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Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen

Posted on April 21, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Pride and Prejudice starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley
Pride and Prejudice starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley. One of the best romances ever. Photo: blog.lib.umn.edu

Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland, Rosamund Pike, Brenda Blethyn, Carey Mulligan, Jena Malone, Simon Woods, Rupert Friend, Tom Hollander and Judi Dench

Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) lives in the early 19th century England with her parents and 4 sisters. She gets along fine with the pretty and serene Jane (Rosamund Pike) and is amused by her 3 other sisters (Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan and Talulah Riley). She adores her father (Donald Sutherland) and tries to tolerate her mother (Brenda Blethyn )- who is very loud, very traditional and is dying to see all her daughters get married fast. Except Lizzy couldn’t have cared less. She loves reading, walking, dancing and having fun. She is not about to give up the idea on true love so that her mother can be happy.

When Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods), his sister and their friend Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) visit home, things are about to get a little complicated. Bingley and Jane instantly fall for each other. Elizabeth is not impressed by Darcy at all, who appears to be very full of himself.  And no matter how rich, handsome and knowledgeable Darcy might be, Elizabeth won’t take any crap from anyone. But given Bingley’s love and her mother’s plans, she might have to see a lot more of Darcy than she planned. Then she meets the handsome soldier Wickham (Rupert Friend) who tells her that Darcy caused him great misfortune. But maybe Darcy isn’t that arrogant and proud. Maybe he is just misunderstood. It is not helping matters that he has declared his feelings for her…

Obviously there is a lot to the story than just the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth but it is the core that gives the story the name and the magic. There are many sub-plots featuring Elizabeth’s sister and the one featuring her best friend but let’s face it. Our number 2 concern is Jane and Bingley. And number 1 is obviously….yeah.

This version of Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is either in top 20 or top 10 and yeah, I watch a lot of movies. It has all the charming and addictive elements of an amazing period romance and it contains hilarious comic relief. The actors are perfectly cast and I wouldn’t replace anyone, had I been (magically) involved in the process. Matthew McFadyen and Keira Knightley were born to play Darcy and Elizabeth.

I love everything about this movie. The costumes, music, parties, location, houses…See it. Hell, it is 7.8 on imdb. How many other “chick flicks” that are rated that high? 10/10 from me.

Darcy is the guy that should give every boy in his right mind a nightmare. Why? You can read it here.

Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen
Pride and Prejudice, based on the novel of Jane Austen, was made in 2005. Directed by Joe Wright. Photo: fanpop.com

 

 

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Donnie Darko starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore & Patrick Swayze

Posted on July 15, 2009 Written by ripitup

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Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko. Spooky. Intriguing. Irresistable. Yes, this is a good movie.

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Jena Mal0ne

Written and Directed by: Richard Kelly

This is one weird movie. And having seen it for the second time, I mean this in a good way.

It was a friend’s birthday and we got him a mid-sized figure of the Bunny-rabbit Frank from the movie.

For those of you who haven’t seen it, here is Frank:

500full-donnie-darko-poster Don’t worry. You do get to know what’s with the weird suit, where (most of) Donnie (J. Gyllenhaal) ‘s troubles come from.You will however probably be left with some questions in your head so I suggest the director’s cut.

The plot is too complicated to give it justice but let’s just say Donnie is a troubled upper-middle class teenager who isn’t exactly on great terms with his family. Things get creepier when he starts to see the images of this man-sized rabbit that talks to him and directs him- it even saves Donnie’s life. So Donnie starts doing things that could get him in trouble. So he has to deal with weird teachers (with the exception of the science teacher and the English teacher (Drew Barrymore), the sexual frustrations of an adolescent, the intensity of his feelings for the new girl, his sanity,questions about the possibility of time travel and his psychiatrist… It’s fun, dark, thrilling and well-shot. The music is pretty cool and the plot is original. At least I haven’t seen the same elements combined like this and have a good result.

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Donnie (Jake) and the cool Englih teacher (Barrymore)
Donnie and Gretchen (Jena Malone)
Donnie and Gretchen (Jena Malone)
Donnie and a really weird yet crucial character
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Donnie, Gretchen asleep and Frank

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What the hell is the rabbit doing with Donnie? I find the answer to be original. I don’t think it is as brilliant and breath-taking as the 8.3 ranking it got from the IMDB voters but I think it is a solid 7.5

Give it a shot. Or just watch it again.

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Donnie Darko, Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, movies about time- travel, Patrick Swayze, Richard Kelly, time travel

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