Death Comes to Pemberley

[kitmerlot_1213]

Has anyone else seen this?  Holy crap but I can not get past just how horribly unattractive the actors are who are playing Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy amd I know that's shallow but it's disconcerting to see the pretty and sparkingly Elizabeth played by such an older and drab woman.  And the characaterization seems wrong--since when does Elizabeth call her husband "Darcy?"

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[ultra_fic]

This was on TV last Christmas here in the UK. I tuned in to the first episode purely because its P&P based and that is my favourite Jane Austen of all time! (The BBC miniseries is one of my favourite period drama adaptations of all time too!) Anywho, I don't think I even watched the whole of episode 1, it was just awful. I'm not much for the murder mystery type of a thing anyway, but the acting in this was awful, and I wasn't buying any of the actors and actresses as the characters they were supposed to be playing. My BFF actually liked it, but to this day I can't understand why. Awful, especially when compared to the quality of the Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth miniseries of the original book.

[kitmerlot1213.livejournal.com]

Yes, The Jennifer Ehle version was gorgeous, and I also enjoyed Kiera Knightley's version but this older chick playing Elizabeth after these two great actresses? I don't think so :)