tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523012080492654376.post9091463966501864324..comments2024-03-16T22:49:15.757-05:00Comments on Elegance of Fashion: Reader Question #8: Examining Pride and Prejudice (1995)Miss Elizabeth Bennethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02019249086339232260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523012080492654376.post-77170903761921795512012-08-13T20:05:13.911-05:002012-08-13T20:05:13.911-05:00Thanks for answering my questions.
You're rig...Thanks for answering my questions. <br />You're right - the ending was too quick - but I got the feeling that most viewers in the UK were wishing that Darcy would get a move on and get to the kiss by that stage. <br />As to the "epilogue", it seemed to me that it might have taken an entire additional episode to cover it fully. However, thinking about it made me realize that it could mostly be done with a short scene of Christmas Day just over a year after the wedding with Kitty and the all the Gardiners staying with all the Darcys, the Darcys and Gardiners driving around the park before all the Bingleys plus Hurst's coming in the afternoon for dinner, Mr Bingley complaining on the way about the Wickhams staying too long, maybe a littl'un or two and the final words of Elizabeth spoken to Mr Darcy being taken from the adieu of Mr Darcy's letter to her. Pure corn! And of course, no Christmas decorations, a Victorian invention I believe.<br />As for Mr Darcy's scene composing the letter to Elizabeth, I thought that worked very well. We know that it took about eleven hours. Just writing the letter would have taken no more than an hour even though we have been told that Mr Darcy is very careful in his letter writing, so how was the other ten hours spent? Examining his behaviour?<br />I also liked the way the two parts of his letter were flipped with the Wickham part based on his reminiscences (covered in the flashbacks) being dealt with first, so that we could see Elizabeth's responses to the points he made about Bingley/Jane as she read the letter.<br />As for the content of the letter, I have to say that I'm not that impressed, it was enough to be going on with but we have to wait till after the second proposal to find out how great the change has been when he mentions the problems with his upbringing. As for the adieu, that appears in the last line spoken by Mrs Bennet, I think.<br />As for scenes that were omitted, I would liked to have had all the meetings between Mr Darcy and Elizabeth included, except perhaps their three meetings in the park at Rosings which were satisfactorily replaced with the single scene of Mr Darcy on horseback meeting Elizabeth in silence. I would also have liked to have more of the Netherfield ball including the second half with Mr Collins demonstrating what a jerk he really was. Additionally, it would have been good to have the full text of their conversations at these meetings. Another episode would have covered it all and would have been one step closer to perfection.blowbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661397569876675986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523012080492654376.post-24790927553557329542012-08-10T10:18:57.570-05:002012-08-10T10:18:57.570-05:00p.s. and thanks for sharing my button on your love...p.s. and thanks for sharing my button on your lovely blog!Little Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461337351903199178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523012080492654376.post-67920946786994234712012-08-10T10:17:55.695-05:002012-08-10T10:17:55.695-05:00I LOVE your header!!!!!!!! Beautiful! :)I LOVE your header!!!!!!!! Beautiful! :)Little Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461337351903199178noreply@blogger.com