Posts Tagged ‘Pride and Prejudice 2005’

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all-time Top 10 Darcy screenshots for your drooling pleasure. We have Matthew Macfayden (2005), Colin Firth (1995), David Rintoul (1980), Laurence Olivier (1940) and Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen 2008.) They’re in no particular order, so we’ll leave it up to you to rank them according to your preferences!

The Lake Scene vs The Rain Scene
The famous ‘Rain Scene’ from the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie is where Matthew Macfadyen’s dripping-wet Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth for the first time. The ‘Lake Scene’ from the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice 1995 is the moment after Colin Firth’s Darcy has taken a swim in his [...]

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all-time Top 10 screenshots of Pride and Prejudice’s Elizabeth Bennet, ‘as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print.’ From the major Pride and Prejudice screen adaptations, we have images of Keira Knightley (2005), Jennifer Ehle (1995), Elizabeth Garvie (1980) and Greer Garson (1940.)

The 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie and its BBC 1995 TV predecessor make far more of the elements than Jane Austen ever did. More generally, Miss Austen didn’t give much to movie and TV producers to go on when planning their outdoor scenes. Not one for dwelling on scenery or skies, she was seemingly [...]

One 1813 review of Pride and Prejudice was glowing in its appreciation of Jane Austen’s new novel, praising the characters as well-rounded and plausible save for one exception: Mr Darcy. Darcy’s ‘abrupt’ transformation from fashionable indifference to ‘ardent lover’ didn’t ring true according to the anonymous critic, reprinted in Pride and Prejudice: A Sourcebook (Routledge [...]

Always in need of an excuse for idleness, I was most pleased to chance upon a Pride and Prejudice 1995 Darcy screensaver, which is still available online from the BBC Pride and Prejudice page. Now, whenever I find myself sitting at the computer unable to think of anything to write, I shall have to deal [...]