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Pride & Prejudice I know it’s supposed to be more condensed since it’s a movie and only a third of the length of the 1995 BBC version, but I thought it was wayyyy too rushed in the beginning. It’s very lively and fun and colorful, which I really like, but Mr. Wickham isn’t a minor character. He’s so good-looking in this version though. I remember him from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas hehehehehehehe Anyway, I don’t have an issue with Matthew Macfayden. He plays Awkward Darcy really well lol. Although, I always thought Darcy was more than just awkward. Yes, he’s awkward and not particularly good at socializing, but he’s also supposed to be proud, and this Darcy just seems awkward, very shy, and a bit hasty. He seems rather humble to me. But Mr. Collins, although his voice was expressive, his face was not. He was nowhere as funny and disgusting as the 1995 one.  This P&P’s actors and actresses’ ages seem more accurate. Like Wickham looks about 20 years younger than the 1995 one, Mr. Collins was “25-ish”, Bingley looked very young (a bit too young, but whatever), and Elizabeth seemed 10-ish years younger.  I didn’t like Darcy’s first proposal in here as much. It seemed a bit rushed in the beginning, but I really really liked the second proposal. I think Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth didn’t have enough moments together for them to really get past the perpetual awkwardness hahaha. Also, Elizabeth are her father are supposed to be close, right? I don’t think it’s established early enough that they are. I do like that Elizabeth ends up telling him what Darcy has done for them, but his creepy laugh at the end was unexpected. And kinda scary. I liked this version, but it felt like a whirlwind. I personally don’t like movies that move too slowly, but this was a bit too rushed at the beginning.  One last thing: their costumes and hair. The women’s dresses and hair looked wonderful (unlike the 1995 version, in which the women seemed like they wore pajamas all the time lol :( ), but the men’s hair was a bit…huhh unstylishly messy. And their costumes sometimes looked too… costume-y. Like Darcy’s coat looks so thin, I wonder if he was pacing outside the Bennets’ house near the end because he was cold.

Pride & Prejudice

I know it’s supposed to be more condensed since it’s a movie and only a third of the length of the 1995 BBC version, but I thought it was wayyyy too rushed in the beginning. It’s very lively and fun and colorful, which I really like, but Mr. Wickham isn’t a minor character. He’s so good-looking in this version though. I remember him from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas hehehehehehehe

Anyway, I don’t have an issue with Matthew Macfayden. He plays Awkward Darcy really well lol. Although, I always thought Darcy was more than just awkward. Yes, he’s awkward and not particularly good at socializing, but he’s also supposed to be proud, and this Darcy just seems awkward, very shy, and a bit hasty. He seems rather humble to me. But Mr. Collins, although his voice was expressive, his face was not. He was nowhere as funny and disgusting as the 1995 one. 

This P&P’s actors and actresses’ ages seem more accurate. Like Wickham looks about 20 years younger than the 1995 one, Mr. Collins was “25-ish”, Bingley looked very young (a bit too young, but whatever), and Elizabeth seemed 10-ish years younger. 

I didn’t like Darcy’s first proposal in here as much. It seemed a bit rushed in the beginning, but I really really liked the second proposal. I think Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth didn’t have enough moments together for them to really get past the perpetual awkwardness hahaha. Also, Elizabeth are her father are supposed to be close, right? I don’t think it’s established early enough that they are. I do like that Elizabeth ends up telling him what Darcy has done for them, but his creepy laugh at the end was unexpected. And kinda scary.

I liked this version, but it felt like a whirlwind. I personally don’t like movies that move too slowly, but this was a bit too rushed at the beginning. 

One last thing: their costumes and hair. The women’s dresses and hair looked wonderful (unlike the 1995 version, in which the women seemed like they wore pajamas all the time lol :( ), but the men’s hair was a bit…huhh unstylishly messy. And their costumes sometimes looked too… costume-y. Like Darcy’s coat looks so thin, I wonder if he was pacing outside the Bennets’ house near the end because he was cold.

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