So this week we enjoyed the middle section of Pride and Prejudice. Any thoughts, especially from those who has never seen this production? Is there anyone out there experiencing this for the first time – never seen an adaptation or read the novel?
I do want to ask this: Why all the fuss about the scene where Darcy dives into the pond upon his return to Pemberley? I know it isn’t in the novel, so that’s not what I’m talking about. Why does everyone think this is such a great scene? I don’t get it. It just escapes me.
Please share your thoughts in the comments!
I’m on chapter 6 now and it’s starting to get better. It’s nice having a chapter a day delivered to my e-mail. I can take 15 minutes of my lunch break and use that time to read my chapter that day. It’s pretty convenient!
It’s nice to have kindred spirits in Amy and Ms B regarding Mr. Darcy!
Andrea,
I have every intention of watching the last episode. I am enjoying the other characters and the way the story is developed. And Colin Firth is doing a great job at being snobbish and introverted.
My husband is introverted too, but I can assure you that he never called me unattractive or proposed to me “against his bettter judgment.” If he had, my answer would have been the same as Lizzie’s-no.
And I also find it odd that he, having a quiet personality, cannot recogonize that Jane is the same way. Because she did not show the passion he thinks she should have, he takes Bingley away from her. What passion has he shown Lizzie?
With friends like that, who needs enemies?
It’s nice to have kindred spirits in Amy and Ms B regarding Mr. Darcy!
Andrea,
I have every intention of watching the last episode. I am enjoying the other characters and the way the story is developed. And Colin Firth is doing a great job at being snobbish and introverted.
My husband is introverted too, but I can assure you that he never called me unattractive or proposed to me “against his bettter judgment.” If he had, my answer would have been the same as Lizzie’s-no.
And I also find it odd that he, having a quiet personality, cannot recogonize that Jane is the same way. Because she did not show the passion he thinks she should have, he takes Bingley away from her. What passion has he shown Lizzie?
With friends like that, who needs enemies?
Sallie–Oh yay! Someone else who likes Col. Brandon. And I have owned S&S for only a few months and have watched it four times already! It was just so wonderfully done. (o:
And I reread my comment and realized that I need to slow down in my typing….I spelled ‘Austen’ wrong and signed my name ‘Ms.’ instead of ‘Mrs.’
Abrianna–I thought the same thing when reading both of your comments as well. (o:
Blessings,
~Mrs.B
Sallie–Oh yay! Someone else who likes Col. Brandon. And I have owned S&S for only a few months and have watched it four times already! It was just so wonderfully done. (o:
And I reread my comment and realized that I need to slow down in my typing….I spelled ‘Austen’ wrong and signed my name ‘Ms.’ instead of ‘Mrs.’
Abrianna–I thought the same thing when reading both of your comments as well. (o:
Blessings,
~Mrs.B
IMO, I think ,everyone should read the books before seeing the movie.
I think the swimming scene was put there to build up the tension of Mr Darcy. Just like the fencing scene. He really is smitten with Lizzie and is suffering. I see the scene as him trying to distract himself from his suffering.
When I first saw the swimming scene, I thought it was weird because it was so out of character for Darcy, but then it grew on me. 😉
Mrs. B,
I love Col. Brandon, too. I think Capt Wentworth is my favorite, though. You really should read both books.
IMO, I think ,everyone should read the books before seeing the movie.
I think the swimming scene was put there to build up the tension of Mr Darcy. Just like the fencing scene. He really is smitten with Lizzie and is suffering. I see the scene as him trying to distract himself from his suffering.
When I first saw the swimming scene, I thought it was weird because it was so out of character for Darcy, but then it grew on me. 😉
Mrs. B,
I love Col. Brandon, too. I think Capt Wentworth is my favorite, though. You really should read both books.
Col. Brandon as represented in the Emma Thomson Sense and Sensibility is my favorite Austen hero as well, followed closely by Mr. Knightly in Emma. But I like Henry Tilney, too — I’ve just started reading Northanger Abbey. That and Mansfield Park are the only Austen books I haven’t read yet.
Her books are a little hard to get through in some places, I think primarily because the language is so much different and so much more wordy than the way we speak now.
I don’t know if it is because this is my third time watching this version of P&P or if it is because I have read the book since the last time, but I am getting more from it this time than ever — all the little nuances in Elizabeth’s and Mr. Darcy’s expressions. Jennifer Ehle can say so much with the lift of an eyebrow. I didn’t used to like Colin Firth’s Mr. Darcy — he was handsome and played pride and arrogance well, but I never warmed up to him in the end. But this time I am seeing the struggle and the changes he undergoes. Darcy will probably never be warm and demonstrative, but now he’s not seeming to me as stiff as he did in previous viewings.
Amy, I disagree that they hate each other through the whole movie and then suddenly find that they love each other instead at the end. Austen’s first title for this novel was First Impressions, and that is what is neat to see unfold in the story — they both had wrong first impressions of each other, but as they get to know one another more they find more that they like, and then love slowly dawns.
Col. Brandon as represented in the Emma Thomson Sense and Sensibility is my favorite Austen hero as well, followed closely by Mr. Knightly in Emma. But I like Henry Tilney, too — I’ve just started reading Northanger Abbey. That and Mansfield Park are the only Austen books I haven’t read yet.
Her books are a little hard to get through in some places, I think primarily because the language is so much different and so much more wordy than the way we speak now.
I don’t know if it is because this is my third time watching this version of P&P or if it is because I have read the book since the last time, but I am getting more from it this time than ever — all the little nuances in Elizabeth’s and Mr. Darcy’s expressions. Jennifer Ehle can say so much with the lift of an eyebrow. I didn’t used to like Colin Firth’s Mr. Darcy — he was handsome and played pride and arrogance well, but I never warmed up to him in the end. But this time I am seeing the struggle and the changes he undergoes. Darcy will probably never be warm and demonstrative, but now he’s not seeming to me as stiff as he did in previous viewings.
Amy, I disagree that they hate each other through the whole movie and then suddenly find that they love each other instead at the end. Austen’s first title for this novel was First Impressions, and that is what is neat to see unfold in the story — they both had wrong first impressions of each other, but as they get to know one another more they find more that they like, and then love slowly dawns.
Oh my most favorite movie AND book! Does it get any better? Even my precious hubby is sitting through this movie version of P&P with me to “see what all of the fuss is about”! And he likes it!
On to the Darcy swimming scene….I think it shows a spontaneity on Darcy’s part which is foreshadowing the change of character that he is going through. Almost like baptism, a washing off of the old and a cleanliness for the new.
Call me romantic, maybe it IS solely for the opportunity to show Colin Firth in a wet white shirt! ;o)
Really enjoying this thread- thank you so much, Sally!
Oh my most favorite movie AND book! Does it get any better? Even my precious hubby is sitting through this movie version of P&P with me to “see what all of the fuss is about”! And he likes it!
On to the Darcy swimming scene….I think it shows a spontaneity on Darcy’s part which is foreshadowing the change of character that he is going through. Almost like baptism, a washing off of the old and a cleanliness for the new.
Call me romantic, maybe it IS solely for the opportunity to show Colin Firth in a wet white shirt! ;o)
Really enjoying this thread- thank you so much, Sally!