Jane Austen's world altered too much.....

Rating: 6/10 (8 March 2008)

I was looking forward to this adaption of JAne Austen's masterpiece. The BBC series was absolutely perfect, as it went at a reasonable pace in episodes so you felt you didn't miss out on anything. This adaptation takes what made Austen's work intriguing as a social study subject and wrecks it by modernising it that it portrays society that was not like it was back in the 19th century. Keira Knightly does a seemingly good job though, but lacks the intelligence that Jennifer Ehle had. The women act more bubbly than is allowed in this time. For example, Mr Darcy's sister meeting Elizabeth was one of the worst scenes in the film, and did not stay true to her character's predicament or personality.
It is difficult to adapt Pride and Prejudice on the big screen in just roughly two hours, so I could say that it is a modest job. However, the elopment of Lydia is done way too quickly to feel any remorse for the Bennett family and their situation. However, the feel of the film, the art direction and casting is quite well done, but the whole pace and tone of the film does not match well with their surrounding environment.
All i can say is, is that if Jane Austen saw this, i'm sure she'd be pointing some things out during a screening of this.