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Summary: Absolutely Engaging
Review: In high school I read the novel nearly 15 times over. The movie is very true to the book and the casting coincided well with what I had imagined. I have watched the movie more than 30 times and could watch another 30 without tiring of it. If you like period drama this is a MUST SEE.
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Summary: Could it possibly be any better???
Review: For a wonderful book, such as Jane Austen's PRIDE & PREJUDICE, to be made into such an incredible movie as is this five hour adaptation is an amazing accomplishment. The BBC/A&E production of PRIDE & PREJUDICE brings to life the classic love story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in such a breathtaking manner that viewers will be spellbound, and wish for it to never end.The acting, to say the least, is superb. All of the characters are well performed, and seem to be exactly as they should. Too often a movie adaptation of a beloved book will break up the original images of characters formed in one's mind by the author's writing. This, luckily, is not the case in BBC/A&E's "Pride and Prejudice", in which each actor seems to have been put on earth specially for the purpose of playing their part in this wonderful movie. Special note should go to the characters of Mr. Collins, who is as odious as one could possibly imagine, and of Mrs. Bennet, who will make viewers cringe every time she speaks. The costumes are wonderful, to the extent that I wish I had the guts to wear the same style of clothing to my high school. Oh well. Daydreams will have to suffice. Set it all on the backdrop of lush, beautiful England, add some great instrumental music, and the end result is not to be missed. Definitely worth the five hours of one's time that it takes to see the entire movie. Any fan of Jane Austen's novel PRIDE & PREJUDICE will love it, as will probably almost everyone else as well. Enjoy!
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Summary: I, for one, think this DVD is GREAT!
Review: I wanted to get this dvd because all I had of Pride and Prejudice was a crappy 6 hour tape of it off tv but I was worried when I read all the complaints about it and when I got it a couple months ago, I found it to be absolutely fine. I LOVE it... I love all the little extra scenes that were probably cut from tv. I did not notice anything wrong... i thought the colour was just fine. I don't know... maybe it was because I never got the first dvd, but I definitely recommend it. Colin Firth is incredible and so is the story. I am loving it!!!
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Summary: Gorgeous and wonderful!
Review: I'm glad I'm not the only viewer that finds themselves suprisingly and uncharacteristically 'obsessed' with this production of Pride and Prejudice. Frankly, I'm glad to know there is not something mentally wrong with me! (yes, its THAT good.) This A&E/BBC series is without flaw, and in fact, quite additing. I saw this on A&E several years ago and was enthralled, and recently purchased the video set so I could see it again. It recaptured me immediately! It is almost impossible to watch just one tape per evening, so have 4 1/2 hours of free time available so you can watch the whole thing. Be prepared you will find yourself remembering scenes for days afterwards...it stays with you. It can be watched again and again and will enchant every time. Colin Firth (Darcy) smolders, Jennifer Ehle (Elizabeth) enchants, the entire case is perfectly played. The story and this production leaves you believing these characters actually lived. In fact, I recently saw Jennifer Ehle in another movie and was struck by the reality she is in fact an actress and not really Elizabeth! The scenery, costuming and music are just as engaging as the story. A beautiful production all around and an investment that will be rewatched again and again.
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Summary: Pride & Prejudice revisited
Review: The show itself is worth five stars. The DVD is not. I bought this for my wife's Christmas present. We love the show, had watched the VHS version over and over, and thought that the wide-screen DVD would be a good addition. The wide-screen and improved sound quality is really neat. However, the picture quality is so bright as to be washed out...compared either with broadcast or the older VHS.
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Summary: Jane Austen's Masterpiece
Review: This is my favorite movie of all time. I love the story because it is about how love is more important than society's boundaries and also about how two people can fall in love even if at one time one of them high disliked the other. It's a very special movie and is very true to the book, almost exactly. I highly recommend that you see it at least once in your life.
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Summary: Pride of DVD. What could be better?
Review: I have all of the tapes of this magnificent set. And when I saw them on sale for DVD, I jumped at the opportunity. Not only is the picture quality great, but now I don't have to fast forward. A truly wonderful set for a truly wonderful story. You don't want to miss this!
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Summary: Awful colors on this Special Edition DVD
Review: We enjoyed very much of this outstanding miniseries on the VHS tapes. So, we bought this Special Edition DVD for Christmas - repeated playing would wear out the VHS tapes. BAD thing about this DVD:
Like many reviewers here had said already. Awful awful colors, especially on the disk one. There is way too much contrast, bringing the lights and darks to extremes. The outdoor scenes hurt my eyes! Everyone looks ill; and it's hard to tell where darkness end and hair starts on most characters. The furnitures have no detail, they just disappear into the darkness. GOOD things about this DVD:
1) Widescreen, although I doubt that I missed anything on the VHS format.
2) The removal of episodes end credits.
3) It has the closed captioning (subtitle) in English. It let me see what they are saying.
Let the buyer beware!!
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Summary: There is something horribly wrong with this DVD!
Review: Our family wore out our VHS tapes of this outstanding miniseries. We have also really enjoyed the earlier DVD release that we checked out from the local library. With huge enthusiasm we looked forward to this new version. DRAT! It turned out to be virtually unwatchable. Not only was the color completely washed out, but the movements were jerky and not always syncronized with the sound. Thinking we just somehow had been sent a faulty disk we returned it and tried again but the replacement was no better. Perhaps there was just a bad batch of DVDs manufactured, but we are hesitant to try again. (I see that many others have had the same problem.)
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Summary: Washed out color
Review: I love the novel. I also love the A&E produciton of the novel. I agree with the other viewers on the script, acting--this version is simply wonderful. However, the remastered version is awful. The colors are so overly bright that they are almost washed out. This DVD is almost painful to watch. I called A&E customer service and spoke to Vickie who had heard about the problem but had not seen the DVD. She didn't seem overly concerned and suggested the fault might be my DVD player. I am hoping that A&E gets a lot of complaints and then maybe they will do something about this problem. As for now, my advice would be not to buy it.
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