Silvia, Alfred, Catherine, &c. (levealfred)

Loved the book, Loved the movie. The dialogue was even better than it was in the book in some scenes ! Really amazing job from Deborah Moggach who had to squeeze the novel into two hours or so. And the music by Dario Marianelli is GREAT. This is one of the best movie I ever saw. But of course there are some things I didn't like, P&P being my favourite novel, I can not help noticing the points on which the movie was not up to it. First of all, Pemberley is not how I would want it. Chatsworth is a bit big and pompous to be a good Pemberley. Lyme Park is more like it. Second thing is, there are some scenes that are totally incoherent with Regency. For example, Darcy just walks in at the Collinses, and enters Lizzie's room, when she's in her *nightgown*!? Oh, and his shirt half open in the last scene(s) as well. Well, they had to make up for the dive in the lake and the bath in some way, I guess... And there are also two characters I don't like the interpretation of : Bingley appears to be some sort daft fool, while he should be quite intelligent : "Bingley was by no means deficient, but Darcy was clever". Georgiana too, wasn't at all as described in the book. She's supposed to be shy! She's not supposed to go around saying "Brother, you must force her!". Their Darcy & Lizzie (and all the others, too), however, were PERFECT. And I know what I'll say is blasphemy to some, but I'll say it nonetheless : They're infinitely better than Colin Firth & Jennifer Elhe. As much as I like and admire Colin Firth, he simply has not the acting abilities Matthew Macfadyen has. But it's nothing next to Jennifer Ehle. First of all, she's American, and I wouldn't mind it if she could at least *fake* a decent British accent. But she can't -- I don't like her voice, at all. It's not a Lizzie voice. But the voice's nothing. She can't act with intensity! CF & her don't quarrel half as well as MM & KK do. I watched the serie's proposals, and it was very very inferior. I maintain my opinion that the only reason why people should like the series more than this one is because of the dive in the lake, and the bath.

One word: MASTERPIECE. From the way they're talking and the wonderful actors to the magnificent action choregraphy and love story, it's just the most perfect movie you could ever wish for.