Pride & Prejudice (2005) Blog

This is a very beautiful and interesting series of...

2012-05-31T13:08:38.663-04:00

This is a very beautiful and interesting series of pictures, i enjoyed every picture, it has great detail in it, thanks for sharing the artistic work, i appreciate your work!

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There's something that makes me feel all warm ...

2012-05-31T02:41:36.372-04:00

There's something that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside when I read a well-structured, article like this. Good work.

I second your opinion Jeane. I like the 2005 versi...

2012-05-30T03:06:22.939-04:00

I second your opinion Jeane. I like the 2005 version better, yes sisters looked like sisters. In the 1995 version every character looked a bit over aged for their parts.

Lovely post!

I would love to watch this movie, i heard so much ...

2012-05-21T13:02:27.409-04:00

I would love to watch this movie, i heard so much good things about it, this is the best action movie for me , i am a fond of Sc-Fi Movies

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Happy Mother Day~ have a nice day ~ =) Regards, <...

2012-05-13T13:03:08.079-04:00

Happy Mother Day~ have a nice day ~ =)

Regards,
http://www.lonelyreload.com (A Growing Teenager Diary) ..

I hope she stays happy :)

2012-04-23T10:40:28.214-04:00

I hope she stays happy :)

Thanks for such a wonderful post! I am going to pu...

2012-04-22T10:59:39.745-04:00

Thanks for such a wonderful post! I am going to publish about it in my blog, ok?
thanks,

Adriana

nice opinion.. thanks for sharing...

Regina - I had forgotten about "The Lake Hous...

2012-04-07T19:09:36.279-04:00

Regina - I had forgotten about "The Lake House" as well. I haven't seen that movie in a while. Loved that movie. It's one of my favorite romantic movies.

Hmmm, I might have a P&P/Austen marathon this weekend too as well as see other movies and pay attention to mirrors. If I remember right, there were a few "mirror" scenes with The Crawley sisters and their mother (Lady Grantham) too in a few Downton Abbey's Seasons 1 and 2 episodes.

I was watching "The Lake House," which i...

2012-04-07T12:43:03.465-04:00

I was watching "The Lake House," which is loosely based on Austen's "Persuasion" last evening on LMC. I looked up from my writing to find Sandra B. looking in the mirror over the bar, which triggered her flashback - one at her surprise birthday party where she meets KR's character and kisses him. I had forgotten about it.

In the Billie Piper version of "Mansfield Par...

2012-04-05T21:41:26.480-04:00

In the Billie Piper version of "Mansfield Park," I can recall but two scenes with the mirrors used as something more than wall decorations.
At the very beginning of the film, Lord Bertram is upset with the young Fanny's refusal to be a part of the family. His reaction is shown to the audience in the mirror's reflection.
Mary Crawford's countenance is shown in a slightly out of focus reflection in the scene where she first meets Thomas at MP.

I'm thinking an Austen movie marathon is in or...

2012-04-05T15:25:52.375-04:00

I'm thinking an Austen movie marathon is in order this weekend.

Mary, Thank you stopping by. I appreciate your co...

2012-04-05T15:21:50.109-04:00

Mary,
Thank you stopping by. I appreciate your continued support more than words can say.

In Lost in Austen, I remember seeing a few scenes ...

2012-04-05T00:27:56.337-04:00

In Lost in Austen, I remember seeing a few scenes with "mirrors" too...

- When Amanda Price went to Elizabeth Bennet's world, she dressed up into Elizabeth's period dress/costume and Jane was fixing her hair as they both looked through a mirror.
- When Amanda Price went back to her world to find Elizabeth Bennet, she was seen in her bathroom talking to her boyfriend and as she brushed her teeth on the sink, there was a small square mirror in front of her and you can see her face in the mirror
- When Elizabeth came back to her world and back home in Longbourn with Amanda, they were talking in the hallway and Elizabeth (who was carrying a lamp) was standing in front of what looks like a mirror. After she talked to Amanda, she passed by that mirror as I noticed and saw the lamp's reflection on it.

Those were the only ones I could remember from that movie (I havent' seen it in a while)...

I'll have to go back and watch P&P 1980 and 1995 versions to see "mirrors," but that'll be when I have the time to see them. The same with the other Austen film adaptations.

In Becoming Jane, I could only remember one scene with Jane (Austen) and her cousin Eliza De Feuillide getting ready for the ball and they were surrounded by mirrors and looked through them to fix their hair. There might be more...I'll have to go back and see this movie again to see if there are more... :)

Mary - I have to agree with you. Regina always com...

2012-04-05T00:14:35.878-04:00

Mary - I have to agree with you. Regina always comes up with interesting insights about props and other devices and stuff in films we just don't pay close attention to.

Speaking of props...I went back to re-watched Bride & Prejudice (the Bollywood version of P&P) and I noticed some scenes with mirrors. Interesting there were more than a few scenes with mirrors in that film that I never really paid attention to.

Here are the "mirror" scenes from B&P movie (spoiler alert! for those of you haven't seen this movie)...

- the first scene with the Bakshi (Bennet) women were actually seeing Maya (Mary) and Mrs. Bakshi (Mrs. B) were looking through the mirror to fix their hair as they prepare to go to a bridal shower party of Lalita's (Lizzie) friend
- At the aforementioned party, Lalita when to see her friend who was getting married and guess what, there were the room looking at a mirror as her friend gets ready to come out
- In "No Life Without Wife" singing/dancing montage scene with the Bakshi sisters (Jaya, Lalita, Maya, and Lakhi), Lalita had a solo number and yep, she went to look through multiple mirrors, lol. :D
- In the scene towards the end when the older Bakshi sisters (Jaya and Lalita), were getting ready for Jaya's engagement party and meeting Balraj Bingley's family, they were in their bedroom (just like Jane & Elizabeth in P&P movie) looking through a mirror as they get ready and had a lil' conversation.

Sharon - hey, there! how are you? hope all is well...

2012-04-04T23:46:40.688-04:00

Sharon - hey, there! how are you? hope all is well with you...long time no chat. Great to see/read your post here. :) LOL, watching P&P is never a torture, it's always a pleasure especially if we have the dreamy and Darcysexylicous Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy to keep our full attention watching him on screen. ;D

Regina - Yeah, I've seen P&P movie too man...

2012-04-04T23:39:51.546-04:00

Regina - Yeah, I've seen P&P movie too many times, lol. In fact, I watch it at least once a day...or when I have the time, I try to watch it. What can I say, I love P&P movie and I never get tired of watching it. It never gets old in my viewing. Also, I love listening to the soundtrack and Matthew reading the first proposal scene from P&P...I have them on my iPod. ;)

I love when you do this, and no one does it better...

2012-04-04T20:55:35.432-04:00

I love when you do this, and no one does it better. I'm drawing a blank on mirrors in P&P adaptations. But thanks for the post.

I should probably explain that I was watching &quo...

2012-04-04T20:53:30.062-04:00

I should probably explain that I was watching "Speed" on Encore (or one of those top level channels) the other evening. When Sandra Bullock kept looking in the bus mirror, I got my inspiration for this post. Are there other contemporary films in which the mirror becomes an integral part of the plot?

Thank you for the link, Miss Woodhouse.

2012-04-04T20:50:22.578-04:00

Thank you for the link, Miss Woodhouse.

I wrote a quick post about this subject - http://e...

2012-04-04T19:50:20.626-04:00

I wrote a quick post about this subject - http://elinorandemma.blogspot.ca/2012/04/pride-and-prejudice-2005-and-mirrors.html

Please check it out.

Sharon, It seems that all of us are in need of a ...

2012-04-04T15:26:56.781-04:00

Sharon,
It seems that all of us are in need of a P&P 2005 fix. I just said on Susan MM"s promo for this post that I must fit it in my schedule VERY SOON - preferably tonight.
It is a great sacrifice to watch 2:06 of Matthew, but I will survive the torture!!!

Regina, I should no longer be surprised at the ins...

2012-04-04T14:18:14.949-04:00

Regina, I should no longer be surprised at the insights you bring to any discussion, but I still am! LOL! This is really brilliant. I love the cinematic history and philosophy that you gave as a backdrop, proving that Wright was not just doing something wacky in the scene with Elizabeth. I have seen this scene criticized many times, and confess it is one that has often felt awkward to me as well. Not saying I didn't like it, because instinctively I understood the passage of time and slight mysticalness of it, but it has also bugged me a bit. Now I understand it much better and have a new appreciation for Wright's brilliance in how he fashioned the scene. I too have seen this movie way too many times, but feel I need to watch it again just for this scene! Oh darn, the torture of watching P&P again - How will I manage? :-)

Thanks for this post. And good luck with the Disappearance of Georgiana. You know she is one of my favorite characters!

Sharon

Oh, Jeane, you certainly have seen P&P2005 too...

2012-04-04T10:43:29.395-04:00

Oh, Jeane, you certainly have seen P&P2005 too many times. LOL!!
You pointed out several I did not recall.

In the RPJ version of "Persuasion" there are several scenes with mirrors as Anne Elliot reflects on her loss. There is also the one in the CH version of the film right before Anne rushes to tend little Charles. She adjusts one of the curls at her temple as she wonders what Capt. Wentworth will see when they meet again.

You're very welcome, Regina. It's a pleasu...

2012-04-04T01:43:04.086-04:00

You're very welcome, Regina. It's a pleasure to host your wonderful guest post here. :)

Speaking of mirrors, I noticed a few more scenes with "mirrors" in the P&P movie (besides the two scenes with Elizabeth staring at the mirror and Elizabeth/Jane looking through the mirror as they prepare for the Netherfield ball). I'm not exactly sure about these two other scenes, but I thought Mr. Collins had looked at a mirror twice, one was after Elizabeth rejected his marriage proposal. There was a brief scene where Mrs. Bennet was telling Mr. Bennet, "we were all in an uproar..." and you can see Mr. Collins in the background as if he was looking through the mirror with his hand touching his hair for a second there or so. Also, when Elizabeth visited Mr. & Mrs. Collins in Hunsford, while Collins was saying something about his health, it looks like he was looking through a mirror again...or was he looking outside through the window? In one of the Pemberley scenes, where Lizzie was taking a peek at Georgiana playing "Dawn" in the piano, it looks like she had seen Georgiana...and Mr. Darcy (unexpectedly) through a mirror's reflection (or was it?). And the scene where Mrs. Bennet was in her bedroom complaining about a "such fluttering spasm all over me," with her daughters (Jane, Lizzie, Mary, and Kitty), you can clearly see Lizzie's reflection in a mirror from the wall (which I never really paid attention to, as countless times as I've seen this film, until I've read your post here about "mirrors").

As for other Austen films (I've seen) that used "mirrors" as props...I'll have to go back and see them again to see if I can spot and list them here...

Sophia - A fun, thought-provoking discussion, indeed. Thanks for reading and commenting here. :)