Pride and Prejudice
Kahlil GibranAll you have shall some day be given; therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.
I watched Pride and Prejudice last night and I was totally bawled over by how wonderfully charming and romantic the movie is. My Dad has been dying for us to see it and I just kept putting it off, insisting on waiting for Kristi who is really busy with work to watch it. Honestly, I didn't feel like watching another Jane Austen adaptation, especially when Pride and Prejudice had been done before. The original film, Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Jane Eyre I have all seen and they all somehow merge together and I forget which is which, really. So watching a new version of said film didn't really pique my interest.
Lo and behold! It is a marvelous film with fantastic acting, great script and very precise, very amazing direction! Very amazing direction! (Yes, it needed repeating) Kiera Knightley was fantastic and very much deserving of the award and Rosamund Pike was fantastic as Jane and Matthew Macfadyen was just a completely and utterly dreamy Mr. Darcy. But most of all, Donald Sutherland showed, once again, why he is another great actor who will surely be a legend. Sure, he has appeared in some off movies and he was never really a lead, but he is still a fantastic actor. I remember him most strongly in Six Degrees of Separation where he was just a fantastic Mr. Kitridge. Over all, it must've been the most delightful of movies of 2005.
I was sweating, actually, and it was a very, very cold and windy night. The scenes were intense and passionate and extremely romantic. I felt very much what Lizzie Bennet must've felt everytime Mr. Darcy showed up. As of the moment, I very much relate to Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Like Lizzie, there is a level of desperation and longing for that wonderful romance to come to my life and much like Mr. Darcy, I feel that there is very little this world has to offer me in terms of a suitable match. I know, I know, 8 billion people in the world and how could there be no suitable person for me... But I want to have that sense of passion and versimilitude that the Austen-written couple had. I want that energy to be there when I see that person and I want our meetings to be a battle of wits and strength. I want a partner that is my equal. I want to be challenged. And no one challenges me. And much like Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, I
want someone extremely gorgeous, as well as a person who can match my passion and my soul and someone who dares to challenge me.I act like a realist a lot of times but in truth, deep down inside, I'm a romantic. I'm a hopeless, God-damned romantic. And I want that kilig factor to be rushing through my skin and bones. I want to feel that thrill; I want to carry that secret smile on my face. Yes, I'm feeling the pangs of loneliness and I'm willing to admit it. But like Lizzie Bennet, I'm not going to settle for just anyone -- for the first person to come along and promise to make everything better. I want the real thing now. I want the real thing.
posted by wanggo @ 3:11 PM
5 Comments:
...so refreshing to hear a guy admit he "is a hopeless god-damned romantic...wants to feel kilig rushing through his bones and veins...is feeling the pangs of loneliness...". Not everyday do I get to know a guy who would admit these things. Interesting.
...and I do like Pride and Prejudice. Thought only girls would really get to appreciate it but your post proved me wrong. :)Would want to see the american version where they showed what happened to Lizzie and Darcy in the end. Ive only seen the brit version that just showed Donald in the end. ;o))
I really was dissapointed with this version of Pride & Prejudice. I thought that Jane Austen probably turned in her grave. The movie, although beautifully shot and acted, didnt seem true to the spirit of the book and to its era. it just focused on the love story that a lot of the other aspects that jane austen incorporates into her writing. I prefer the tv version with Colin Firth, or better yet, the old one shot in the 70s or was it the 80s. But thats just me...im a purist and a Jane Austen fanatic :D...or maybe just a fanatic. heh.
Maya
Great blog .. not much to add except that I also loved this Pride & Prejudice, especially when compared with the A&E version .. mostly because of young Keira Knightley, but also because of Mr. McFadyen and especially Donald Sutherland .. .insufferable but wonderful too
Well, Andrea, I'm not a typical male. I'm Piscean so I feel things very deeply and as you can see from the blog, I'm extremely open about my feelings. And yes, I so love this version of Pride and Prejudice.
And sorry, Maya, but I think, essentially, Pride and Prejudice is a love story. I think the other film versions tried to capture the totality of the novel, including the social/historical aspects of it. I think this version decided that movies like the original, Sense and Sensibility and Age of Innocence did all that already, so they just focused on the love story. That's what is great about this version -- and they suffused the story with so much energy. The other movies always interpret Jane Austen with so much formality. No version has had that kind of frenetic energy before. I love it.
Thanks, Reel Fanatic. I love those three actors AND Rosamund Pike. She was enchanting, I think!
Yup, cant deny there was lots of energy to the movie. I guess its just that it didnt feel like the Regency period to me, it felt so modern. But what upset me most i think about the movie is the way the movie changed the characters...they're different in the book. But im glad you enjoyed it though, it was romantic...cant deny that :D
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