OK, I may be a hopeless romantic but I adored it. I book marked any discrepencies but did not let them spoil my experience. I only pick things apart later in retrospect.
I think Keira did a good job as a very different Lizzie then in the BBC production where Lizzie seemed more mature and settled.
The one time I thought she seemed fake was in the bedroom scenes with her sister Mary where the giggling seemed forced. It seemed fake to me and too immature for girls their age. Mary hardly had any development in character at all, which was disappointing.
The clothes were too plain and lower class to me but perhaps more realistic? The different scenes where Lizzie was featured reading, walking or over looking a canyon seemed hard for me to imagine all being in the same area having been in England several times. I would have liked to have seen more character development ... but it was a Hollywood production after all
Matthew Macfadyen who played Mr Darcy was beyond beautiful and I was in love with him at first sight. Does anyone remember him in anything before? I will do a google search but just asking. This movie worked for me because I have read the book, know the story and all the details and have seen and own the longer BBC version. I guess people who haven't might be missing out and would encourage them to read the book and learn more.
I love anything that is made from the Austen novels and only hope it encourages people to read. I have sat down to read it once more as my desire for all things Austen was not quenched but once more rekindled.