You know you've been waiting for it...so here it goes.
BBC Pride and Prejudice VS. Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice
First of all, I'm just going to preface this by saying I am an EXTREME BBC Colin Firth/6 hour/P&P fanatic. Like a--I watch it when i'm going to sleep sometimes, when I come home drunk I put it in and sing along to the music and I signed up for 18th/19th century dance solely because I want to reenact the Darcy/EB Ball Scene at Netherfield--extreme fanatic. So OBV, i'm one of those tricky demographics who will be sure to pay the money to see the money, while maybe not actually enjoying the film itself because there is no wet white t-shirt bit w/c.firth. That having been said, I found the film quite delightful.
First of all the new Darcy is an absolute dreamboat. I mean, maybe i'm not the most discriminating judge of "Dreamboats" as I may have once sent Stephen Hawking a valentines e-gram asking him to be mine...but that's neither here nor there. The new Darcy was tortured, tall, dark, British--I loved it. To top it all off...he's not the age of my father, which was perhaps a downfall for Colin Firth. However, I must admit I was upset that he didn't jump into his lake in a white shirt though..that was always a favorite of mine.
K. Knightley was also quite good. I thought she would be too pretty--but luckily for us, she's only pretty with blonde hair. Her smile continues to irritate me, but I could look past it for these 2 1/2 hours. She and the actor who played Darcy had really good chemistry, methinks, and that added greatly to the film.
Biggest Pet Peeve: Wickham, WTF? Wickham's character is meant to make you want to meet him in the back of an alleyway when no ones watching, NOT ask you to come back to the record studio to sing the 6th refrain of MMMBOP. SERIOUSLY, this guy was TROLL. Long hair never looks good on men, specifically not men with blonde hair and ESPECIALLY not British Men. AND WHAT WAS WITH THAT MUSTACHE? He looked like an out of work porn star. Bad acting choice on that one.
Secondly, COLONEL FITZWILLIAM, WTF? He was also grotesque. Aside from his age (circa 84), he didn't seem fun, and I always got the sneaking suspicion that he was waiting for the Director to yell "CUT" so he could go back to the food trailer and get seconds on Fish and Chips.
Okay, well, that's about all I have time for, so I hope you've enjoyed.
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