scifirenegade: The seventh Doctor and Ace standing under an umbrella and having a grand ol' time. (seven & ace)
scifirenegade ([personal profile] scifirenegade) wrote2025-05-08 09:01 am

3W4D - One Film: It is a truth universally acknowledged... Edition

Gotten around to it, finally. The 1940 film with Greer Garson and Lawrence Olivier.

It's very different from the back (based on play apparently, maybe that's where all the changes are from), everyone is dressed in Gone With the Wind's hand-me-downs and there's copious amounts of exposition (which is normal). But it's a charming little thing.

I really liked the super-epic carriage race at the beginning, the archery scene (wut; also, isn't there an Emma adaptation with archery? If so, did they get it from here?), and my favourite scene: Elizabeth playing at Lady Catherine de Bourgh (esteemed patroness) and Darcy is all heart eyes (he's quite affectionate towards her after the "she's torable" bit), and their exchange is GOLD! His face!

(Noticed that on all P&P adaptations I've seen, my favourite scenes all take place at Rosings. Hmm...)

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