Joanna’s Comments (group member since Feb 05, 2012)

Joanna’s comments from the Explore the Many Genres of Jane Austen Spinoffs 2012 Reading Challenge group.

To add to the question, which version did everyone see first?

I LOVE the BBC version. I think it is one of the best book adaptions ever done-- the only realy liberty they took was the Darcy taking a swim scene. And is any woman going to complain about that?

The Keira Knightly version has its good points -- I liked the way the Bennett parents were portrayed. It was a more sympathetic version than we normaly see. What I didn't like was the very Heathcliffe-esque portrayal of Darcy; Darcy is suppressed emotion that occasionally can't be contained. I think it was the scene will him emerging from the fog that made me roll my eyes.

Anyway, I will alwasy be a fan of the BBC version (aka, the Colin Firth version:)

Brenda, I recall the Knightly version ending with Elizabeth and Darcy sitting at Pemberly after they got married. I think he was calling her Mrs. Darcy and I have a vague recollection of them sitting by water. I'll have to rewatch to confirm.