I can't stop watching it

Rating: 10/10 (1 March 2007)

I just can't stop watching it. It's as if I've been taken back to this time period and just don't want to leave it. What's amazing about the relationship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett is, I believe, how honest they are with one another. They're conversations have everything they need to have in order to get to the heart of what Jane Austen intended and absolutely nothing that they don't need. It has probably the best dialogue in the world. This film couldn't have been done more perfectly. A big part of that is in the cinematography. It is incredibly beautiful and far different from anything I've seen before. For example, when we see Mr. Darcy in the mirror when he drops off the letter as if we are looking directly through the eyes of Elizabeth. Not to mention the breathtaking landscapes. There are hundreds more examples, but I can't possibly describe them as well as the movie can show them to you. I've never read the book, but after being so captivated by this film, I don't see how I can possibly avoid it now. I went out and bought it today. Everything about this movie is enchanting and refreshing. The truth in how they judge each other from the start, and then the honesty in how they confront each other about it. Keira Knightly brings an elegance to the character of Elizabeth along with her down to Earth manner of living and approaching people. Matthew Macfadyen is simply sublime. He doesn't even need the lines; just his facial expressions get the whole meaning across. Whenever I watch this, every scene he's in, I cannot help but stare at him the entire time, or else I feel like I'm missing something important. I hate just blinking when he's in a scene. I could go on and on about Donald Sutherland and everyone else as well, but all I basically want to say is that this film had the absolutely, hands-down, brilliant, most perfect cast that could ever have been conceived. The story line is what we might think of as being too simple. "We" being the spoiled audience of today who have had our heads filled with explosions and bullshit dramatic sequences. But in fact, the beauty of it is in the way Austen brings out the deeper meaning of every single seemingly insignificant event. It is a must see for all the decent, intelligent people left in the world.