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Thursday, December 15, 2005

Pride and Prejudice Movie Review (Sort Of)

*Lines they left out- "Of all this I might have been mistress."
*What they put in- Lizzie staring at an unresponsive statue for a Very Long Time


Lines they left out-"Dearest, loveliest, Elizabeth."
What they put in- "Mrs. Darcy. Mrs. Darcy. Mrs. Darcy. Mrs. Darcy...etc."

There were compensations, and overall it was worth the viewing.
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5 comments:

  1. Headmistress, zookeeper12/15/2005 10:47:00 PM

    You know that part in Singing in the Rain, where Gene Kelly is kissing his way from hand to shoulder of the Shining STar in the STudeo Firmament, and he just says, "I love you, I love you, I' love you, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU" all the way up? I couldn't help thinking of that scene while listening to those brilliantly written lines, "Mrs. Darcy, Mrs. Darcy..."

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  2. Anonymous12/15/2005 11:03:00 PM

    We are going to see P&P tomorrow--and I think I'm very glad that it has been a LONG time since I read the book!
    Glad you thought it was worth seeing.

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  3. Anonymous12/16/2005 08:52:00 AM

    !!!!!

    Headmistress! That's exactly what I was going to type!!!!

    equuschick - you are a traitor to Austen and I'm putting you on probabtion! (grin)

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  4. M. Ivanolix12/16/2005 02:15:00 PM

    Your comment about the missing "Of all this I might have been mistress" caught my eye. The "perfect" A&E version may have had this line, but Jennifer Ehle never convinced me. OTOH, Keira Knightley's performance through that whole Pemberley scene made me feel as if she had said it as well as meant it. In fact, in the new movie, many of the "missing" lines were well acted through the whole movie, as well as much of the author's narration. They did a great job of "showing" instead of "stating".

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  5. Anonymous12/17/2005 10:57:00 PM

    Of course, the lines "Dearest, loveliest Elizabeth" aren't from the book. They're from the A&E miniseries, which I admit I sometimes mistake for the book--I just recently double-checked something and found out another line I think of as being in the book is actually only in the miniseries.

    It's like a friend of mine who recently mentioned "the archery scene" to me. I looked puzzled, and she said, "There's no archery scene?" Turns out the archery scene is in the 1940 Greer Garson version of the movie.

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