enough is enough!

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2006)

I am sick of reading this stuff about how bad it is, I am going to be a film major in the fall and when I see a good movie I watch it over and over and each time if its truly good you notice things you didn't pick up on at first and despite the fact you are watching something you have already seen and it still moves you, that's when you know a movie is truly great.
All of you people who criticize this movie for not holding true to Austen are cruel, her intentions were to entertain, make an observation on society, and move you, and this movie holds true to all of those ideals. You may have loved the 5 hour version well good for you a mini series can do that but a movie cant, so don't be mad about that but the idea that Matt days a poor job as Darcy regardless of how boring you may find him or how the mini series was more of what you pictured in your head you have to remember that unlike a book a movie is a representation of what someone else saw in there head while reading this novel if you didn't see the same thing it doesn't make it bad its just different and you need to realize that and respect this movie for Joe Writes pure cinematic genius in his first feature film and Mathew McFadden's ability to play a Darcy that any man can respect. The way he portrays Darcy is beautiful and moving and if you spend the whole time going hey this isn't Darcy well then quite frankly you are wrong because this is Darcy as Macfadyen sees him and not u if you don't like it make your own movie! If you stop comparing this to other Jane Austen attempts maybe you will realize this movie is brilliant, beautiful and moving and the musical background is well picked combined with cinematically stunning concepts to make you really feel the love between these two characters and not some giddy fake or foolish love that you see in society today but a love that seems real, with its problems and its perfection in how chaotic it is that brings anyone male or female to a point at which they long for something so true in there life love or not but something.
This is one of the most beautiful love stories ever written and having read the book I consider this a fantastic ADAPTATION! Of a great novel so if you have two hours in your day I beg you to please watch this movie regardless of what the others on this site say about it because you may find yourself filled with a strange yet pleasant emotion at the end of this film that you have never felt before and that's what a movie is suppose to do, combine wonder story with, music that portrays the mood and cinematography that emphasizes emotion in a way that no other medium can.
oh and one last thing, they don't kiss on the bridge SO WHAT! a kiss would have been cheese and Joe Wright avoids a kiss intentionally if you listen to the commentary you would know this, you would also know the reason they don't wear bonnets despite the fact that they are mentioned often in the book is because Wright did not feel bonnets would work as well cinimaticaly so stop complaining before u hear his explanations the man is a perfectionist and was not completely satisfied with any scene in the movie and because of that mad something quite nearly perfect.
Brian