Appreciation For The 1990s Pride And Prejudice

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It's never been equalled as novel adaptations go!! Everyone is perfect !

It was brilliant, I agree. Perfect casting. I live near "Pemberley"...

I say STAIRCASES because there are SEVERAL

Absolutely love it, but usually rewatch from the beginning of episode 4, just because all the best bits are after then. Final showdown with Lady Catherine de Burgh is probably my favourite bit!

There's even a joke about how good it is, in the Barbie movie!

I give at least an annual outing to it

I love the 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

On youtube there are a series of documentaries about the making of it and the attention to detail that went into it - for example - they dug up the garden of "Longbourn" to remove any plants that would not have been in Britain in the Regency era and then put them back after filming, and they spent a weekend in a University textile department to screen print the cottons and muslins used for the dresses so that they would have authentic designs etc

I watched it again recently. I think it’s one of the best television series ever.

It is perfection from start to finish.
Tried to get husband into it but he declared it to be "wank" so I'll have to keep enjoying kt on my own 😂

You’re right @FknOmniShambles It is perfection.

Yes, it was excellent. None of the annoying attempts you sometimes see to 'improve' the story or change the attitudes to be in line with late 20th/early 21st century social mores.

Love it, one of my favourite ever TV series.

I must watch it at least 4 times a year. Alison Steadman absolutely nails Mrs Bennet.

I've heard they are doing a new one - it's not required

I mostly enjoyed it at the time but found Alison Steadman so shrill and over the top that she came close to spoiling it for me.

I prefer the 1980 version. Impeccable casting, acting and script.

I prefer the 1980 version.

We kind of people. Capital. Capital.

I have rewatched recently (mainly due to the joke in Barbie) and it was even better than I remembered.

Perfection!

Although my controversial opinion is that Alison Steadman isn’t as strong in her role as the rest of the cast are in theirs, I think Imelda Staunton would have nailed it. Steadman is not bad enough to keep it from being the GOAT though.

DD1 and I quite often use Lady Catherine De Bourgh’s line “… if I had of learned, I should have been a true proficient” about ourselves or others when veering towards pompous over confidence unbacked by evidence.

@Deadringer

I'm sure he kept a very good sort of shop before his elevation to the knighthood

@LightDrizzle

I say that as well!

I watched it for the very first time this winter, and loved it - but I can’t help but think that they did Susannah Harker dirty with the hairstyle. It really didn’t suit her.

She looked like she could be the sister of the fella from Resident Alien, and she’s totally beautiful in real life.

I was 16, a massive Jane Austen fan, and it was sort of life changing television for me. I just love Jennifer Ehle as Lizzy, was such perfect casting. Susannah Harker and Julia Sawahla shouldn't have worked but they sort of did.

*That should of course say MY kind of people.
Capital. Capital.

2005 version ftw 😊

"if I had of learned, I should have been a true proficient”

We say this about our dog all the time.

It was just out on video when I was having my first baby - we brought it to the hospital and watched while I was in labour! We re-watch it regularly and our kids love it too. I think Alison Steadman was excellent. Would not have wanted anyone else. Elizabeth and Darcy were perfectly cast.

See? I found it distracting.