Hi there! Filippa here. Today I thought I would do a comparison of the book and the movie of Pride and Prejudice (by Jane Austen obviously), since I finished the book only a few days ago.
So I'll just compare for example the character's descriptions, some different scenarios, things they deleted or added to the movie and what changes they made.
Since I watched the movie before I read the book I could already see the faces of the characters in my head while I was reading, and Jane Austen didn't describe the people in a shallow way that referred to their looks; all I remember about the character's looks from the book was that I one time read about Elizabeth's brown eyes. Otherwise Jane Austen mostly described the people with expressions. For example that someone looked very proud or vain. But as for the actors in the movie I think that most of them where perfect for their roles, especially Keira Knightly as Elizabeth Bennet. And if you for some reason wouldn't have seen the movie but read the book I think that Jane Austen's way of writing will still make it possible for you to build a picture of the character's faces, based of their characters and personalities.
About the plot of the story it was the same in the movie as in the book. There were no major changes that I could see. Although there were a few differences; things they had changed a bit when they made the movie. As for an example the scene where Mr Darcy first proposes to Elizabeth. In the book he comes over to Mr and Mrs Collins's house when only Elizabeth is there and he walks back and forth in the room before he finally explains about how he admires and loves her. Then Elizabeth rejects him by telling him about all the awful things he has done to her sister's relationship, and Mr Wickham etcetera, and Mr Darcy gets surprised of her rejection (since he thought that his feelings were mutual) but then walks out of there. In the movie on the other hand this happens when Elizabeth leaves church and walks out into the rain because she found out about what he did to her sister's and Mr Bingley's relationship. Then Mr Darcy follows her outside and confesses about his love and admiration for her (and she rejects him for the same reasons as in the books). In my opinion the movie version of the proposal was better than the book's, but I guess I'm just week for those romantic kinds of rain scenes.
About Jane Austen's humorous way of writing I believe that the movie directors and actors got her humorous touch to it even in the movie. Even in the fully normal conversations there is humor because of the character's personalities and differences, and Jane Austen really do know how to form a discussion between two people, and even a whole group of people. And there aren't really any stereotypical main character's. The fact that the book was written in the 1800's may also have something to do with that, and the stereotypical red-haired and green-eyed main character hadn't come to be yet. But the characters all had their own personal touch to their personalities and even though some people may've been a little bit similar to someone else, no one was the other fully alike.
About deletes or adds that they made to the movie I have to say that the directors made an excellent job. It was a while since I saw the movie so there aren't any major things I can think of that were deleted from the book. Only small things like maybe some dance here and there, or some visit to someone, but those things didn't really matter for the plot to be complete. And as for any adds I don't think there were any. The only thing I can think of is the rainy scene when Mr Darcy confessed his love for Elizabeth, but as I wrote before that actually was a change of the original proposal scene. So that wasn't really an add, but a change.
I really enjoyed both the book and the movie, so I can't say that I preferred any of them. It just depends on which mood I'm in; if I feel like watching a movie or read a book. Because they are very similar and there are pros and cons with both of them.
Be sure to comment what you think about Pride and Prejudice - the book and the movie - and let me see what you think. Did you prefer one of them or did you like them equally like I did? Are there any things I missed that were changed or deleted in the movie that I should've mentioned?
If you haven't seen or read Pride and Prejudice I highly recommend it since it's such an amazing story and you will learn a lot from it about just life in general, and it is so amazing to see how different people lived, acted, behaved and talked in the 1800's. And if you've only seen the movie but haven't read the book I actually recommend that you read it too, even though they were very similar. The book still gives you more of a feeling of how some of the people were thinking. Since it's writing from third person's point of view you will get thoughts from many different people and there are background facts and more details that are really fun to know. So just pic it up in the closest bookstore or library!
~ Filippa ~
About the plot of the story it was the same in the movie as in the book. There were no major changes that I could see. Although there were a few differences; things they had changed a bit when they made the movie. As for an example the scene where Mr Darcy first proposes to Elizabeth. In the book he comes over to Mr and Mrs Collins's house when only Elizabeth is there and he walks back and forth in the room before he finally explains about how he admires and loves her. Then Elizabeth rejects him by telling him about all the awful things he has done to her sister's relationship, and Mr Wickham etcetera, and Mr Darcy gets surprised of her rejection (since he thought that his feelings were mutual) but then walks out of there. In the movie on the other hand this happens when Elizabeth leaves church and walks out into the rain because she found out about what he did to her sister's and Mr Bingley's relationship. Then Mr Darcy follows her outside and confesses about his love and admiration for her (and she rejects him for the same reasons as in the books). In my opinion the movie version of the proposal was better than the book's, but I guess I'm just week for those romantic kinds of rain scenes.
About Jane Austen's humorous way of writing I believe that the movie directors and actors got her humorous touch to it even in the movie. Even in the fully normal conversations there is humor because of the character's personalities and differences, and Jane Austen really do know how to form a discussion between two people, and even a whole group of people. And there aren't really any stereotypical main character's. The fact that the book was written in the 1800's may also have something to do with that, and the stereotypical red-haired and green-eyed main character hadn't come to be yet. But the characters all had their own personal touch to their personalities and even though some people may've been a little bit similar to someone else, no one was the other fully alike.
About deletes or adds that they made to the movie I have to say that the directors made an excellent job. It was a while since I saw the movie so there aren't any major things I can think of that were deleted from the book. Only small things like maybe some dance here and there, or some visit to someone, but those things didn't really matter for the plot to be complete. And as for any adds I don't think there were any. The only thing I can think of is the rainy scene when Mr Darcy confessed his love for Elizabeth, but as I wrote before that actually was a change of the original proposal scene. So that wasn't really an add, but a change.
I really enjoyed both the book and the movie, so I can't say that I preferred any of them. It just depends on which mood I'm in; if I feel like watching a movie or read a book. Because they are very similar and there are pros and cons with both of them.
Be sure to comment what you think about Pride and Prejudice - the book and the movie - and let me see what you think. Did you prefer one of them or did you like them equally like I did? Are there any things I missed that were changed or deleted in the movie that I should've mentioned?
If you haven't seen or read Pride and Prejudice I highly recommend it since it's such an amazing story and you will learn a lot from it about just life in general, and it is so amazing to see how different people lived, acted, behaved and talked in the 1800's. And if you've only seen the movie but haven't read the book I actually recommend that you read it too, even though they were very similar. The book still gives you more of a feeling of how some of the people were thinking. Since it's writing from third person's point of view you will get thoughts from many different people and there are background facts and more details that are really fun to know. So just pic it up in the closest bookstore or library!
~ Filippa ~
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