This evening, I watched Pride & Prejudice between studying for Crim Pro and studying for International Law. It’s one of my favorite books, and the BBC production was one of my favorite movies, so I was a bit hesitant about another version.
But - although it isn’t quite as faithful to the book, I think it conveys much more emotion than the BBC production and its characters have more humanity. Austen’s characters are fantastically real, and this version does a good job of bringing out some of their under-played characteristics. For example - Mary Bennett, Mrs Bennett, and Caroline Bingley are all sympathetic and perhaps like-able characters in this version. And Mr. Collins is wonderfully ridiculous.
Yay for Pride & Prejudice!
