Hey, who likes the new Pride & Prejudice film better than the old one? I think it sucks personally.?

Question

The acting is only decent on Donald Sutherland and Keirra Knightly's parts. The rest of them fail to put emotion into their words. It's not really that accurate to the book, and they did a lousy job with Keirra's clothing(she doesn't have much of a top anyway, but the baggy dress doesn't help any!), all the girls' hair, and the film itself focuses on too much of the hard aspects of life in that era, which isn't at all what Jane Austin wanted depicted. Grant you, I may just be prejudiced against it(hehe, no pun intended), but I just dislike the film altogether, especially when comparing it to the version with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firthe. There was more emotion and better acting. Yes, there are problems with this version too, but it is comparitavely much better. Would anyone like to interject their opinion?

Source:
An almost-15-year-old-girl

Answer 1

I liked the movie very very much.

Answer 2

I agree about the dress part.... it made Keira look like a figure-less board!!!! I think they added in the details about the middle class era to give a feel about it though. I disagree with the acting bit! The acting was phenomenal! Mr. Darcy is supposed to be icy and emotionless! Matthew Macfadyen played an excellent part! So did all the Bennet sisters. They did have proper emotion, most definitely! I love the book, and just read it recently, and the acting was much better then the BBC version... maybe you haven't read it in a while? In my opinion the version with Colin Firth was dreadful. It was too like the book! There was no room for the reader to imagine how Mr. Darcy felt, because the book hardly touches that. There was NO emotion in the British version, no true passion about what the actors were portraying. In the modern version, you can SEE the struggle for love, FEEL the emotions! I give the modern version a thumbs up, my favorite movie!!!!

Answer 3

If you are looking for an agreement. Not here. The thing about remakes is they have to look at the original story and adapt it to show this time as well. Granted that takes away some of the suspension of disbelief. But, it allows the new audience to get a taste of who the film maker is. This was definitely a women impowered movie. Just like in King Arthur, Kiera Knightly's role was strengthened to put her more in charge of the story's outcome. As for Donald Sutherland, he always puts on a good performance of Donald Sutherland. This film did little to stretch his acting talents. And then there are the rest of the cast, you can't make Knightly's role stronger without diminishing their roles in the process. Over all it wasn't bad as movies these days go. You might want to watch Bride and Prejudice to give yourself a wider perspective. It's a Bollywood version of the same story. It will show you what I mean by putting some of the director into the movie to reach a new audience. Sorry you didn't like it but you are comparing one director with another and last year with ten years ago or more. Times change and people change with them.

Answer 4

What do you mean by the 'old one'? There so many versions of Pride& Prejudice... my favorite is with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle- they were such a cute and very british couple! Personally I didn't like Keira Knightley's acting, she's cute but nothing else. She didn't deserve the Oscar nomination with this production although I think she's a talented actress. Yes, this wasn't the best adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. This flick is just scratching the surface instead of showing what life was then in England.

Answer 5

I just love the one with Colin Firth. I paid more attention to the story than with the new production, which was all about making Keira a star. Lovely girl, but when I watch a movie, I want to get lost in it, escape, not be reminded that I'm watching Keira, Julia, Meg, Gwyneth, Tom, etc.

Plus, the mini-series was addictive, like a serial.

Answer 6

The one done in 1995 starring Colin Firth is the best Pride and Prejudice film.

Answer 7

The one with Colin Firth is better- more in-depth, closer to the book. The new one skips over a lot and I didn't like much of the casting-except Keira.

Answer 8

Yeah I like the old one. I watched the new movie just for the sake of Keirra and loved her, She is giving her best. Good Luck Keirra.

Answer 9

Good point. I agree, the other version is better. It's all in the acting, and how the director is true to the spirit of the novel, not to his "artistic" criteria (which usually suck).

Besides, it is never easy to write scripts as an adaptation of a novel, especially if you don't have any literary imagination or concept.

Answer 10

Since Pride and Prejudice has been done at least a billion times over the years, the films have become tedious and boring--a recent adaptation that is fun is "Bride and Prejudice"...a Bollywood version of the story that is interesting and has music ( that i actually find myself humming to since I have seen it at least 4 times now)
Check it out--Its playing on the Stars channels ...

Answer 11

The ORIGINAL Pride and Prejudice (1940) is better than any other remake solely because of how Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier made it passionate. I loved Greer's powerful acting. I saw 20 minutes of the mini-series and bowed never to waste my time watching any other. I've been waiting for it to be released on DVD, I'll be the first to snatch it! Watch it and I guarantee you'll love it.