After finally seeing it, I feel comfortable saying...

[wordinista]

That there are not words strong enough to convey my complete, boundless, and utter dislike of the most recent Pride and Prejudice movie.  I think it is quite fair to say that I hated it with the passion of a thousand burning suns, and have never spent so much time yelling at the television screen.

In sum, I say this:  There is only one Darcy, and Colin Firth is his name.  Forever and ever, amen.

I now wonder why all those Austenites wasted their breath kvetching about the costumes.  The story, the characterizations... there were a lot more bitchworthy complaints than costuming.

I am awash with WTF. 

That is all.

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[queenofthecute.livejournal.com]

There is only one Darcy, and Colin Firth is his name. Forever and ever, amen.

Praise be to God.

Actually, I haven't seen this new film, but I was rather put out when I heard that they were making one. I mean, why bother when you already have a spot-on piece of perfection? And as much as I don't hate Kiera Knightly, she certainly isn't Elizabeth Bennet in any sense.

So, is it worth seeing so that I can join in on the complaining, or should I protect my retinas and skip it altogether?

[dawnsama.livejournal.com]

New!Darcy was definitely a disappointment. I mean, sullen is one thing, but stonelike? I actually thought Keira Knightly wasn't bad as Lizzy, although she giggled rather randomly.

I hated the way they played out the end.

Lizzy- "I couldn't sleep!"

Darcy- "Neither could I, so i walked all the friggin way from Netherfield in my bedclothes (because what's manlier than bedclothes?) and in the dark. Wow, it's a good thing I ran into you here because I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't. Maybe thrown rocks at your window or something."

Not to mention the "Mrs. Darcy" thing in the last scene.

*facepalm*

I know there's a different ending for the European release, but since I haven't seen it, I feel free to gripe about the ending. Way to Hollywoodize a classic, jeez.

[leilani-kw.livejournal.com]

I admit I haven't watched it. Yet. I Netflixed it and its still sitting on my desk but I just can't seem to bring myself to watch it. I think P&P2 is just about perfect (though I do think the Gardiners should have been at least 10 years younger than they were cast) so I've been telling myself to think about the new version as glorified fanfiction but even that isn't helping me work up the necessary enthusiasm.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_midoriko_sama_/]

This sounds like me when I went to watch the Lord of the Rings movies. I feel for you completely. (They didn't throw me out of the cinema, I left half way through. However, I suspect that had I suddenly stood up and spoken mind mind to the Directer and Film Making in general at that point, that might have changed.)