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Rating: Null/10 (14 March 2006)

I bought myself the 2005 Pride and Prejudice staring Keira Knightley and, well, was disappointed. The Cinematography is astounding the musical score was great, The location shots are breath taking, the actors were beautiful to look at, yes they were, but the costumes were not well done. I realize the Bennett family lived in the country but Pa-lease! This was way wrong. And while some things were well portrayed, as far as, Regency society some things were so horribly wrong that it ruined the movie for several minutes while I ranted about how wrong it that was.
This movie got nominations and praise out the wazoo and I was let down because I love Jane and the BBC miniseries production of Pride and Prejudice really spoiled me. I realized that the new movie would be edited, it isn't an over 5+ hour miniseries, yet the story adaptation itself was pretty good, however, the dialog in portions needed serious help. I'm sorry, but do not modernize Jane. All the smart wit is gone when you toy with the language for portions of, often, important speeches. My favorite Bennett family member, Mr. Bennett, was very poorly represented in this adaption. He has some of the best moments in the book and unfortunately for times sake, I am sure, most of his intelligence and fatherly love is lost in this adaption. I did, however, come to like Jane Bennett more in this Adaptation that the BBC miniseries. All the other sisters are little more than background noise in this version.