Pride & Prejudice

Like a somewhat insane person, I’ve been recently obsessing about Pride and Prejudice, prompting me to write a three-part review. It’s one of the classical adaptations whose versions I like to watch and fall in love with Lizzie and Mr. Darcy. I’m still in between reading the book and deciding if I should do a comparative piece between the novel and the adaptations I've seen. For now, I’m going to be writing about the 2005 film adaptation, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.

Anna Karenina

Cast: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Director: Joe Wright
Based on: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Keira Knightley is similar to Johnny Depp, in a way. While Johnny Depp acts all kinds of weird characters, and almost always work with the same director, I guess in a way Knightley is the female version of Depp; she is always in period movies. You name it, she's there. Whether she's in recent history (WWII) or far away from it, or even in fantasy, she always in costume that it's now a rare treat to see her in something modern. Anna Karenina is one of her period projects, one that got recognized in the Oscar Awards. Prior to watching the movie, I had no exposure to the novel or to the other adaptations. Guess it can be said that it's from a fresh perspective. While the movie does have some beauty to it, I found the rest uneven, ending it in in a disappointing note.