Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make happiness difficult.
Orgoglio e pregiudizio, Stolz und Vorurteil, Más fuerte que el orgullo, Orgulho e Preconceito, Talpig úriember, Orgueil et préjugés, Гордость и предубеждение, 오만과 편견, 傲慢与偏见, Περηφάνια και προκατάληψη, Duma i uprzedzenie, גאווה ודעה קדומה, Aşk ve Gurur
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mr. darcy was too happy in this, wheres my brooding emo matthew macfayden
“I’m glad you didn’t drown me, papa! it’s much too nice just being alive! even if I never have a husband.”
A lot of dismissive words have been written about the 'Hollywoodisation' of classic plays and novels, when in reality the studio system often made a decent job of adapting them, especially when producers like MGM's Irving Thalberg and Fox's Darryl F. Zanuck were in charge.
The 1940 version of Pride and Prejudice, though, seems to bear out every criticism ever levelled at the Californian trivialisation of great art, with none of the wit or nuance of Jane Austen's peerless romantic comedy, and only about half the story. It's OK to make changes if they serve the contrasting demands of the medium, but here every decision MGM made seems to be wrong, from the dubious, artificial sets and costumes, to the…
me before watching: i'm not gonna compare it to the 2005 version
20 minutes in: but where's the open hostility :( where's the hand flex :(
“ well, i told him if he ran into five of the silliest girls in england they would be my daughters “
i think this is the version that gives all sisters better screentime and personalities, especially mary who is often forgotten but in this one she was really cute ! but one thing i didn’t like as much as other versions it’s that it isn’t as dreamy and romantic, that made me kinda disappointed.
“ at this moment, it’s difficult to believe that you’re so proud “
“ at this moment, it’s difficult to believe that you’re so prejudiced “
the garden scene was soo pretty 🌷and the kiss :’)
mr darcy is a lot warmer in this movie…
IN WHAT UNIVERSE IS LADY CATHERINE DE BOURGH APPROVING OF ELIZABETH AND DARCY 😡😡
IN WHAT UNIVERSE IS THERE A CARRIAGE RACE 😡😡
IN WHAT UNIVERSE DOES DARCY PROTECT ELIZABETH FROM COLLINS AT A GARDEN PARTY IN A BUSH 😡😡
brb gonna go cleanse my eyes with joe wright’s (2005) and simon langton’s (1995) version
laurence olivier does not have mr. darcy energy at all and he barely has chemistry with greer garson. which sucks because i thought after loving him in WUTHERING HEIGHTS that he was going to be a top-notch brooder of all classic lit adaptations but alas. however i like greer as lizzy bennet a lot! it's clear that the aims of this movie are to include all the plot but keep it under 2 hours but it's all too breezy to feel emotionally resonant. even in this post-SUCCESSION world my #1 darcy is matthew macfadyen (colin firth tailing close behind of course). also why are the costumes like 50 years off??? dresses are too poofy i hate it here!!! it's all…
This is such a wild interpretation of the book.
brb gonna travel back in time to hold hands with laurence olivier xxx
I wasn't expecting to love this film as much as I did.
Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier were such a fantastic pairing, this was an absolute delight. <3
Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy is some of the best casting I’ve ever come across in any film. 🥰
Sure, I knew where it was going because it’s been remade so many times but it was a lovely 2 hours. I love black and white movies but I do wish could see everything colorized for this film! I bet it’s gorgeous. It’s costuming is on point.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Jane Austen purist will find this wanting. Given the success of Olivier as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, it was predictable for Hollywood to rush Olivier out the next year as Heathcliff’s moody forebear, Mr Darcy.
The setting is moved to the Victorian era, I suppose so MGM could reuse all their leftover Gone with the Wind dresses and bonnets. The result, along with Lady Catherine’s and Mr Collin’s farcical characterizations, is more a early Dickens vibe than Austen.
The film has a 1930s Screwball vibe created by the verbal sparing between Jane Greer and Olivier, as Lizzie and Darcy with their wealth disparity, and Lizzie almost always coming out on top, and the will-they? or won’t-they plot.
A Jane Austen – Aldous Huxley t.
