Watch for "THE FALL"..................

Rating: Null/10 (21 April 2007)

What more can be said.........Keira's Elizabeth is a one-of-a-kind: Lizzie is a glittering star beginning to end. Ah, but it is Matthew's Darcy who grabs this viewer throughout. It's he I hope to see, who I watch for to appear in every scene, background....foreground....where is he? But, why he, you may ask? Well, it's because of the "Darcy's fall" which we begin to see that he is giving us. And we know, if we but think of it, that from that first sidewise glance he gives Lizzie in the film's beginning ball scene, he is lost and "Darcy's fall" has begun.
There are just two scenes that I can watch, watch, watch, re-watch, rewind and watch again. In order of my passion for them, they are: (1) The pouring rain, outdoor pavilion scene where "Darcy's fall" has neared its end and he declares his love to Lizzie (the intensity of that final moment, with their physical closeness and their seen and felt overpowering desire to kiss, is overwhelming for us). (2) That near-dawn, meadow scene in which each discovers the other walking, Lizzie because her fear of lost love keeps her from sleeping, Darcy because he must seek her out for one last try. And when their approach one to the other is done, and we hear him--emotions on fire--stutter out to her: "I love....love....I love you," we know then.....at that very moment....."Darcy's fall" into love is now complete.
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