Movie and Book Compare and Contrast
Almost every classic book will inevitably be made into a movie, and Pride and Prejudice is no exception. The biggest thing that filmmakers try and do is keeping the book as close to it’s origin as possible while maintaining their audience’s attention. The filmmakers of Pride and Prejudice did a good job of keeping the movie and the book the same, but there were a few key differences as well. It is safe to say, that without the differences, the movie would have had to of been twice as long as it already was.
The first similarity was that almost all of the dialogue came straight from the book. If You would have had the book open while watch the movie you could have followed along as though it was a book on tape. Another key
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Bennet and Lizzy’s relationship stays the same Mr. Bennet’s attitude towards his wife differs from the book in the movie. In the book Mr. Bennet plays a distant, irresponsible husband who makes fun of his wife. However, in the movie, Mr. Bennet and Mrs.Bennet’s relationship seems perfectly normal. I think by not putting their broken relationship in the movie the filmmakers took away from a very key aspect. Mr. Collin’s role, in the movie, did not seem as evident as it was in the book. Mr. Collins was always talking or writing letters to the Bennets and this was only seen a few times throughout the movie. By subtracting this part from the movie, it made the story revolve much more around Elizabeth and Mr. Dacry, which was the correct choice for the kinds of movie that this was. The movie also changes the attitude that Lizzy portrays about her family. In the book, the reader can tell that Lizzy is a misfit in her family, but in the movie Lizzy is just rude and mean to her mother and sisters. Lizzy seems to hold herself in a higher regard to her family, which was not accuarate. without. The movie should have kept Elizabeth’s characteristics the same as they were in the book; witty and