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Pride & Prejudice (2005)
What period is this supposed to be in?
I have seen photos of the movie, this newest one. I give it low points because of the utter lack of regard for it's period costumes. This is NOT Regency England! Jane Austen would not be amused... This reminds me laughingly of the MGM version of P&P that starred Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, so this is 2 for 2 of film companies getting Regancy England so terribly wrong!
I am sure that the acting is marvelous; the cast is stellar, but the lack of true Regency period infuriates me! Too many times glitz and kitch take over and surroundings suffer because of it.
Others have taken Jane Austen and made it true. Take Emma Thompson, for instance. She got her characters, surroundings, and costumes just right. Filmdom could take a lesson from Miss Thompson's Sense and Sensibility, as well as TV's Pride and Prejudice that starred Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, and Persuasion with Amanda Root as Anne Elliot.
All in all, I think one will prefer the 1995 television mini-series version, with it's complete story, costuming, and more of a true vision of that time. Television, when it takes on Jane Austen, seems to know who to do it right.
Pity, I was hoping for more from this newest film adaptation.
My Fair Brady (2005)
Adrianne Bags a Brady!
I know many of you question Chris' choice to ask Adrianne to marry him, and I agree that Adrianne has a lot of growing to do, but they are obviously in love. It makes me feel good to see two people that much in love.
Hopefully she will see just how some of the things she says and does looks by watching the episodes herself, and she'll learn how to correct herself. I hope so or her new fiancé will be in for a hard time if she doesn't grow up, or she may even lose him if she doesn't make some changes.
He had a good idea that made everyone happy; "Yes, please be my wife. Now will you compromise along with me?"
I can't wait to see them getting married AND having children, which Chris wouldn't have been able to do with someone his own age.
When I was watching the season finale, I was crying along with Chris and Adrianne in the final scene. Good luck Chris and Adrianne!