Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn by Carrie Sessarego

Author:Carrie Sessarego
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Final Scorecard

Best Movie: I recognize its many flaws, but I’m still a sucker for the 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice.

Best Miniseries: You can’t go wrong with the classics. As much as I love Lost in Austen and Lizzie Bennet Diaries, I think I’m gonna have to vote for the faithful and fabulous 1995 version with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle

Best Lizzy: Tie between Ashley Clements and Jennifer Ehle. Purists will admire Ehle’s subtle, nuanced Regency performance, but Clements isn’t afraid to let us see all Lizzy’s flaws and then let her character truly grow. It’s a brave and beautiful performance.

Best Darcy: First place: Colin Firth, for the miniseries. Second place: Colin Firth, for Bridget Jones’s Diary. Enthusiastic honorable mentions go to our two young and dorky Darcys, Matthew Macfadyen in the 2005 version and Daniel Vincent Gordh in Lizzie Bennet Diaries.

Best Wickham: Tom Riley in Lost in Austen, followed by the sleazy-but-charming Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones’s Diary.

Best Jane and Lizzy relationship: Lizzie Bennet Diaries ties with the 1995 miniseries.

Best Attire: The 1980 Rintoul/Garvie miniseries. Specifically, I covet everything Elizabeth wears that is blue, and Caroline Bingley’s lavender dress. I cannot overstate my deep longing for that lavender dress. There’s also surprisingly hot fan service when Elizabeth brushes her hair in her room while wearing a partially unlaced corset. Goodness!

Moments That Made Me Suddenly Burst into Tears to My Utter Surprise: I cried all over my keyboard when Jane and Bingley broke up in Lizzie Bennet Diaries. In that same show, when Lydia cried, I was sobbing. How did Lydia become the most compelling character? Also I cried when Jane and Bingley broke up in Lost in Austen. It was the first time I realized how much the Pride and Prejudice story had come to mean to me.

Moment That Made Me Laugh Out Loud: Oh, so many, but the master award goes to Lost in Austen. “Hear that sound George? That’s Jane Austen spinning in her grave like a cat in a tumble dryer.”

Most Gratuitously, Gloriously Sexy Moment: Okay, I know Colin Firth’s wet shirt is wildly popular, but that lake he jumps into looks pretty unpleasant to me. My personal favorite scene is the one in which Colin Firth takes a bath and towel dries his hair. There’s something about Colin Firth as Darcy with his hair messed up that just sends me all a-flutter. Also, I want both his bathtub and his bathrobe.

I’m also quite fond of the moment in the 2005 film version when Matthew Macfadyen strides across the misty moors in his billowing coat, with no vest and no cravat. It’s a ridiculous moment, since by Jane Austen’s standards he’s gone for a walk in his underwear, but my goodness I could watch that scene all day long.

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