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Every time you finish watching a great
movie, there’s no other feeling like it. You become thankful that you have the time to sit down
and finish a whole movie and you look forward to catching up to
other great movies. If you haven’t yet seen Pride and Prejudice with Keira
Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, watch it! Even if you may feel like you have been living under a
cabbage leaf (as someone emailed once) and can’t keep up with
everything or every movie. The two, leading roles are great acting talents, but you
didn’t need to be told that. Watch the marriage
proposal/fight scene.
The movie mentions the Peak District and
articles about the movie mention featuring the Chatsworth House. If you are ever in this area of England, go tour the
Chatsworth House—you will see the sculptures Elizabeth admires
in Mr. Darcy’s home. The grounds
have more sculptures outside, exposed to the elements, and you
may find yourself taking pictures of the sheep peacefully
grazing nearby. The
estate has its own church, as depicted by the character of Mr.
Collins. If you
want to see what some of the rich, landed gentry spent their
money on, go see the Chatsworth House—how Matthew Macfadyen
acts well in his character, of how he must deal with all that
old wealth and social standing, and how he uses the wealth to
show his real character to Elizabeth and thus she falls in love
with him, what Macfadyen beautifully expresses in the scene
after they both take a walk because they can’t sleep.
From the social point of view, the caste
system that the rich have invented (as a tour guide said once so
everyone laughs) is something that becomes broken down with this
movie. The rich and
the poor can view each other as equals when it comes to love,
such as the love that Macfadyen and Knightley excellently act
out in Pride and Prejudice. That is, Darcy, who didn’t earn his wealth, but
inherited it, is not your stereotypical, resort-stomping
millionaire--One of the reasons he is attracted to the character
of Elizabeth. There
is a lot more to Darcy and that is why his character is
irresistible to so many women. Thank you to Jane Austen for creating him, and
thank you to Knightley and Macfadyen for bringing him to life!
Also, around the Peak District is a type of
“Stonehenge” called Arbor Low. The owner/farmer of the land kindly allows visitors to
park in his yard and walk the path to see the stone circle. On the way is a coffee can where visitors can drop coins
in appreciation. Things
may have changed. Probably
there are big signs and vendors lining the path. Hopefully, Arbor Low is still left “innocent.”
Also in the Peak District is a town called
Bakewell. It’s
called a town because it has a church (very old graves surround
the grounds of the church) as opposed to London which is a city
because it has a cathedral. Bakewell may still have Market Days on Monday
(considering a new grocery store had been built). It’s a major event and there are many vendors and
it’s fun to shop and enjoy; then you can rest at the town’s
beautiful, small park, complete with its own white swan (if the
swan is still there) and an old Roman bridge. The Peak District setting of Pride and Prejudice brought back memories of a vacation in that part
of England. So if
you’ve been to where a movie has been shot, you know the
feeling—a wider view of the movie.
Pictures of Matthew
Macfadyen:
Matthew
Macfadyen and wife, Keeley Hawes. |
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News on the Net of Matthew
Macfadyen: http://www.topix.net/who/matthew-macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen
fansite: http://www.matthew-macfadyen.co.uk/
Biography: http://www.tv.com/matthew-macfadyen/person/118438/biography.html
Very funny article on Macfadyen’s Darcy
and Colin Firth’s Darcy: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9995610
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