Pride and Prejudice
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I always thought that when you watch a movie adaptation of a literary work you’ll find some parts missing in the film that was written in the original novel. In this case, I found out more about the story with the movie. That was probably because when I read Pride & Prejudice, I was bored and although I didn’t fancy classic lit, I had nothing to read. That was the time I also read A Tale of Two Cities and another Dickens book.
The movie wasn’t spectacular. Just like the book - just an easy read and something to tinker with your imagination. I had to imagine then the British colonial and period-style architecture as well as their gowns.
When we first saw Keira Knightley in the Disney-produced TV-movie Princess of Thieves (where she played daughter of the hero Robin Hood), we were bewitched. She was 17 then and now at 22, she’s already an Oscar nominee. The Academy probably found that too young for an Oscar and gave the award to Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line.
It’s funny that how the characters looked was how I exactly imagined them. Particularly that Mr. Darsey (or how it was really spelled). I was amazed because that’s how I really pictured him – even the color of his dress! Anyway, I couldn’t help staring at Keira’s teeth. She somehow makes it certain that when she smiled onscreen, the viewers could count every single pearly-white tooth.
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I always thought that when you watch a movie adaptation of a literary work you’ll find some parts missing in the film that was written in the original novel. In this case, I found out more about the story with the movie. That was probably because when I read Pride & Prejudice, I was bored and although I didn’t fancy classic lit, I had nothing to read. That was the time I also read A Tale of Two Cities and another Dickens book.
The movie wasn’t spectacular. Just like the book - just an easy read and something to tinker with your imagination. I had to imagine then the British colonial and period-style architecture as well as their gowns.
When we first saw Keira Knightley in the Disney-produced TV-movie Princess of Thieves (where she played daughter of the hero Robin Hood), we were bewitched. She was 17 then and now at 22, she’s already an Oscar nominee. The Academy probably found that too young for an Oscar and gave the award to Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line.
It’s funny that how the characters looked was how I exactly imagined them. Particularly that Mr. Darsey (or how it was really spelled). I was amazed because that’s how I really pictured him – even the color of his dress! Anyway, I couldn’t help staring at Keira’s teeth. She somehow makes it certain that when she smiled onscreen, the viewers could count every single pearly-white tooth.
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