absolutely fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2006)

I have to say, I was extremely surprised at how they didn't try to modern-ize this movie with any extensive love scenes etc. It's nice to see that a movie like this doesn't need that to be a good film. Kiera Knightly is absolutely fantastic. She really embraces the character of Elizabeth Bennet. Matthew Macfayden is one of the only male actors who, in a move, literally took my breath away. Another thing I liked about the movie was that it was almost identical to the novel except of course for some dialogue changes. However, for the most part, it was exactly the same. They did a fantastic job with this movie. It also stayed extremely close to the reality of that time period. If you liked someone you couldn't hug them or kiss them just because you liked them. Therefore, those times that they danced or Mr. Darcy helped Elizabeth into the carriage were their only amount of physical contact. Also, women's only role back then was to marry, it was the only real way they could better themselves in any way. I really liked it a lot and it has become one of my favorite movies of all time.