Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Even though February is over, I thought I would try to maintain my Oscar mood until Sunday night. (which, I am taking off by the way....Far too much activity that day watching Oscar stuff to watch a movie too, I will just review the show instead) Okay, so Pride and Prejudice. I was one of those people...You know, the ones who watched the preview early last year and thought....ick...Mr. Darcy played by someone other than Colin Firth, really...What is the point??? But I was so wrong.....really, really wrong. I don't even know this guys name, but I am seriously in love with him. Now, I know, its really Mr. Darcy I am in love with....always have been. This guy really played him well. And Keira Knightly, playing my absolute favorite literary heroine of all time, was incredible. I wasn't a huge fan of Jennifer Ehle's interpretation of Elizabeth Bennet...but Keira Knightly got it right. I thought her performance was perfect. I will buy this movie and watch it again and again. I firmly believe it to be one of the most romantic stories of all time. Jane Austen really knew how to write women, her main female characters are always so brilliant, and beautiful at the same time. This film adaptation of this story was no exception. It was beautiful, far surpassing the original BBC mini-series version in its beauty (well, of course, except for missing the wonderful, incredibly sexy scene of Colin Firth swimming and his wet white billowy shirt...but I digress)the landscape was beautiful, costumes were perfect, and I thought it was absolutely awesome! Now I have to dig through my book bins to dig out this classic to read again right away.