Beautiful and Sincere

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2006)

I was thoroughly impressed with this movie. I am a great Jane Austen fan, and I was afraid that the movie would not follow along with the plot and the time frame guidelines it required to make it work. I was, however, shocked. It was beautifully filmed and written. I felt like I had been thrown into the book itself, and it became reality to me. With beautiful shots of scenery, excellent music, and PERFECT casting, this is now my favourite movie of all time. I have viewed all movie versions of the book, and I am positive that this is the best. Keira Knightley was brilliant, no doubt. She captured our beloved Elizabeth Bennet's prideful character, and her stubborn attitude about submiting to the behaviours of her family. She is seen as a human of thought amongst the flocks of women about her, with only marriage on their minds. Mr. Darcy did not disappoint us as well. He was the rude, cold, and unbearably judgemental being we knew to hate in the beginnings of this story, but we learned of his shyness and honour, as well as his feelings later on, and come to love him as Lizzie does. I felt every character's sincerity as they became the people that make the book and film work smoothly, and the actors make it so realistic and believable, because the plot is so normal, and yet so fantastic. The sub-plots in the story come to great endings as well, leaving movie-goers satisfied long after they leave their theatre seats. A beautiful story that has made me cry every time I've viewed it (23 times so far!), it is a thought-provoking and wonderfully capturing film, that shows the importance in judging someone by first impressions.