Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Reviewed

PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005)

My Overall Rating : 7/10

If there is a movie which does not require any reviews, I'm sure it would be this one! I don't exactly know if this was the second or third time that Jane Austen's classic masterpiece was made into a movie, but this version is definitely most famous by far. The movie stars Keira Knightley, Mathew Macfadyen, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Donald Sutherland and many others. The casting is all English, which is again quite usual. 

We surely know the plot of Pride & Prejudice because young girls pick up this book soon after finishing Snow White! The movie is very loyal to the book through out. You can see the locations and countryside of Georgian era England. I would like to draw your attention to the sound score of the movie, personally I loved it (the background score when Darcy and Elizabeth dance for the first time). 

No matter how reserved and pride Mr. Darcy seems, you'll love him anyway. Also, Elizabeth Bennet's sharp remarks and wit is unavoidable and you'll enjoy them surely. As all other Jane Austen's novels this one too depicts the social conditions of the then England and the position of females.

Lastly, I would suggest that this is one movie which defines the genre of Period Movies and you can't go on missing it. Absolute treat!

IMDb Link : Pride & Prejudice

Wikipedia Link : Pride & Prejudice

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The Duchess (2008) Reviewed

• THE DUCHESS (2008)

My Overall Rating : 6/10

The movie is the screen adaptation of the book GEORGIANA, THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE by Amanda Foreman. It follows the life of Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, an 18th century aristocrat who was famous and much loved by the subjects. 

The cast includes Keira Knightley (Georgiana), Ralph Fiennes (the Duke), Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper and Charlotte Rampling, among the rest. The leads are all English, as is very common in such screen adaptation of novels. The cast has done a good work and you can always expect a movie to be worth a watch if it stars Ralph Fiennes. 

According to me, the movie is not very enjoyable or something you could watch alongwith your family, but it is very original and somewhat depressing at times. The story is set in the 18th century so that means you can witness the beautiful countryside scenes, vast gardens, big hats and of course, huge mansions and palaces.

The good part is that the movie has been made with maturity and the crew hasn't tried to glamorize the plot, its original, natural and straight forward, so are the characters of the movie. Once again, Keira Knightley has proved that she can be trusted with roles in period movies.

I think I would recommend this movie to you since I found it honest and mature. Don't watch it with your kids, its not very advisable, otherwise they would bug you with questions that would well embarrass you!

IMDb Link : The Duchess

Wikipedia Link : The Duchess

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Little Women (1994) Reviewed

• LITTLE WOMEN(1994)

My Overall Rating : 9/10

Based on the famous novel Little Women by the American writer Louisa May Alcott, this movie stars Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Christian Bale, Kirsten Dunst, Samantha Mathis and many others. The star cast is powerful of course and so is the movie. The plot is set in post civil war America, where the March family consisting of four daughters and their mother is living at their home while Mr. March has volunteered to participate in the war. 

The protagonist is Jo March (played by Winona Ryder), a character loosely based on the author of the book herself. 

The opening itself introduces us to the March family explaining their current situation as Mrs. March reads a letter from Mr. March, to her daughters. The story proceeds and sets the plots even firmer.  One thing that I think you must watch out for (especially if you're a girl), Christian Bale playing Laurie. I say so because today's generation has seen him playing psycho and macho roles alone, so please take a look at this apple pie character of his, I'm sure you'll like it.

The movie is good in every aspect, the characters are very original, the pace never really slows down and the performance is great. The ensemble of this cast is probably the best possible.

I won't give any further details or narrate the complete story myself, its for you to watch. I believe it is a CLASSIC.

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Useful Links: Little Women - IMDb

Little Women - Wikipedia


Personally, this is my most most favorite, for a number of reasons including Christian Bale as Laurie!


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Introductions

Hello Movie-watchers!

Do you have an eye for period movies but don't come across them as often as you would want to? Well, this was the case with me. I love costume dramas and movie adaptations of classic English novels but the problem was that I had to search for them for hours and finally get few names. Pardon my saying, but the screen has been flooded with poor romantic comedies of late and that is one thing I really hate. I think there is something special, dignified in period movies. In period movies you could see people arguing with each other without saying the F-word; they bowed to each other and didn't use short forms and other silly acronyms.

One could say that the Film Suggestions option on an IMDb page is helpful for finding movies of your choice, but I think hand picked movie list would serve us better than bots working for a website. Of course, I don't blame IMDb, its one of the best things that has happened to the movie industry all over the world, great deal of information.

Anyway, having conveyed the idea of this blog I would like to say that praising and appreciating period movies would not make us ancient, so we might as well share our movie list and enjoy doing so!

I would expect you to be back soon and I assure you that I will not prove you wrong.

Happy Watching!