Don’t forget Nortanger Abbey with a young JJ Field and Felicity Jones, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northanger_Abbey_(2007_film) It’s delightful and pretty close to the book.
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Aww, I actually found her and Darcy’s chemistry realistic. But that was admittedly on the second go-around.
I believe the 2005 version is set in the late 1790s, when Austen wrote the original novel. So yep, the costumes are set closer to that time period and are more simple than the Regency-era look. Mostly because late 1790s fashion was heavily influenced by distancing itself from the over-the-top clothes of the previous…
I live in Los Angeles, born and raised. You know a quick way to spot an idiot fronting and trying to convince people they’re rich? A lower-end version of luxury car. Because most of the people who have those kind of cars out here 1.) lease them. And no, they’re not leasing them to write off for business purposes or in…
That’s true, http://www.localhistories.org/life.html. Though I always take into account that this was a time before antibiotics, where people would die of colds, the flu, diarrhea, measles, mumps, smallpox and other things we have vaccinations for/have wiped out. Not to mention easily getting infections. So the way we…
I honestly don’t remember that he married her for her money, as he has enough money since has the house and something like a couple of thousand a year. I thought it was heavily implied that he married her for her beauty. As she’s not lying when she says she was the best dancer in the county and made many a soldiers’…
Yep, I honestly could’ve used another half-hour of the movie to flesh everything out. It was enchanting and I just wanted more of it.
I think the different aesthetic between the Colin Firth version and Keira version is that the costumes in the Colin Firth version were set in the Regency era when P&P was published versus the costumes in the Keira version set in the late 1790s, when the book was written.
“but, for her younger sisters’ sakes, she also needed to marry well.”
My fanfic version of Mary’s end game is that she’s eventually married a second son from a good family. Since he’s a second son who won’t inherit, he went into the navy and became an engineer because he’s a huge math nerd. Being an engineer, he sees the future is in industrialization/steam powered ships. So he uses his…
I LOVE Ripper Street! Even if it insists on breaking my damn heart at every turn. Unfortunately, I stopped watching it halfway through the fourth season, as I got spoilers for the end of the series and don’t think I can bear it, at least not yet. I originally got into it for him, but ended up loving it. Especially…
“And all due respect to Colin Firth, but Matthew MacFaydyen made me feel all the feels as Mr. Darcy.”
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…
I also love how they show her insecurity after that when she’s waiting for their coach to be fixed and trying to come up with a million reasons to NOT visit Pemberley. “Eh, that Darcy dude, he’s just too rich.”
I just re-watched the adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley and really enjoyed it. I’d love to see more spin-offs of P&P and other characters similar to that. Like, what happened to Colonel Fitzwilliam? In fanfic, he always seems to be married to either Lady Catherine’s daughter, Anne, or Georgiana Darcy (though…
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…
Unpopular opinion; I actually love the Keira Knightley version of Pride and Prejudice because the actors were all the right age for once, the costumes and settings looked lived in and realisticly kept, it’s beautifully shot, the soundtrack is wonderful and they showed a shyer side of Darcy. I actually wish it was…