Comments | kitmerlot1213: Death Comes to Pemberley

kitmerlot1213

Death Comes to Pemberley

Oct 26, 2014 22:19

Has anyone else seen this? Holy crap but I can not get past just how horribly unattractive the actors are who are playing Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy and I know that's shallow but it's disconcerting to see the pretty and sparkingly Elizabeth played by such an older and drab woman. And the characaterization seems wrong--since when does Elizabeth call ( Read more... )

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kitmerlot1213 October 28 2014, 02:26:29 UTC

Yes, The Jennifer Ehle version was gorgeous, and I also enjoyed Kiera Knightley's version but this older chick playing Elizabeth after these two great actresses? I don't think so :)

apeygirl October 30 2014, 06:50:35 UTC

I think I've seen that actress in some other BBC adaptation, maybe a Dickens. I think she was good in it, but not especially pretty, no. I could see her as Anne Elliot as a stretch, maybe, but not Lizzie. I might end up watching out of curiosity as I am a Regency slut and will often take anything.

Incidentally, did you ever see the Persuasion from 1995 with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds? They both seemed unattractive at the start to me, but grew on me by the end to where I thought they were just perfect. They gave her a very subtle makeover (just some blush and bangs by the end) and he just opened up a little. That one's still in my top 3 Austens ever!

kitmerlot1213 October 30 2014, 13:46:40 UTC

I watched the actress in The Bletchley Circle and her clenched jaw, stiff upper lip and generally unsmiling acting matched with the character perfectly but as Elizabeth Bennett? No freakin' way!

Not even Anne Elliott who we know was secretly pretty and just needed her Captain Wentworth to bring it out :):)

And 1995's Persuasion is one of my all time favorite interpretations of Jane Austen's novels--second only to Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth's Pride and Prejudice :)

newbatgirl November 4 2014, 00:55:55 UTC

Cannot comment on the actor or actress since I have not seen them but I do recall reading a few P&P fanfics where Elizabeth calls her husband that and it always struck me as odd.

kitmerlot1213 November 4 2014, 12:19:54 UTC

Yes, I took a literature class that had the Austen novels as it's focus and the teacher specifically said that women in that time period who called men by their last names where considered low rent. The heroine would always say "Mr." where as the classless chick would just say the last name.

As you can see, I've been thinking way too much about this :):)