New P&P

[scottishlass]

Hmm you know with the new trailer out I am still not sure if I like the new adaptation of Pride & Prejudice or not. Lizzy looks like a cross between Jo from Little Women and Mad Cathy from Wuthering Heights.
I already was appalled when the first stills came out as the whole feeling of the costumes were all wrong. Especially Lizzy who is not yet one and twenty would have never worn dark colours (apart from being in deep mourning) at that time. And I have never seen so badly fitting costumes in a movie in recent years :s Did they raid an re-enactement store room?

And the sexual undertones really get on my nerves ... What did they adapt? Jane Austen's P&P or Linda Berdoll's The Bar Sinister?? They had the chuzpe to stage the scene of Lizzy's refusal of Mr. Darcy's proposal with an implied kiss (both moving their heads together as if they cannot resist each other). Let's face it folks, at that time Lizzy was so angry with Darcy she would have never thought about kissing him. Smacking him in the face would be more like it. *sigh* I hate it when ppl try to put things into a context that are just not there.
Perhaps I'm jaded ...

Comments

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It looks truly awful and I don't think I'll be seeing it. P&P is not a bodice ripper.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Yep ... very strange :s

[xenokattz.livejournal.com]

Meh, I squeed actually. The minute I heard the score from Love Actually and then saw the name "Jane Austen" I went in the fit of ecstasy.

Then again, you're talking to the adaptation-whore who loved "10 Things I Hate About You" and "Romeo + Juliet"

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

LOL ... well I love adaptations too, if they are well done .. You should have seen my denial when LOTR came out. I never saw the first part in the cinema, I only saw it on borrowed DVD. But then I was hooked :)

I don't like too much poetic license took by script writers and directors. But if it is done well and not hinders the overall tone of the story, then it is okay.

[koellegirl.livejournal.com]

Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice is one of my absolute favourites - I hate the thought that they have slaughtert it. Where can i find the Trailer - I must have a look.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

You can view the trailer HERE (http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/prideandprejudice.html)

[koellegirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah Una, I see what you mean. But I still think I will watch it - even though the A&E version is my favorite as well. But I actually do like Kira very much - and I hope that I can still enjoy the movie.
Let's talk about it again, after we have watched it.

[dawntreader717.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big stickler on details. However I LOVED A&E's adaptation of P&P and there is no way you can beat Colin Firth coming out of the pond in a soaking wet shirt...mmmmm...

hotness...

*drool*...

*sigh*...

huh? Where was I? Oh yeah...anyway, I'll probably see it anyway thought it won't be as good as what I've already seen. But I liked Sense & Sensibility and Emma...I'm sure I'll like this one anyway.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

You know ... I just LOVE and adore the A&E version. I don't think you can top this one. And let's face it Keira Knightley is not a very likely Elizabeth.

[dawntreader717.livejournal.com]

Nope, she isn't. I'll still wind up seeing it anyway because I'm a sucker for these movies!