Keira Knightley: Yay or Meh?

[retsuko]

So, yesterday, livyanne and I were talking about "Pride and Prejudice" and her annoyance for the Keira Knightly version came up. "What?!" said I. "Meh, Ick, Wishy-washy!" said she. (I paraphrase.) Apparently, Jennifer Ehle fans are more passionate than I thought.

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I don't mind her one way or another--I just wish she'd stop looking like a stick and wearing odd clothes. Appearing in Go Fug Yourself's March Fug Madness Brackets and wearing things like this are not positive career moves, IMHO.

EDIT: For the record, Keira Knightly was in "Pirates of the Carribean" and in the feature-length adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" that came out a few years ago.

Comments

[sioneva.livejournal.com]

Yes, I absolutely agree with this.

She is pretty and I think she's a decent actress (although I think Jennifer Ehle is a better Elizabeth) but honestly, EAT SOME FOOD!

She looked better in Bend It Like Beckham, when at least she had a little meat on her bones, although she was still probably a size 2 at most.

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

I agree--she was very good in "Bend it like Beckham".

And it's probably true--Jennifer Ehle is a better Elizabeth, although I don't see why the two versions can't coexist more peacefully. ;)

[sioneva.livejournal.com]

I own both ;)

I think they CAN coexist...but people who like the more staid-in-pacing BBC version find the Keira Knightley version too sped-up, I think. They do miss out quite a lot of the story.

I must say, though, I find Matthew McFadyen just as appealing as Colin Firth in the role of Mr Darcy, although for different reasons ;)

[lyras.livejournal.com]

I find Matthew McFadyen just as appealing as Colin Firth in the role of Mr Darcy, although for different reasons

Me too! Colin Firth for me is all about being dreamily unattainable, whereas I just wanted to give McFadyen's Darcy a big cuddle for at least half of the film :).

I like Keira Knightley (not as much as Jennifer Ehle, but...) but ugh, she looks scarily thin in that GFY photo. I had no idea she was that skinny - just thought she was naturally slim.

[sioneva.livejournal.com]

I think she is naturally slim...but I think she's purposely lost weight past slim. In this photo (http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/arts/2007/03/02/benditlikebeckham460.jpg) from "Bend It Like Beckham" she's obviously thin, but she's not skeletal. These days she's definitely skeletal!

[lyras.livejournal.com]

She looks great in that photo - very slim, but healthy. How awful that she seems to have felt the need to lose weight beyond that!