I absolutely adore this film!

Rating: Null/10 (21 October 2012)

One thing I have learned is that when a book is adapted into a film you should never go into that movie comparing it to the book. Obviously a movie will always be in the shadow of the book. Books are completely subjective to our own imaginations and when you watch a movie you get an entirely different person's interpretation of that book. Who really knows how Austen would have felt about the book, she might have been more enthralled with the iPod for all we know. Whining and griping about it wont change anything and it certainly doesn't deter me from going and seeing any movie.
I loved the novel. Not my favorite Austen novel, I rather liked Persuasion better. As far as adaptations go though I loved this version most. The 1995 BBC version was horrible and annoying to me. I couldn't get through the first episode without skipping through to my favorite parts. And even then it was lacking and far too drawn out. How could I even begin to compare it to my imagination, or of what MY Mr. Darcy looked like, acted, or sounded? When I saw it, I saw Colin Firth, not Mr. Darcy. In this version, I saw Mr. Darcy. You can truly appreciate a film when you notice not which actors are playing the characters but when you forget altogether that they are actors and get lost in their characters.
This version, while yes considerably shorter and omitting many parts made me feel more at home. Wright and I were more on the same level. The movie felt more romantic and I was glad not to see so many of those god awful high waist-ed dresses, which were an absolute eyesore along with those ridiculous bonnets. I understand its not "historically accurate" but how enjoyable is it to watch a film only for accuracies? The change ups were brilliant. The first time Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth is fast, raw and deliciously human. I rather liked the fact that they were so carried away with themselves. So angry that it felt like moving at very fast speeds and not knowing when it would happen but that you would crash at any second and burn. That is emotion, and that makes a good movie.
The U.S. ending is perhaps my most favorite part of the film. It is totally original in that it is not at all in the book. I felt that it was a perfect ending. Just the right amount of sweet to end the savory and sometimes bitter journey I had just been on. The way in which Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are openly displaying their affections feels genuine and just a taste of that happily ever after that we are always left to imagine at the end of any good story.
So I would ask that anyone would take away their prejudice from this film from any negative reviews. It would be much smarter if you judged it for yourself. If you don't like it then at least it is honestly and not on the back of someone else.