I Don't Care if 700 People Have Already Commented--I have to--It's Awful!

Rating: 2/10 (18 August 2006)

I wish I had taken the time to read some of the reviews here so I would have known how Austen's masterpiece had been hacked at with a butcher knife. I found myself watching the screen with horror. It was like watching a close friend being murdered. Really, I'm not a religious person at all, but I finally understand what a sacrilege is. This.
I too understand that the filmmakers were trying to make the story accessible to a younger, illiterate generation. My question is, why bother? I'm of the opinion that people under 35 shouldn't read Jane Austen; they haven't enough life experience to understand it. Adapting the story as a teenage romance cliché makes absolutely no sense to me. I can see that a lot of people liked this movie, but it has very little to do with Jane Austen or her novel.
Any fan of Austen's works is likely to be as appalled as I was and my recommendation would be to give this film a wide berth.