awesome emotionally packed beautiful movie

Rating: 10/10 (17 March 2006)

I must strongly disagree with ehenders from Australia, on almost every point. I am a huge Jane Austen fan and have watched three versions of Pride and Prejudice (the one with Keira Knightley included) and though BBC has been my favorite for a long time, I was really impressed with this last one. Sure it's shorter, but if you can display someone's pride in six scenes, Joe Wright did the same in one or two. The point that the story was rushed was perhaps, the strongest point made. Besides that, this movie was FAR more emotionally and passionately done than any other adaptation. This movie's strong point is its ability to pack the heart and soul of a story into a shorter amount of time. There was more than enough chemistry between Darcy and Elizabeth and that was more than clearly displayed. Displayed beautifully and sensitively, too. The cast was great - Mr. Bennett grew on me very quickly, and made a touching father. And my completely favorite actor in all three versions for all the characters cast was Matthew MacFayden as Mr. Darcy. He captured the outwardly proud/inwardly sensitive type better than I've seen yet. He showed the soft side of himself more effectively, and the managed to look proud without looking egotistical. I thought he made the story.