Pride and Prejudice

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khmuse

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I just attended a screening of this film last evening with my daughter (she worked on an in theater promotional piece for the film). I must say that this film could easily be lumped into the category of a "chick flick" but frankly, the performances and cinematography (by Roman Osin) transcended that label by a large margin.

I found that the underlying story was compelling enough to be of interest, but the on screen look and the very impressive camera movement (lots of technocrane shots) were more than enough to keep my attention. Kiera Knightley's performance was excellent and she is such a natural beauty that I didn't mind watching her performance at all.

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Casting was generally very good, the production design was very impressive and the lack of a overly romanticized approach to the book was a refreshing change to this type of film. My suspicion is that this film will do very well in the box office and easily stands a good chance of getting some serious nominations. If you want to take your wife/girlfriend to a film which she will thoroughly enjoy and you can watch on a number of different levels, then this would be one that I would suggest considering.
 
OK, now after a month since this post, I am beginning to think that this is such a chick flick that no one can admit to seeing this film.
 
i'm going, my girlfriend wants to see this movie, i'm just not into the upper class english society.... but i guess i'll enjoy the cinematography
 
Shakespeare and Austen. Sooner or later there will be enough adaptations of their work so every man, woman, and child on the planet has their own version.

And I agree. Too much Knightley. I shot a home movie a couple weeks ago, and I swear she was in it.

We need a thread on the hollywood obsession with using the same handful of actors in all its movies until we're sick of them.
 
Watched this one today... alone... when my girlfriend wanted to see it with me. Was having the car serviced and had to wait 3 hours, so I went to the theater nearby and ended up seeing P&P.

However, I must say I'm not disappointed at all. Not a fan of chick flicks, but this was a pleasant surprise.
This has everything: the story, while nothing new, is still captivating; all around good acting; the costumes and sets look totally authentic and the score - mostly piano - is great. Just a plain good movie on all accounts.
But what practically glued me to the screen was cinematography. MESMERIZING! From the opening steadicam sequence and the long chasing crane shot at the ballroom I kept finding myself enjoying the camera work throughout more than anything else. The camera rarely stops, it's always on the move. But it's not some crazy-Bay stuff nor what you can see on Reality TV. Every camera move is very gentle and light, real pleasure to the eye, like a... dance. Coupled with the very natural, almost raw picture, beautiful music and the script that is never overy dramatictic, the movie itself almost feels like a dance you dive into for 2 hours and let it flow, let it live on it's own around you... If that makes any sense. It's really that light-hearted, beautiful and moving.

So, if it's still out there in theaters and your girlfriend/wife/sentimental-half-of-yourself wants to see it, don't hesitate. If only for cinematography - this would get my vote for Best of 2005 - you won't be disappointed.
 
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