26 April, 2013

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Here, i'm going to have a brief review on Pride and Prejudice (2005).
All comments are made from personal perspective and i must say i'm i'm not a professional movies critic :p

By comparing the two films, I must say that Pride and Prejudice indeed impressed me. I have been watching this movie for more than 4 times, in just 2 days. It never fail to immerse me.

Pride and Prejudice movie is the adaptation from Jane Austen same name novel. It is believed that the time setting was 1810-1830, based in England. The story is about love and conflict between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, where they are from different social background and ranks.  Keira Knightley starred the role of Elizabeth, while Matthew Macfadyen led Mr. Darcy.

I think, 2 hours is never enough for P&P, it leaves me a sense of emptiness after movie ends :/

I would say Keira's performance in P&P is lively, charming and truly impressive. She is successfully catch the eyeballs of a laymen. Incandescently, she deserved nominations of best actress. In a male-dominated society, women are portrait as feminine, inferior, and obedient. Furthermore, unlike modern society, marriage is determined by parents. However, the characteristics of Elizabeth are rare to seen. She is boyish, clever headstrong and rebel. Elizabeth doesn't talk in the way people like to hear, e.g in the scene of satirizing Mr. Darcy's view on women accomplishments. Besides, the refusal of Mr. Collins propose (a marriage arranged by Mrs. Bennet) is where we seen Elizabeth's bravery and rebel. I never read P&P novel before, but i guess,      the original Elizabeth is what Keira portrayed.

To be continued....




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