Pride and Prejudice (2003)

I first got to see this movie when it appeared on television, I personally found it a cute little flick. I know most people would feel that this movie is a bad screen adaption...but it is not meant to follow the book directly. If it had been meant to be it would would have been taken in a way more serious direction and it would have been like every other movie that used Jane Austen's book as it's premises.Yet, like every movie it has it's short comings, I for one, think that it lacked in substance at certain points and didn't always flow right and the acting, at times could come off as sub-par at a few points. But all in all I found it a good movie over-all.I rated this book a 9/10 due to its creativity and sheer adorableness.

Oh, my God! This movie was such a disaster, I can't even begin to describe it! First of all, the plot has almost nothing to do with the original book/movie. The silly little teen comedy air is disturbing and a disgrace for Jane Austen's story. The actors, uh, the roles are simply laughable especially the main two characters: Darcy is mean and exaggerated, while Elizabeth Bennet is a ditsy blonde who tries to look smart(sure!)and who has some horrible (!!!) clothing. There is no chemistry between them! Nothing! The parts that are supposed to be funny are senseless and throwout the movie we hear this annoying music on the background that makes you want to scream. I watched the movie like you watch a car accident (you want to look away but you can't) and i can honestly say that this one shouldn't have seen the light of day!

This movie does nothing to credit Jane Austen's literary genius, regardless of whether its adaptation was meant to reflect a comedy more so than the classic romance. Perhaps most tedious of all was the complete lack of chemistry between the lead characters. Also ever present was a level of acting that made high school students look like Oscar contenders. A film like this either works or it doesn't, and this one only left me wishing I was watching Joe Wright's version of Pride & Prejudice (2005). While it attempts to follow in the footsteps of films like Clueless (1995) with its comedic take on Jane Austen's "Emma", it falls completely short of expectation.

There are a great many negative comments on this movie, mostly by people who seem to abhor the very idea of it. Well, that's their prerogative. But is it really that dreadful? Ought an Austen-lover to scream in horror, and then flee in disgust? Is it truly a horrid idea, one that ought never to have seen the light of cinema?NO! It's not sacrilege; it's fun, and rather hilarious in bits, and perhaps a little silly. As much could be said, perhaps, of a great many other interpretations of the story. As someone who is a great admirer of the Great Author Austen, I am a little surprised by the violent reaction of my fellow devotees. But since all the less-than-brilliant aspects have been expounded upon at length, let us mention the better ones.1) the cinematography. Quite amazing.2) the characterizations. One truly does dislike Mr. Darcy in the beginning, as one ought. Kitty and Lydia are properly silly, Lizzy a little impetuous. And Mr. Bingley, while perhaps a tad more dense than the original, certainly has the same sort of personality. And Mr. Collins is astoundingly perfect. 3) the screenplay. It isn't MEANT to be what Austen wrote; it's how things might happen now. And it's done hilariously, particularly the small ironic bits frequently thrown in.