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WHY. DID. I. WATCH. THIS.
Answer: Because my uncle and aunt bought me the DVD for Christmas.

The only reason I'm not angry with myself for wasting two hours from my life is because after this I love the BBC-miniseries even more.

I get it, there are people in it. No Colin Firth, but there are people. Keira Knightly (I don't like her), Judi Dench, Donald Sutherland, "Miss Evangelista/Annabelle Fritton", "The Girl From Saved", "Sally Sparrow" and of course Matthew Macfadyen.

Yeah, my first point: Matthew Macfadyen is UGLY. (At least in this. And apart from this I've only seen him in the first episode of Little Dorrit in my London hotel room which had the tiniest TV ever. Apparently he was in an episode of Ashes to Ashes but I can't remember him in that. So I don't really know how he looks like at other times.) I couldn't fall in love with his Darcy at all. It was very sad.

AND THERE WERE STATUES IN PEMBERLEY. NOT PAINTINGS. BLOODY MARBLE STATUES.

Also, Colonel Fitzwilliam was UGLY. Why was Colonel Fitzwilliam ugly? He's supposed to be a handsome gentleman, the next best thing after Darcy. At least in my mind. And my mind is always right, you know.

This reminds me: BINGLEY – WHY A TOTAL LOSER? Okay, he's nowhere as handsome or bright as Darcy but he acted like an IDIOT all the time. BINGLEY IS NOT AN IDIOT!

There must have been a lot of other things I hated but the above ones made me really angry. I didn't really pay much attention after the first forty minutes anyway. However, I payed enough attention to know that in this film in life RAIN EQUALS SAD, SUNSHINE EQUALS HAPPY.

PS. Have you seen the alternate ending? If you haven't, please don't watch it ever, better for you.
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posted by [identity profile] doctors-girl.livejournal.com at 11:26pm on 28/12/2008
TUDOM.
Istenem, annyira szar az a film, hogy az valami kimondhatatlan...de nem hibáztatlak, én is megnéztem, méghozzá moziban (pénzt adtam érte, jézusom), de kizárólag azért, hogy tudjak véleményt alkotni róla.
Összességében az egész film egy hatalmas félreértés. A készítőknek fogalmuk nem volt arról, hogy milyen ez a regény. Az úgy szar, ahogy van klasszikus esete.
És tudom, az alternatív befejezés még durvább, persze én is voltam akkora mazochista, hogy megnéztem. :D *hányingert kap a gondolattól is*

Ami viszont egész aranyos és élvezhető, az a bollywoodi változat, a Bride And Prejudice, abban Martin Henderson Darcy (imádom), Sayid Bingley (és dögös, mint állat) és Alexis Bledel Ms. Darcy, szóval jó a szereposztás. És énekelnek benne! Sokat. ;)
 
posted by [identity profile] tenfeethigh.livejournal.com at 11:30pm on 28/12/2008
UGYE? KÖSZÖNÖM. :)

A Bride And Prejudice tök aranyos, bár mindig csak ilyen negyedórákat szoktam látni belőle a TV-ben (asszem a Cinemaxon adták sokat egy időben, de nem biztos). Egyszer végig kéne nézni. :)
 
posted by [identity profile] doctors-girl.livejournal.com at 11:34pm on 28/12/2008
Nagyon utáltam azt a filmet, úgyhogy most a postod kapcsán jól esett kiadni magamból. :) De velem is pont az volt, hogy rádöbbentem, mennyire tökéletes a BBC minisorozat, és ezek után még jobban imádtam.

Jó a Bride & Prejudice, könnyed, élvezetes darab, és ott legalább nem kell hasonlítgatni, mert kellőképpen elrugaszkodik a regénytől.
 
posted by [identity profile] headspin-x.livejournal.com at 11:29pm on 28/12/2008
Matthew is ugly? WE CAN NO LONGER BE FRIENDS. (well, no, i'm joking but... srsly? really?)

I didn't like the fim either when I watched it but... I think that's because I don't like any version of P&P really so my opinion probably doesn't count for much in that respect :)
 
posted by [identity profile] tenfeethigh.livejournal.com at 11:34pm on 28/12/2008
Maybe he is not ugly in other things, IDK. Sorry. (Maybe I shouldn't point out this now when our friendship became so fragile but I don't really fancy Jared Padalecki either. Sorry bb, seems like we don't always like the same guys. :D)

We already talked about how you fail being a girl by not liking P&P so I'm not gonna point that out again. Oops, sorry, I did. :) &hearts
 
posted by [identity profile] headspin-x.livejournal.com at 11:39pm on 28/12/2008
Nnnnnnngh. He's hpt. And adorrrrrable. And is super OTP with Keeley Hawes, they make my heart happy (LOL awwww, poor Jared. He's lovely and goofy and has wonderous arms XD XD idk, Supernatural happened?)

I KNOW. AND I DON'T FANCY COLIN FIRTH. I know, I know, wtfery ahoy! :D
 
posted by [identity profile] tenfeethigh.livejournal.com at 11:41pm on 28/12/2008
WHO CARES ABOUT MEN ANYWAY. ILU.
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posted by [personal profile] sea_thoughts at 11:35pm on 28/12/2008
Actually, Fitzwilliam isn't described as 'handsome' in the novel, but he has a good personality. But he didn't get to do much in the film.

I think Matthew MacFadyen was a good Darcy... except his Darcy was more Heathcliff than Darcy. All that walking about with an open shirt? But at least that's not quite as bad as him walking around in wet shirt and breeches. *snark*

Apparently he was in an episode of Ashes to Ashes but I can't remember him in that.

He's the Geordie guy who's obsessive-compulsive and has a Kevin Keegan perm. *lol* So he doesn't look good.
 
posted by [identity profile] tenfeethigh.livejournal.com at 11:39pm on 28/12/2008
Actually, Fitzwilliam isn't described as 'handsome' in the novel
I didn't say that. But he's handsome in my head. :))

All that walking about with an open shirt? But at least that's not quite as bad as him walking around in wet shirt and breeches. *snark*
I have nothing against open shirts but that's so not a Darcy thing to do, yes.
(But I'm one of those crazy women who loves The Wet Shirt Scene. Sorry. :D)

He's the Geordie guy who's obsessive-compulsive and has a Kevin Keegan perm. *lol* So he doesn't look good.
I'll check that out anyway, thanks!
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posted by [personal profile] sea_thoughts at 12:09am on 29/12/2008
I have nothing against open shirts but that's so not a Darcy thing to do, yes.
(But I'm one of those crazy women who loves The Wet Shirt Scene. Sorry. :D)


No need to apologise. I just think that if you can love that scene, you can tolerate him walking around with an open shirt. But I'm not particularly impressed with that scene, nor with the open shirt. I think Matthew looks wondefully Byronic but Darcy isn't Byronic. *lol*
 
posted by [identity profile] headspin-x.livejournal.com at 12:00am on 29/12/2008
So he doesn't look good.

I'd still hit that like the almightly fist of God, just sayin'
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posted by [personal profile] sea_thoughts at 12:09am on 29/12/2008
*LOL*

If you say so.
 
posted by [identity profile] rahelcsy.livejournal.com at 12:20am on 29/12/2008
én élveztem a filmet.
nem, ez a darcy messze nem volt olyan jó, mint colin firth. bingley is talán túl bugyuta volt. a házban is gondolom akkor tényleg szobrok és nem festmények voltak. és tényleg nem feltétlenül adta vissza a könyvet, de nemigazán érdekelt, nem szoktam így hozzáállni. mint film egész jó volt.
alternatív befejezést viszont még nem néztem meg, de felkeltetted az érdeklődésemet :D
 
posted by [identity profile] cashmerenerd.livejournal.com at 01:19am on 29/12/2008
igen, ez a film fáj. én majdnem kimentem a moziból, de eichlacival néztük, úh kínos lett volna. és utána SENKI nem volt,akinek fröcsöghettem volna.

btw csaj a saved!ből jena malone, tessék megjegyezni, ő tökjó.

bingley-re nem emlékszem, asszem ő nem nagyon zavart, a bbc-ben is van egy kis imbecil jellege:)) arra emlékszem, h vörös, mert annak örültem a promóképekben.

az egy dolog, hogy darcy ronda, de EGY arckifejezése van. rosszabb, mint keanu...
 
posted by [identity profile] tenfeethigh.livejournal.com at 01:21am on 29/12/2008
LOL, eichlacival?
 
posted by [identity profile] cashmerenerd.livejournal.com at 01:31am on 29/12/2008
csinált ilyet néha, h közösprogiszeressükegymást, és abban az évben volt aranyjánosra kötelező
 
posted by [identity profile] little-erica.livejournal.com at 01:51pm on 29/12/2008
jajj, én ezzel a dvd-vel szemeztem a tesco-ban... de aztán végül nem vettem meg. Amúgy is csak azért akartam, hogy legyen összehasonlítási alapom, de asszem ezek után, amit írtál, jobban is tettem. :) Én is a BBC-s verzió híve vagyok. Meg Coliné. :D Pedig ő utálja, ha ledarcy-zzák. :D

amúgy mi ez az alternatív befejezés? Mondjuk el se tom képzelni, milyen lehet ennek az alternatív befejezése. Igaz elolvastam azt az úgymond folytatást Julia Barettől, ami az Önteltség és önámítás címet viseli, és nagyjából Georgináról szól. Szal ezenkívül nem tudok elképzelni folytatást, vagy más befejezést a történetnek. :S
 
posted by [identity profile] tenfeethigh.livejournal.com at 01:56pm on 29/12/2008
semmi különös, csak undorítóan nyálas és annyira nem Lizzy-s/Darcys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkQP19Ebzhw
 
posted by [identity profile] worried-bubble.livejournal.com at 05:08pm on 29/12/2008
Hát igen. Ez a film szörnyűséges. Mi is moziban láttuk anyuval, és végén úgy éreztem, mindjárt felsikítok, amikor elkezdett rohanni hajnalban és láss csodát, Darcy is ott volt. "Nem tudtam aludni" - vagy valami ilyesmi.
 
posted by [identity profile] kockasfulu.livejournal.com at 09:52pm on 29/12/2008
but i love this film! and this is the one that throw me into the Austen-fandom.
Matthew IS pretty anyways! and i so expected Laura to tell you off XP
and the ending is because some people just can't cope with the fact that a love story can exist without a kiss. guess who...
 
posted by [identity profile] thehornedgod.livejournal.com at 07:04pm on 30/12/2008
I quite liked Matt Mac in Lil Dorrit, much more than in Spooks where I preferred the criminally posh yet somehow still loveable Rupert Penry-Jones.

PS: Still not as wrong as Billie playing Fanny Price!

::ducks'n'runs::
 
posted by (anonymous) at 04:27am on 02/01/2009
have you seen the movie Becoming Jane yet?

(btw I love reading your blog your life is very impressive :) )
 
posted by (anonymous) at 12:59pm on 02/01/2009
Van benne egy jo vagas, amikor elalszik a gyertya az agya mellett. Tobbre nem emlekszem.
 
posted by [identity profile] tenfeethigh.livejournal.com at 01:32pm on 02/01/2009
No, I haven't.

(May I ask who are you?)

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