Undescribable Perfection

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This was a truly awful film that did not just butcher butcher the basic plot and manage to be more retrograde than the nearly 200-year old society upon which Austen commented. It also even managed to be stickily pious and insult Mormons simultaneously. Last I checked, Mormons couldn't have caffeine, so the blatant product placement for Diet Coke and the repeated eating of chocolate ice cream were especially absurd. Mostly, however, while the lead character was referred to as feminist several times, she appeared in fact pathetically simple--her only apparent effort at independence involved writing a romance novel. I am not an Austen purist, by the way; I was hoping for a fun entertaining update of an Austen novel of the sort offered by clueless. This was an utter waste of time.

This was the worst movie made from a Jane Austen novel, ever. The acting was mediocre. The dialog at first was okay, since there wasn't any for the first 5 or so minutes, but overall it was rather poor. The opening line, one of the most famous lines in English literature, is distorted and not even in an interesting way. The movie didn't do justice to the character of Darcy-he's prideful, makes mistakes, and comes to terms with this in the book, but in the movie he's perfect, no edges, no depth, nothing. He explains his bad behavior poorly and Elizabeth falls for it. OK. I'll stop--Pride and Prejudice is my favorite book, made me want to major in English and I love most movie versions of it. This movie was a waste of my time.

There are a great many negative comments on this movie, mostly by people who seem to abhor the very idea of it. Well, that's their prerogative. But is it really that dreadful? Ought an Austen-lover to scream in horror, and then flee in disgust? Is it truly a horrid idea, one that ought never to have seen the light of cinema?NO! It's not sacrilege; it's fun, and rather hilarious in bits, and perhaps a little silly. As much could be said, perhaps, of a great many other interpretations of the story. As someone who is a great admirer of the Great Author Austen, I am a little surprised by the violent reaction of my fellow devotees. But since all the less-than-brilliant aspects have been expounded upon at length, let us mention the better ones.1) the cinematography. Quite amazing.2) the characterizations. One truly does dislike Mr. Darcy in the beginning, as one ought. Kitty and Lydia are properly silly, Lizzy a little impetuous. And Mr. Bingley, while perhaps a tad more dense than the original, certainly has the same sort of personality. And Mr. Collins is astoundingly perfect. 3) the screenplay. It isn't MEANT to be what Austen wrote; it's how things might happen now. And it's done hilariously, particularly the small ironic bits frequently thrown in.

I saw this movie and loved it!!! While some people may take feminist views on this movie, it's just an interesting and funny twist on a timeless tale. You cannot compare any remakes to the 1996 version starring Colin Firth. Who can do the job he did? Uh,nobody! In this version, Lizzy is spunky enough not to get on one's nerves, Jane does a good job portraying the part, Lidia and Kitty, well, they will be what they will be. The only problem I have with this movie is that Charles Bingley is portrayed as somewhat silly. But I highly recommend this movie to any Jane Austen nut as like myself!!! And the Pink Bible is so very on the ball!!!