Dangit, all *I* want for Christmas is Mr. Darcy! One all of my own!
I almost don't want to see the 1995 version, because I love Mr. Darcy in this one, but a friend told me she loves the other version/Mr. Darcy too (and I can't remember the actor in that one).
I've now watched twice, plus the ending 2 additional times. I would get the book on CD to listen to on my long drive to/from CA but it's not worth $40.
Yes! I went through the same thing with seeing the '95 version. It has its good points the new one doesn't have but, as far as which Darcy I like best, it's definitley the '05 all the way (but I'm asking for the '95 DVD for Christmas, if that says anything ;)). It really just comes down to if you think seeing another Darcy will ruin it for you. In my opinion Colin Firth ('95 Darcy) plays it a bit dry and on the mean side. Hold out to the second disc if you do watch it because it gets better.
Hee hee I didn't even notice (and this is LJ, so who cares?).
I'm giggling at the icon. I must see the '95 version now! My sister has the book, so I'll probably finish it while I'm visiting. I read a bunch last night, she has the tiny sized book that's 450 pages long, and I read 63 so far.
I was at the bookstore earlier today, and saw the box set of the '95 version for $60, which I'm not about to pay. I'll rent it instead. I normally like to read books before seeing movie versions, but I don't think I could have gotten through the book without having seen the '05 movie first. I need the picture and the general plot to help me get past the language.
Also at the bookstore was some book called Jane Austen Miscelleny. I flipped through it and read that there's some book people wrote about "lost sex scenes" including ones involving Mr. Collins, and I LOLed in the store at that. Mr. Collins is simply awful!
Hi, I stumbled upon your LJ I think via the post where the awesome P&P mood theme came from. A friend of mine told me to see P&P on New Year's Day and I'm addicted to it, to say the least. :D
Addicted, obsessed, in love, all of the above :) Fabulous icon you have there! I'm at the point where I don't have to watch part of it everyday, but most days I still want to.
Thanks; I couldn't stop replaying the movie during that part! I've been busy looking for P&P icons to save so that I can actually add them when I have more room in my userpics. :)
I had borrowed a copy from a friend so I had been watching that at least every-other day, if not more. If I wasn't watching it then I was thinking about it in some way, lol. I finally was able to go and get my own copy today, so I'm extremely happy. I saw the BBC version at the store too, but like I read in one of your other comments, I too am hesitant to let another Mr. Darcy in. I like this one way too much right now, but I think in due time I'll get around to watching Colin Firth's interpretation.
I was staying at my mom's house, without my dvd (which I'd watched 2.5 times) when I started going crazy looking for icons. Thank goodness for Photobucket! If not for that, I would have had to wait a week before I could save icons. I'm really tempted to upload more P&P icons as it is, but I'll hold back.
So yeah, read the book in 3 days, finally got home and watched the movie every day for a week, sometimes twice a day. I've calmed down, and work is my distraction from watching, but I have the soundtrack in my car. I can picture most scenes when I hear the music. I will watch the BBC version, I just don't know when. I'm not worried about Colin's Darcy; I really want to see Mr. Collins in that version.
I've calmed down a bit as well, though I'm still playing the soundtrack on loop; I love what music can do for a film, and make you feel like you're watching it all over again.
I really want to see Mr. Collins in that version. I can't even begin to imagine how that character will be portrayed, lol. And I'm pretty sure that I'll end up liking Firth's Darcy too. I think I just need Matthew's Darcy to reign for me for a little while. :)
You know, for some reason I have that image in my head. I think it's either because I've seen icons of that are it's just not that hard to imagine. Maybe he was wet from rain at some point? Now I'm curious...
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Date: 2006-12-20 07:18 pm (UTC)You just made my day.
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Date: 2006-12-21 03:59 am (UTC)I almost don't want to see the 1995 version, because I love Mr. Darcy in this one, but a friend told me she loves the other version/Mr. Darcy too (and I can't remember the actor in that one).
I've now watched twice, plus the ending 2 additional times. I would get the book on CD to listen to on my long drive to/from CA but it's not worth $40.
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Date: 2006-12-21 02:58 pm (UTC)Yes! I went through the same thing with seeing the '95 version. It has its good points the new one doesn't have but, as far as which Darcy I like best, it's definitley the '05 all the way (but I'm asking for the '95 DVD for Christmas, if that says anything ;)).
It really just comes down to if you think seeing another Darcy will ruin it for you. In my opinion Colin Firth ('95 Darcy) plays it a bit dry and on the mean side. Hold out to the second disc if you do watch it because it gets better.
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Date: 2006-12-21 03:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-22 10:04 pm (UTC)I'm giggling at the icon. I must see the '95 version now! My sister has the book, so I'll probably finish it while I'm visiting. I read a bunch last night, she has the tiny sized book that's 450 pages long, and I read 63 so far.
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Date: 2006-12-24 01:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-24 07:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-25 01:03 am (UTC)Put it this way - I love both Mr Darcys, even though Colin Firth was the one I feel in love with first, via the first time I watched that series.
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Date: 2006-12-25 02:25 am (UTC)Also at the bookstore was some book called Jane Austen Miscelleny. I flipped through it and read that there's some book people wrote about "lost sex scenes" including ones involving Mr. Collins, and I LOLed in the store at that. Mr. Collins is simply awful!
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Date: 2006-12-26 12:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-14 07:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-14 07:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-15 01:17 am (UTC)I had borrowed a copy from a friend so I had been watching that at least every-other day, if not more. If I wasn't watching it then I was thinking about it in some way, lol. I finally was able to go and get my own copy today, so I'm extremely happy. I saw the BBC version at the store too, but like I read in one of your other comments, I too am hesitant to let another Mr. Darcy in. I like this one way too much right now, but I think in due time I'll get around to watching Colin Firth's interpretation.
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Date: 2007-01-15 02:10 am (UTC)So yeah, read the book in 3 days, finally got home and watched the movie every day for a week, sometimes twice a day. I've calmed down, and work is my distraction from watching, but I have the soundtrack in my car. I can picture most scenes when I hear the music. I will watch the BBC version, I just don't know when. I'm not worried about Colin's Darcy; I really want to see Mr. Collins in that version.
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Date: 2007-01-21 06:55 am (UTC)I really want to see Mr. Collins in that version.
I can't even begin to imagine how that character will be portrayed, lol. And I'm pretty sure that I'll end up liking Firth's Darcy too. I think I just need Matthew's Darcy to reign for me for a little while. :)
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Date: 2007-01-21 07:48 pm (UTC)I read something about Colin Firth in a wet shirt. I can't think of what scene that would be, but apparently it makes the fangirls happy.
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Date: 2007-01-21 09:46 pm (UTC)