Liked the film's interpretation

Rating: 9/10 (16 October 2005)

I'm afraid I don't agree with Joejoesan - having seen both, I think the series had its merits and the film is great as a standalone. My friend and I are both big fans of the series although we both agree that Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth were miscast - the first because she wasn't feisty enough and the second because, as all his other roles, he was rather wooden. However, the series as a whole was enjoyable.
The film had more impact as we both felt Keira brought the feisty Elizabeth Bennett more to life and Matthew MacFadyen was much more believable as Mr Darcy as you actually saw emotion on his face and heard it in his voice. Of course, he looked like he was suffering from a cold but that could just be wandering around the grassy meadows in the cold, English climate doing that :-)
Nothing beats the book of course as you can populate the characters with your own interpretations. I'd like to see the the series re-done with Keira and Matthew in the leading roles (but no wet shirt scene please!). As for kisses - the series only had one itself at the very end and if you watch the DVD/Video you can see how very ... err... unromantic it was and should have been edited out. I think the film didn't need it and, based on viewing the trailer, it probably was there but cut out before the film was released.
All in all, I give it 9 out of 10 and would be happy to watch this film again.
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