Pride and Prejudice - again!

[fan_elune]

Yes, I'm obsessed. So sue me. I was checking out the IMDb quotes, and look here, a deleted scene.

Mr. Darcy: My dear...
Elizabeth Bennet: No, no, no. "My dear" is what my father calls my mother when he's cross.
Mr. Darcy: And what am I to call you when I'm cross? "Mrs. Darcy?"
Elizabeth Bennet: No, you may only call me "Mrs. Darcy" when you're extremely and incandescently happy.
Mr. Darcy: And how are you this evening, Mrs. Darcy?
[kisses Elizabeth's forehead]
Mr. Darcy: Mrs. Darcy...
[kisses her cheek]
Mr. Darcy: Mrs. Darcy...
[kisses her nose]
Mr. Darcy: Mrs. Darcy...
[kisses her other cheek]
Mr. Darcy: Mrs...
[His voice, a whisper, fades out, and he draws Elizabeth closer to him as she leans in and he kisses her]

Which reminds me to say a word about the end. I liked that it didn't focus on Elizabeth and Darcy, but that we went straight from Mr. Bennet to the credits. That said, I also quite like the idea of watching this little scene, here, as I can imagine it only too well andhmmmatthew, and I think it would actually fit rather well after the credits. To keep the movie from ending on the traditional image of the weddings, but still have it follow the tradition... after a fashion, so to speak. It just seems like such a love little scene.

Also, because I forgot in the last post - still in the "your hands are cold" scene, I adore how he stumbles on the three big words, and that only third time's the charm. "You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love... I love... I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on." Which, god, you have to be good to sell lines like these. And he is. Extremely good.

Am now off to try and dig up my Requiem for a Dream CD, as this whole strings love is making me itch for it.

Comments

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

Deleted? I think I heard an interview where the director Joe Wright said that that scene was added to the North American theatrical version, even though he too prefered ending it with the moment on Mr. Bennet.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Oh! I didn't know. I'm right there with him. ...and not truly that surprised that they'd add it for North America. Thanks for the info!

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

And: Which, god, you have to be good to sell lines like these. And he is. Extremely good.

Oh God, yes. So good. Can't be said enough times.

I watched the last episode of the BBC version last week, and Colin Firth just doesn't do it for me. Not that he ever did. But now it's ten times worse. I kept comparing their portrayals, their acting and their yumness and Firth kept coming short.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

I just realised I haven't even seen the BBC version in English. I don't know how I could possibly like it, but I did. Then again, it was back when I read Austen, which I've really fallen out of doing since. Because, no. It would just be masochistic. That said, I did like Colin, but I kinda always do anyway. I need to see it again, is what. Gives me an excuse to! :)

...well, now I only have to find it in English. Hmm.

[hardlyfatal.livejournal.com]

Yes, that part was how it ended here in the States. Not deleted at all, over here.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

It's actually interesting that they'd feel the need to end the film on such a romantic note for the States, whether the rest of us could have the ending the director wanted, that's very elliptic. Hmm.

[hardlyfatal.livejournal.com]

It's a well-known fact that 'Murkans are shallow, simplistic imbeciles with no appreciation for subtlety. We're so dense that we must be spoon-fed our happy endings just to make sure even our feeble brains were able to comprehend them.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Just as well-known as the fact that we Froggies are so idiotic or lazy (often a combination of both) that we truly couldn't deal with reading subtitles and must have everything dubbed for us, so that we can be content to hear our beloved language slaughter the original dialogue and performances of the actors. Because quality sucks, and we couldn't have that.

*kicks at the entertainment industry* People, give us a chance!

Also, we're so much better than the 'Murkans. Puh-lease. Look at their president. (What do you mean at least they produce fictions that question their governments? So do we! ...not. At all. Ever. And our president is a crook, and hardly any better. Dammit!)

*kicks at all preconceived ideas* People, get your own ideas!