keira Knightley version is more suitable for a Charlotte Brontë novel than Pride and Prejudice. She was more measured. More genteel. Like the 1995 BBC version.

Lizzie in the Firth version was cold, flat, boring, and unlikeable. Zero passion.

Firth was uncharacteristically flat, too.

Have you actually read the book?

Yes.

#privateschool

Listen: books are open to interpretation—particularly when adapted to the screen.

I’m baffled by everyone commenting that the bbc one is better because it’s essentially a bland reading of the book.

Did you read the book? Were you looking for any hint of passion? Most people want to see human emotion and passion. The Firth version seems very transactional. Heck, Ehle says she fell in love once she saw his estate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also—for Austen heads, I strongly recommend the Anya Taylor Joy Emma.

This is so good and under rated, I think mainly because there’s no chemistry between the leads. But I think that’s the point the movie is making, and making so well! But it’s like watching two fish kiss and I don’t think the world was ready.

[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.

Thisssss

[Anonymous]

BBC version gets my vote. I couldn't get past the first few minutes of the Kiera Knightley version. The chickens, the hair, and other stuff I've forgotten. Now I feel like I should give it another chance.

-46 year old

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The BBC miniseries is the best with the best Darcy and Elizabeth. BUT the newer movie had the best Charlotte Lucas by far. Her “don’t you dare judge me” speech really elevated the entire story.

See and I thought that speech was so heavy handed and unnecessary. Also wasn’t in the book whatsoever.

Loved 1995 chsrlotte as she was acted, but , I thought she was too pretty. Charlotte was supposed to be unattractive hence her lack of suitors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:43-year-old here, and I love the 1995 version. I saw the 2005 once and am not interested in seeing it again.

I wonder how often the first version we see is the one we imprint on. I also prefer the 1995 Persuasion with Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds and the 1995 Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility (I absolutely do not care that she was too old to play Elinor, also ALAN RICKMAN). (‘95 was a good year for Austenites.)

44 and i feel the same way about the 1995 S&S, which I saw in the theater and was a formative experience for me, and the 1995 Persuasion, which I didn’t see until I was in my 30’s