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dangermousieSaw the trailer for the Pride and Prejudice movie with Keira Knightley. Ugh. Ugh. UGH!
Not only is the overexposed KK way too modern and skinny to be Elizabeth (in Regency terms, she is a starvation victim), they have also switched the period to 1790s (!!!) and the way the movie makes it look, if I didn't know that this was Austen I would have thought it was a Bronte adaptation: full blown romanticism, crumbling buildings, wind and rain everywhere. Horrible. Don't even get me started on whoever is playing Darcy. If he is a dreamboat, I am a Chinese acrobat. Also, it looks as if they made Lizzy a modern woman. She was not.
More importantly, why? There was a perfect, popular and widely acclaimed adaptation in 1995. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle were perfect for their roles, the script was accurate and literate. Ugh. Stop the madness, people!
Not only is the overexposed KK way too modern and skinny to be Elizabeth (in Regency terms, she is a starvation victim), they have also switched the period to 1790s (!!!) and the way the movie makes it look, if I didn't know that this was Austen I would have thought it was a Bronte adaptation: full blown romanticism, crumbling buildings, wind and rain everywhere. Horrible. Don't even get me started on whoever is playing Darcy. If he is a dreamboat, I am a Chinese acrobat. Also, it looks as if they made Lizzy a modern woman. She was not.
More importantly, why? There was a perfect, popular and widely acclaimed adaptation in 1995. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle were perfect for their roles, the script was accurate and literate. Ugh. Stop the madness, people!
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Date: 2005-06-15 07:14 am (UTC)(And my first ever post to your lj *shakes hands* I've been too timid to follow my friend Johanna's/yavannie77's example and comment anything before - but I've been a regular follower of your lj! You have verrry interesting interests and very good taste in men ;) Loved your comments about Kingdom of Heaven and ROTS before!)