Oh yes. The BBC version is obviously following the Merchant/Ivory trend at the time- very lush, full period pieces with beautiful costuming. It’s a treat, and the script is faithful to the book. But the series does not have the sense of war ( Britain was at war with France AND just lost the North American colonies)…

Joe Wright said he really wanted to emphasize the class conflict aspect of the book when he made the Knightley adaptation. I really love it for a lot of reasons, and that is a big one. I like it much better than the Firth/Ehle version, in part due to the casting, although Crispin Bonham-Carter was a WONDERFUL Bingley.

“P&P&Z >>>>P&P(Keira)”

“but, for her younger sisters’ sakes, she also needed to marry well.”

The hair in that movie is one of my favorite things about it. The styles actually look like they did it themselves or with the help of their sisters, not intricate and perfect and clearly done by a stylist on a film set. 

Me too! I also love how at the dance, they’re really kicking up their heels and having fun. It’s not stately or classy, it’s just everybody having a grand time bouncing around. And their hair gets flyaways and messy (cuz there’s no hairspray anyway), and their faces get a bit sweaty and nobody cares cuz they’re…

In the ‘95 BBC version, Mary is in the background doing moon-y eyes and heavy sighs over everything Mr. Collins says and does! It’s very subtle and so, so sad. He says he’s come to Longbourne for a wife, basically to do a mitzvah for the broke-ass Bennets, but HIS pride requires of him a handsome wife. Coulda just…

YES, YES! The homey feel of the Knightley version; you do feel it, and you feel for the wastrel parents, and their goofball sisters, and yes, their kinda shabby life and lack of funds. And you do see how Lydia is indeed the star of the star of the family.

She’s also wildly more sympathetic when you compare Pride and Prejudice to Emma- her daughters are basically a little bit of bad luck away from being Miss Bates. Miss Bates may be cheerful about her situation, but it’s pretty bleak- sunk from a comfortable upbringing into near total dependence on the kindness of her…

Word! I love Keira and I’m not saying she’s not attractive at all. But the 2005 version really helps you understand how Jane is considered the “conventionally” attractive one by society. Especially because she has the super-sweet disposition to go with it. But at the same time, there’s no hint of jealousy between the…

Season two was really depressing and for many reasons it became really hard to like Ross even a little, he’s such a jackass. I still really liked season one though, the Christmas episode was my favorite.

Yep on the Mrs. Bennet front. I admittedly read P&P at a feminist, all-girls’ school, so my analysis of it is different. But it was always pointed out that yes, Mrs. Bennet is annoying. But at the same time, her lazy-ass husband isn’t helping by locking himself up in his library all day and ignoring his husbandly…

Season 1 was amazing and included one of the sexist scenes I’ve ever seen on TV that didn’t feature any nudity.

I actually quite liked Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but that’s probably because I love anything Jane Austen. In another hundred or so years, I expect that we will see her works adapted and stretched and re-worked in a similar way that directors now use Shakespeare.

Ah I loved the entire thing and Tom Hughes who plays Albert is my dream bae. But Rufus was amazing too! I think because he had such a huge positive impact theres a slight chance for a cameo and historically he and Victoria did exchange some letters after Albert and her married but I think it caused a rift w her and…

Yeah, Mrs. Bennet gets an overly bad rap. She’s annoying and ineffective, but in a lot of ways she’s more attentive to her daughters’ welfare than her husband. She has a bunch of daughters who are (mostly) pretty but who have no money and who are considered uneducated by their peers. There aren’t exactly a ton of…

That’s so true. For instance, Charlotte Lucas finding a measure of happiness in her marriage to Mr. Collins because it means independence and work of running her own home was a surprisingly nice moment.

For me, Victoria was all about Rufus Sewell and I didn’t give a toss once he left. Not sure if I’m ready for his appearance in S2, given the history.

Just binge watched all of Poldark this weekend and I love it! But nothing is better than Victoria ahhh!!! The series two trailer just came out and I cried haha Are there any other dweebs like me loving these?

I could see this being good, if done well. As much as Mrs. Bennet is unbelievably obnoxious, the very real possibility that her daughters will be homeless and penniless if not married well (as well as the colossal unfairness) were cruel realities of 19th century life for women.