Comments on: Ending Pride and Prejudice III; the 2005 movie

By: chani shipley

chani shipley — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:54:14 +0000

I had no idea that that last scene was left out of other additions. I’m Canadian so I’m not sure why…
It may be the sentimentalist in me, but I adored that conversation about names that Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy have.
Having always known the “extended edition” I feel like I would be a tad upset at it ending just as Mr. Bennet is talking.
Having a bride take a husband’s name is a small pleasure for many women (I look forward to it) So I love her wanting to be called Mrs. Darcy.
It’s just lovely.

By: lektra

lektra — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:13:19 +0000

After watching the 2005 version with the Director comments turned on, I was struck by the attention to detail Joe Wright put into his production. The blackbirds that ALWAYS chirp when Elizabeth is alone with her thoughts; how the opening music is the same as Georgiana was playing to bridge old home to new home for Lizzie and, although completely lost on the viewer, that a moat surrounds Longbourne where this group of virgins live! Even the 4 swans in the lake next to “Pemberly” representing Lizzie’s sisters “The one with its head underwater is Lydia.” Those two tidbits alone create a delicious “secret” between you and Wright the next time you watch it without his commentary turned on. Marianelli’s music score was ALL ORIGINAL! Then there were the intricate real life stories: Rosamund Pike having been engaged to both Joe Wright and the actor playing Mr. Bingley. Keira and Rupert(Mr. Wickham) having “a live in thing” for 6 years after making the film and so on. How the gardner at Chatham House led them to the wonderful tree Lizzie and the Gardiners sit in when the wagon breaks down. The false walls put up at Longbourne to give it that worn appearance. How the assembly dance set was built in size specific to the number of people in the shot and which 2 scenes were CGI (hint: NOT the cliffs of Derbyshire.) Drawing attention to Mary and Charlotte’s interest in Mr. Collins or his fascination with how well an extra played a drunk in the assembly dance scene that had escaped me (and maybe you) until pointed out. The affection the Director held for the actors who played ‘lesser’ characters: the elder Bennets, Lady DeBourg, Charlotte, Mr. Collins, the Gardiners, even the butler at Netherfield. I was taken with his genuine respect for the sets and the players — if you have not watched it along with his comments, a real treat awaits you.

By: Reynee

Reynee — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:19:15 +0000

While I agree that the American version may be too much for Austen, what you have to consider is that the 2005 version is not the Austen version. While the 2005 version does a great job in staying true to the story, it is quite different from Austen’s version (Elizabeth actually comes across as likable). So, yes, this would seem out of place in the prim and proper world of Austen, but not so much in the whimsical and passionate 2005 version, which I loved.

By: electra anderson

electra anderson — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:56:34 +0000

Just watched it again this weekend — after The Notebook which left me drowning in tears I needed a feel good movie! I’ve lost count of all the people I’ve introduced to this movie and it has been universally loved. At least a dozen call it their favorite and watch it at least once a month. As to this issue of the kiss at the end — maybe “Mrs. Darcy” is overdone but as one of the MEN I showed it to said, I think he was just saying that “I AM perfectly, totally and incandescently happy time 5″ Besides, both the 1939 Greer Garson/Lawrence Olivier version and the 1992 Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth versions ending with kisses and there is no hue and cry about that. We should be more miffed at the appalling departure of the 1939 version by making Darcy so cloying and Lady DeBourg in cahoots with Darcy in getting Lizzie. I wish you could have talked to the teenager who said it was her favorite and brought her such joy to see it over and over on the hospital movie channel as she was taking cancer treatments. Even at her weakest, she said “I just love this story.” Just this past weekend I was watching it with another patient and one of our Russian nurses came in and immeidately recognized it and animatedly recounted her favorite characters and scenes. Was very sorry to read that Matthew MacFadyen didn’t have a good time on the set as he was unable to be with his wife as she was expecting their first baby. I hope he knows that that performance ahs brought real joy to many — and sent many to read the book!

By: Missy

Missy — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:28:12 +0000

I love this adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and though the kissing ending does not follow the book, I love it. Every time it shows on TV, I look for that ending which is not there.

By: Lektra

Lektra — Fri, 13 May 2011 04:27:07 +0000

How fun it has been to check around the net and see how this movie has touched people. There is the “kiss” controversy of homemade videos of Lizzy and Darcy to myriad love songs and any blogs. Of the controversy of the endings, I wonder if it had been called “Miss Bennet and Mr Darcy, a love story” if it would have satisfied purists more. I got the BBC 6 hour miniseries to watch again after re-reading the book and it has lots that is not in the book. Plus, like the 1939 Greer Garson/Olivier outing, Lizzy was far too well dressed and Longbourne too nice to convey the class differential she so beautifully shown in the 2005 version. In the long run, people are drawn to the love story and that is what the 2005 adaptation emphasizes — perhaps it will entice more people to read her other works. I am not sure if Miss Austen would not like any adaptation, but I surmise would like this abridged version more than ‘Becoming Jane’ which purports to be HER life and is pure fiction. I do believe that Jane, whose very tombstone does not say she was a writer, would be surprised and, I hope, happy that almost two centuries after her death her works are revered, retold in countless ways (ie: Brigette Jones Diary), and that her main characters are some of the best loved in all literature — we should all be so lucky as to get that kind of immortality.

By: irene

irene — Thu, 12 May 2011 03:48:08 +0000

If we are going to be purists, I can’t imagine that Jane Austen would approve of any adaptation of her book. Then we wouldn’t have any of these performances to enjoy. I’m thrilled with the 2005 Pride and Prejudice. I love Emma Thompson (uncredited) who helped with the additional dialogue. She won an Oscar for her screenplay of Sense and Sensibility. Also, as a Yank and a romantic, I love the kisses at the end.

By: may

may — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:48:04 +0000

Just give my two cents…I love the book and the movie. I love both UK and US ending, but i feel more satisfied for US ending, of course if we want to stand with the purity according the book so the kissing scene wont be needed but even in 1995 version Lizzy and Darcy have kissing scene in their wedding. They’re already married and I think it would be nice to see some sweet scene for them and i think it is great because we can see different side of Darcy, his tenderness, his affection, his love for Elizabeth. The scene made me feel complete and satisfied for their love story. PP has became one of my favorites…

By: lektra

lektra — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:24:21 +0000

Only recently saw it for the first time on cable and was totally taken in by the beauty of the landscape, the musical score, the perfection of the casting and love story. I immediately bought it and have watched several times since. I went back and re-read the book — some 45 years after the first reading and while I loved the book, I felt the movie struck just the right chord and took the correct dialogue from the page. Knowing that Matthew MacFadyen did NOT read the book or see the previous movie and mini series but played straight from the sscript made me appreciate his acting the more. He was totally believeable as a young man with huge responsibilities and a firm sense of who is was supposed to be learning to be who he was at heart. I am delighted to see I am not the only one who has watched it again and again. I LOVED the alternate ending because their sexual ension was palapable throughout and for the intimacy it showed in the way she touched his leg and arm and his own continuing deference to pleasing her. It is easily my new favorite movie of this genre. BTW the original with Greer Garson had full on kissing and was not nearly as satisfying. I loved Colin Firth in the mini series but Jennifer Ehle left me cold. Knightly was perfect.

By: melati

melati — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:30:38 +0000

it seems i watched the uk verssion, and i felt little disapointed about the ending. But i found the alternative ending on youtube and i love that alternative ending. That’s so romantic. Although that’s totally diferent from the novel. It was really satisfying.
By the way.. Anybody know where we can get the full movie of the us verssion? I only watched it in youtube and i really want to watch the whole complete us verssion. Thank you!