And the publicity circuit begins . . .
The first P&P 2005 review is out!
Well, not exactly. Baz Bamigboye had some brief raptures over Rosamund Pike’s portrayal of Jane Bennet in Friday’s issue of the Daily Mail:
. . . Ms Pike invests such a wealth of emotional sensibility into her portrait of Jane that you want to leap out of your seat with happiness when Charles Bingley (Simon Woods) finally gets his act together.
As much as we love Lizzy, we are glad to see she isn’t getting all of the attention. Besides, wasn’t Jane the reputed beauty of the family?
July 17th, 2005 at 2:10 am
Rich Cline from the movie site Shadows on the Wall has written his review.
But he’s not allowed to publish it yet, so all we get is the rating (four out of five), the running time (2h5m) and this one sentence:
July 17th, 2005 at 8:52 pm
“Lavish” doesn’t seem to go well with “gritty and realistic”, but clearly he intends it to be a compliment. Does it mean this film takes the course of Persuasion rather than that of ‘95 P&P? Ahh, the agony. Is it september yet??
July 18th, 2005 at 2:03 pm
I do have to say that I’m glad that, in this (2005) adaptation (vs. the 1995 BBC), they’ve made Jane more conventionally pretty than Lizzy. That’s a key point in the book, and is a major factor as to why Darcy initially snubs Lizzy. And half of the charm is Darcy coming to realize that Lizzy is fabulous for her internal qualities, not her external (which are outshined by Jane’s).
July 19th, 2005 at 1:37 pm
I couldn’t agree more with what Kendra said. Jane is supposed to be this fabulous beauty, but in 1995’s version, I thought that Jennifer Ehle was much prettier than Susannah Harker. Rosamund Pike is exactly how I’ve always pictured Jane to look. Jane Austen would be proud =)
July 19th, 2005 at 11:40 pm
am i living under a rock, or why haven’t i heard of rosamund pike? is she more of a british actress? when i first saw the 1995 BBC version, i was actually surprised and pleased with susannah harker as jane–if you compare her to the paintings and portraits ccmmon at that time, harker’s beauty was very appropriate, with her large, wide set eyes, roman nose, and broad shoulders, etc. i think that this new film portrays more of our current standards of beauty…though i agree that jennifer ehle was definitely beautiful in the film
July 20th, 2005 at 4:02 pm
My one problem with the 1995 P&P was Susannah Harker as Jane.. Jennifer Ehle’s beauty definetally outshined hers. Rosamund Pike is a lovely and very talented actress (she was excellent in Wives and Daughters, which also stars MM’s wife, Keeley Hawes) and I look foward to her portrayal of Jane. Only a little over 2 months for us Americans!