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.

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[lady-of-mists.livejournal.com]

Well, I had to spend part of Sunday watching or trying to ignore bits and pieces of that movie. I didn't want to watch it because:

1) I do not like Keira Knightley. I didn't like her in Pirates (except in the first movie and the famous kiss in the second one). I don't care for her looks (i.e. I wouldn't want to look like her, not that there's a problem with them in general) and her general attitude in films. She seems to play each line the opposite of the way that I think that it should be played (either that or she has bad roles).

2) I liked Jennifer Ehle in the role of E. Bennet as well as her playing off of Colin Firth. I loved the chemistry between them. I saw no reason for a remake because the miniseries was fairly faithful to the book and dialogue... and had additions like the lake scene... and the fencing scene.

3) If anyone should have been in a remake, it should have been me. ;D

Unfortunately, the husband thinks she's lovely and my family kept comparing me to her through the whole movie that they watched. She just rubs me the wrong way.

However, I don't care if people like this version, I really don't. I just don't want to have it forced on me. I'm glad that people see it, like it, and want to read the book...