What I like most about ol' times is that actors and actresses were chosen on the basis of their acting skills and not because they had a size zero figure or a pretty face!P.S I loveeeeeee Colin Firth. Specially in this scene. He portrays the restlessness and the internal turmoil of Darcy to perfection.
Poor Darcy looks so hurt, but what did he expect from such a haughty proposal? They're well matched, though as she knocks him down a few pegs and he has to prove to her that he's misunderstood.
Much better than the stagey '80s version or the funny and entertaining but not quite P&P '40s one. The '05 one has a good Lizzy, but a feeble Darcy.
"...that you were the last man in the world that I could ever marry." Is it bad that I thought this line was awesome? x) It was quite severe, to Mr. Darcy, but wow, it was awesome.
This is the best version ever of Pride and Prejudice ever!!! The 2005's version can't reach that level. Keira Knightley isn't convincing at all in Elizabeth and Matthew interpreted so bad Mr Darcy, I always had the impression that he was bored, without any conviction.
@SuperElle44 , this version is better since it includes every detail of the novel, but i daresay this scene was more epic and dramatic in the 2005 version. darcy doesnt look bored in it. he expresses his feelings more like he does in the book than in this 95 version. and elizabeth too.
@CosmoExplosion I agree. I think Darcy looks bored in This version. In the '05 version, he always just appears coldly quiet and observant, but here.. I don't know, he really is too proud, I don't think she has prejudice. I can't feel the chemistry. Jane and Bingley were supposed to marry out of love, Lydia and Wickham out of infatuation/lust (that's what I got from it), Charlotte and Collins out of financial security, but Darcy and Elizabeth was Passion! I can't feel it.
I know everyone constantly praises Colin Firth, and he does do a very very good job. But to me it's Jennifer Ehle who steals the show. She practically is Elizabeth. She's funny and witty, she's biting and kind at the same time, she's attractive but not unrealisticlly or unfaithfully, she's black haired (I know it's a wig, but I appreciate the effort), and she can be emotional without overacting. There's something I like about all 6 versions of PaP, but she is the best Elizabeth, hands down.
See Mr Darcy when u say too much and be too articulate with words you can get in trouble. If you would have said I am sorry for the misunderstandings and I love you. Then this episode would be the end. Now we need to watch 3 more hours. Lol
@sayounara1232 Lol must have been a huge surprise, considering it was a man she hated, and a man she probably thought wasn't too fond of her or anybody other than his sister.
I always find this bit very odd. What else would you expect when you say you love someone against your better judgement? I'd react the exact same way. Although I do like the resolution he sure has a funny way of saying "I love you".
@xLiZAxLiLix What ever 'hitter' is, I do not agree. I have the film and the series, I like the series more, just because of the details and the resemblance to the book :)
I like both Matthew and Colin, and I think it's unfair to insist that only one of them can be thought of as the 'right' Darcy. I think they are both the man they should be, and they have both done it in their own way. The film was different, of course, it was artistic and beautifully done. I believe Matthew was perfect. But this series is classic, the very embodiment of the book so of course this would be the one possibly loved the most. I think Colin absolutely nails Darcy :D I love them both!
@skulblaka92 IMO Matthew interpreted Darcy as a man that was not prideful but was only shy & misunderstood. This was not the Darcy Austen created & he doesn't undergo the vital transformation in himself that Lizzy induces. He only has to be understood and acquire more social graces. He is a shy puppy dog without any cojones. In some scenes, he was Heathcliff, underdressed & walking from the mists of the moors looking for Cathy. Very romantic for Wuthering Heights but hardly suitable for P&P.
I frankly think they are both very competitive and strong-willed. Some couples are like that - they thrive on the competition and butting heads. It ignites their passion. Love this show.
I don't think Mr. Darcy was being hurtful on purpose. Mr. Darcy was indeed very in love with Elizabeth here. He was being very vunerable and he was scared, i think. That is why he put on his snobbish mask and tried to concentrate more on why she should accept him (pompous reasons in which he has been told all his life by society were good) rather than his true feelings. He put that mask on because of his pride, it was his pride and Elizabeth's ignorance and prejudice that got in the way.
some of the comments say that matthew was not as good as Darcy but to defend him I'd say that the 2005 version is only an hour and a half or so, whereas this BBC adaptation is much longer... so in a way colin Firth had more time to convince us that he is darcy...I think matthew did a great job because if you watch the film carefully, he doesn't appear in many scenes... well anyway it might also depend on what version you saw first !
@fliiiiiiii I watched the 2005 version.. Thought it was great and was always discouraged to watch the 1995 version cuz I used to think that the characters wont be as good looking as the ones in the 2005 version until I told myself to give it a chance! Now I think that the 2005 is great while the 1995 version is a legend..
Colin Firth is just perfect. The looks he can give, it is really like he is fighting so hard not to cry. But also the way he speaks (The fact it is British might have to do something with it :D British <3!) He is handsome, in a Greek god kind of way, nothing like men nowadays! I love this series, although I can't deny having watched the movie at least 30 times as well. Mathew is not as good (almost though), but I like the setting of the movie better.
This scene is much more real than the one in the movie. The acting is so much better and it is just so amazing overall!I like this elizabeth and this darcy so much better!
The film version with keira knightly is my fave but I also love this adaptation because it really sticks to the book and the actors, jennifer ehle and colin firth are amazing as lizzy and darcy, especially in this scene jennifer Ehle is amazing here as well as colin firth:)
@GaaraFangirl117 I almost choked on my drink when I read this one. Lizzie did a good job answering Mr. Collins; most women probably could not stop laughing long enough to turn him down...
I feel horrible for Darcy. The way he professed his feelings...gah. I'd melt If I were Elizabeth. I wish she wasn't so prejudiced towards him. I understand her first impression was not a good one, but he's grown nicer, so you'd think her feelings would change. Gahhhh. But I still love the story.
@AnnaAnomaly Its not her predjudiced towards her, its the fact that he told her he liked her against his better judgement and he would be ashamed of himself. She refused because he insulted her
Amazing how he doesn't realise how hurtful and degrading his words are but that's cos of his pride. She rises from it and tells him that despite all his wealth, he is not good enough for her in her own words. Darcy realises this and feels ashamed and takes his leave. Superb dialog and performance though. Love this version much better.
I think this scene just made me really fall in love with this version of P&P. It's just what I had envisioned while reading the book and even so much better! I love how Darcy restlessly walks up and down the room, sits down just to stand up again until he finally confesses his feelings to her. It's downright perfect.
This is what good actors/actresses ought to be like!!
In their performance...their eyes tell the characters' souls...their movement reveal their innermost turmoils...and their voices and breaths are in sync with their wishes and thoughts. They bring out the true flesh and blood of characters.
he is so damn prideful. D: when she says no his face says "how can you refuse ME?!?!" And he needs a social filter. you don't tell the girl i want you to marry me even though you're poor.
Despite all that, I still love him. they both have their faults. :D
got to be the most unromantic proposal ever. I love this version and even though its closer to the book the rain proposal scene of the 2005 version makes me rewind it 10 times :)
I have always thought Elizabeth was ABSOLUTELY right in rejecting Darcy here. He was behaving that she should be grateful he is condescended to liking her.
Lizzie is bad-ass! My favorite character of all time. When she gives it to Darcy in the end..DAMN! How could he not be passionately in love with a strong, confident woman as that. I love how he is visibly taken aback by her words.....GOD I LOVE THIS STORY!!!
I have read the book about a billion times and colin firth is the embodiment of mr Darcy. He's just awesome. Why is Matthew even compared to Colin as Darcy, there's no competition. I not saying that Matthew wasn't ok but he's not mr Darcy.
@Morphues90 it's because Mr. Darcy is supposed to be like this, I love Matthew as well, he is SO dreamy *¬* but I have to admit that Colin is the best Darcy according to the book. Darcy is REALLY proud and cold
You know, every time Darcy does one of those little looks, I can't help but imagine his inner monologue shouting, "Fuck! Why did I say that? Fuck! Why did I say that?!"
Darcy: "We shall have glorious mornings, and joyous nights at Pemberley.. In afternoons, I shall dive into that lake yonder and let you admire the beauty of my person, whilst evenings we shall spend with roles reversed...How d'you like my proposal, Miss Elizabeth!"
Elizabeth: "Oh, my dear sir! Most gladly do I give my consent."
When watching the 2005 one in the movie theatre some guy stood up during this scene which has Matthew and shouted -"Quit grovelling and snivelling and grow a pair." LOL
"in vain i have struggled, it will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you" Must be my favourite quote ever. I think it's good though, this proposal. they get to know eachother and their flaws. and darcy improves after. imagine it had never happened. darcy would still be taciturn and, lets face it, to the eyes of others, quite a snob actually! :D love you darcy :D
Matthew Macfayden brought emotion, pain and pure pride to Mr. Darcy. Colin Firth is 'chaulky' and dry. This scene between Keira and Matthew is one of the best scenes ever and every emotion came down with the rain
Pulsating tension in this proposal scene. No visual effects additions required to make that scene more dramatic in this adaptation ,just top notch acting. Brilliant!
Love the coolness and subdued aggression of Ehle to Colin Firth's intensity in the proposal scene.Not until later does the enormity of the entire situation hit her.Beautifully done.
@sahana747 exactly, i mean if its all that bad why marry her??? i wish at the end darcy had made up for it with a proper proposal, its the only thing i dont like very much, he just asks do you feel the same as you did before? and im like propose to her properly!!! make up for your previous mess of a proposal!!!
@BubblegumPopMusic13 In the end, Darcy did so passionly, but the script had no inspiration. In the book: "he expressed himself on the occasion as sensibly and as warmly as a man violently in love can be supposed to do. Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him;...and he told her of feelings, which, in proving of what importance she was to him, made his affection every moment more valuable."
@BubblegumPopMusic13 Even i wondered why this girl evokes such sentiments from her suitors ,always pointing to her inferior conditions, then why propose at all?
@sklewafe Well, Darcy does admit in the book that he didn't expect her to refuse him, but that was mainly because he'd never been told "no" in his life before. He thought she'd be grateful, especially since he was able to overlook everything wrong about her family. I still feel bad for him, haha.
Poor Darcy! He is in anguish, I'm glad they have this argument it gets out all the feelings they have for one another and all the misunderstandings that have piled up. She is a strong character.
i will be impolitic & say something that may shock the viewers: darcy does not know lizzy; their interactions were always brief & she was hostile to him. D knows less of L than Mr B did of Mrs B @ their wedding. he loves his image of her with her fine eyes but knows nothing of the true person. to say that D loves L & trusts her as a confidante is absurd; rather, his proposal is really an act of self abuse because he is only talking to his image of her. there, i've said it; now u can scream! LOL
you are probably right that he doesn't really know her the way we would suppose lovers to know the other but in the book Darcy actually eavesdrops on her conversations while in society. of course, this doesn't mean that he gets to know the real Lizzy but he sees some parts of her character and during the few days at Netherfield and those days at Rosings he can study her much better than normaly. so I'm sure he does know her well enough for their understanding at the time
@BenjiPiglette If what u say is correct then D would never have proposed in this manner. I believe Zoopoe's comments below hits the mark: there is no understanding here however much we wish it. Both D & E understood later in the story that they were both wrong and this led to their changed perspective towards each other. D says, " I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.... I was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit."
@rasta13820 in that way you are perfectly right but I was referring to the fact whether he knows her well enough to fall in love with her. but I'm also convinced that Darcy created a picture of Elizabeth that did not have much to do with reality. he says later that he never once imagined that Elizabeth could refuse him and that was definitely due to his pride and him not knowing her as you describe it.
"ELIZABETH'S spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. ``How could you begin?'' said she. ``I can comprehend your going on charmingly, when you had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the first place?''
``I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.''
omg best shot down in the world!!!! like a hot rich guy asked her to marry him n not only did she say no but she was like well screw you i never liked you in the 1st place
my god..........I have refused a only two proposals in my life and it wasnt easy.Not because I loved them or didnt love them enough.My efforts were in trying to ease the pain being rufsed. Its important to consider the vulnerability some1 has when making a proposal.Takes a lot of strength and love to ask.
This is by all means one the most beautiful lovestory I have ever read or seen acted...Just love Jane Austen's stories and feel a little sad that she didn't live longer to make more wonderful love stories like this one.
My gosh. I got so into this part that I went through a rollercoaster of emotions! I even teared up!!! Dear Darcy, if she don't want u, come to meeeeeee :D
I think this scene is the crossover of the cover. Where the Man with pride reveals his prejudice and the Woman with prejudice which feuls her pride meet in an explosive, awkward, ill-fated(doomed) proposal. Neither person here was really excepting of the other so if Eliza had excepted, neither would have had time to mature. This is where the wires of Pride and Prejudice cross and, though I get so annoyed everytime I watch this scene, it really is very well put together.
@Zoopoe I don't see this at all. Lizzy's dislike for Darcy is based in great measure on a false impression based on her prejudice towards him, and his explanation of why it is difficult for him to marry her is based on his pride. His problem is not prejudice; her's is.
@mc0558 They both have the same problems. Her prejudice towards Mr. Darcy leads her to pride that she is better than him and that he is despicable which in some ways he is. His pride leads him to be prejudiced towards Elizabeth and her family which as he explains in his letter is somewhat justified. They both have fallen into pride and prejudice and as a result Lydia ends up running away with Wickham. In the end it works out alright but you still see the consequences of their sin.
@bedajo28 After D's letter E realizes her own vanity: ``How despicably have I acted! I, who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity, in useless or blameable distrust. How humiliating is this discovery!Yet, how just a humiliation!Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.Till this moment, I never knew myself.''
But I understand that Darcy loves and trusts Lizzie so much that in this speech he shares all his thoughts and emotions with her and treats her as his close friend and confidante.
He realized that his love for Lizzie destroyed rules and reasons he lived by, that his whole world is turned upside down, and this makes him so disoriented and confused.
As about Lizzie - she was already very angry at him because he separated Bingley from her sister...
@M322233 No, not true. D was haughty and never expected a refusal to his proposal. He thought that she would jump at the opportunity. His reasons proffered in his proposal were given to build his own vanity, not to enlighten Lizzy. The love and trust you mentioned requires equality in a relationship and this has not occurred yet. "I came to you without a doubt of my reception.... What will you think of my vanity? I believed you to be wishing, expecting my addresses.''
@rasta13820 We all see what we want to see, do not we? Darcy is for sure not a liar or sneaky one and he is saying openly what he thinks of inequality between himself and Elizabeth. And he is saying to her something like :"Would it be better if I hid it and only complimented you?!"
As about love and trust - they do not always arise in synchrony with equality... :) And - what equality are you talking about? Somebody said that love makes people equal...
@M322233 D speaks truthfully his point of view; the problem is that he proposes to E in much the same way that Lady Catherine speaks to her, without regard or respect for her feelings or views. Love & trust require agreement and respect betwn 2 parties, something not seen here. The book described D as extremely angry because his vanity could never consider the possiblity of E's refusal & he wrote the letter with great bitterness. Yes, love is the great equalizer for "love makes fools of us all."
What I like most about ol' times is that actors and actresses were chosen on the basis of their acting skills and not because they had a size zero figure or a pretty face!P.S I loveeeeeee Colin Firth. Specially in this scene. He portrays the restlessness and the internal turmoil of Darcy to perfection.
sierra29995 1 week ago
Colin Firth=HOT!HOT!HOT!
sierra29995 1 week ago
oh dear, the clock in the background shows 6.17 all the time. Either it's supposed to be broken or it escaped the film crew. hehe. but not me. :-D
JeanySullivan 1 week ago
Poor Darcy looks so hurt, but what did he expect from such a haughty proposal? They're well matched, though as she knocks him down a few pegs and he has to prove to her that he's misunderstood.
Much better than the stagey '80s version or the funny and entertaining but not quite P&P '40s one. The '05 one has a good Lizzy, but a feeble Darcy.
sunnygirly2k4 2 weeks ago
I'll marry you Mr Darcy...
funkyfranx 3 weeks ago 3
Colin Firth definitely is the best Darcy everrrrrrr! :)))) -3
feifeimj 1 month ago 5
Why the hell would you say no to him! HE IS GORGEOUS AND AWESOME!
Spampiglets 1 month ago
"...that you were the last man in the world that I could ever marry." Is it bad that I thought this line was awesome? x) It was quite severe, to Mr. Darcy, but wow, it was awesome.
mangagirl 1 month ago 2
This is the best version ever of Pride and Prejudice ever!!! The 2005's version can't reach that level. Keira Knightley isn't convincing at all in Elizabeth and Matthew interpreted so bad Mr Darcy, I always had the impression that he was bored, without any conviction.
SuperElle44 2 months ago 4
@SuperElle44 , this version is better since it includes every detail of the novel, but i daresay this scene was more epic and dramatic in the 2005 version. darcy doesnt look bored in it. he expresses his feelings more like he does in the book than in this 95 version. and elizabeth too.
CosmoExplosion 1 month ago
@CosmoExplosion I agree. I think Darcy looks bored in This version. In the '05 version, he always just appears coldly quiet and observant, but here.. I don't know, he really is too proud, I don't think she has prejudice. I can't feel the chemistry. Jane and Bingley were supposed to marry out of love, Lydia and Wickham out of infatuation/lust (that's what I got from it), Charlotte and Collins out of financial security, but Darcy and Elizabeth was Passion! I can't feel it.
TheBlueRainWolf 1 week ago
i love this scene!! and this story is my favorite out of all Jane Austen's noverls!!
coolso0oz 2 months ago
I love Elizabeth, I love Elizabeth! XD
dwermes 2 months ago in playlist More videos from ipluso 2
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I know everyone constantly praises Colin Firth, and he does do a very very good job. But to me it's Jennifer Ehle who steals the show. She practically is Elizabeth. She's funny and witty, she's biting and kind at the same time, she's attractive but not unrealisticlly or unfaithfully, she's black haired (I know it's a wig, but I appreciate the effort), and she can be emotional without overacting. There's something I like about all 6 versions of PaP, but she is the best Elizabeth, hands down.
JustAPrayer 2 months ago
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JustAPrayer 2 months ago
Hehehh xD Lizzy burned you good~
IncurablyAwesome 2 months ago
See Mr Darcy when u say too much and be too articulate with words you can get in trouble. If you would have said I am sorry for the misunderstandings and I love you. Then this episode would be the end. Now we need to watch 3 more hours. Lol
talidina2 2 months ago 5
You can even hear Mr Darcy short of breath
talidina2 2 months ago
Lol at 4:28 Darcy's face is like, wtf bitch? who told you that?
MajBlood 2 months ago 2
Does Elizabeth have any idea that Darcy loves her before he proposes, or is it a complete surprise?
MajBlood 2 months ago
@MajBlood she dosent have the slightest idea of it
sayounara1232 1 day ago
@sayounara1232 Lol must have been a huge surprise, considering it was a man she hated, and a man she probably thought wasn't too fond of her or anybody other than his sister.
MajBlood 1 day ago
@MajBlood yes she was surprised if ur a fan I suggest u watch lost in austen its a super XD good series
sayounara1232 19 hours ago
I always find this bit very odd. What else would you expect when you say you love someone against your better judgement? I'd react the exact same way. Although I do like the resolution he sure has a funny way of saying "I love you".
magickalcat83 2 months ago
best part in the show.
radelise 3 months ago
hey guys, does anyone know how and where we can watch the missing parts?? i f anyone knows please answer, i really wanna watch this complete:))
vicroryGR 4 months ago
:17 Oy vey, she's quite bosomy!
harrietcow 4 months ago
I love Collin Firth as Mr.Darcy but Mathew will always be my favourite. I read the book a milion times and I always pictured Mr.Darcy like that.
ClassyTrashyNasty 4 months ago
The 2005 movie is sooooo much hitter !!!!
xLiZAxLiLix 5 months ago
@xLiZAxLiLix What ever 'hitter' is, I do not agree. I have the film and the series, I like the series more, just because of the details and the resemblance to the book :)
Natulcien1992 3 months ago 2
Darcy's face at 3:09 D:
EverlastingGreed 5 months ago in playlist Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Excellent name, Pride and Prejudice, because it is just as both of them are and this is the scene where better is showed
maryll100 5 months ago
I like both Matthew and Colin, and I think it's unfair to insist that only one of them can be thought of as the 'right' Darcy. I think they are both the man they should be, and they have both done it in their own way. The film was different, of course, it was artistic and beautifully done. I believe Matthew was perfect. But this series is classic, the very embodiment of the book so of course this would be the one possibly loved the most. I think Colin absolutely nails Darcy :D I love them both!
skulblaka92 6 months ago 5
@skulblaka92 IMO Matthew interpreted Darcy as a man that was not prideful but was only shy & misunderstood. This was not the Darcy Austen created & he doesn't undergo the vital transformation in himself that Lizzy induces. He only has to be understood and acquire more social graces. He is a shy puppy dog without any cojones. In some scenes, he was Heathcliff, underdressed & walking from the mists of the moors looking for Cathy. Very romantic for Wuthering Heights but hardly suitable for P&P.
rasta13820 5 months ago 3
2:36 aww :( I just want to hug him!!
PurpleSparkle2007 6 months ago 10
i love how a declaration of love turns into a severe argument.
I admire Darcys reaction. i would have bursted out crying, ran off and been never seen again.:).
Atterapravaecclesia 6 months ago 7
I frankly think they are both very competitive and strong-willed. Some couples are like that - they thrive on the competition and butting heads. It ignites their passion. Love this show.
Presca1 6 months ago
I don't think Mr. Darcy was being hurtful on purpose. Mr. Darcy was indeed very in love with Elizabeth here. He was being very vunerable and he was scared, i think. That is why he put on his snobbish mask and tried to concentrate more on why she should accept him (pompous reasons in which he has been told all his life by society were good) rather than his true feelings. He put that mask on because of his pride, it was his pride and Elizabeth's ignorance and prejudice that got in the way.
alinasofya 7 months ago
Gosh dang it. I'm supposed to be studying for a midterm right now, and instead I'm watching this. Damn you, Mr. Darcy...
vikingoddess3890 7 months ago 8
some of the comments say that matthew was not as good as Darcy but to defend him I'd say that the 2005 version is only an hour and a half or so, whereas this BBC adaptation is much longer... so in a way colin Firth had more time to convince us that he is darcy...I think matthew did a great job because if you watch the film carefully, he doesn't appear in many scenes... well anyway it might also depend on what version you saw first !
fliiiiiiii 7 months ago 4
@fliiiiiiii I watched the 2005 version.. Thought it was great and was always discouraged to watch the 1995 version cuz I used to think that the characters wont be as good looking as the ones in the 2005 version until I told myself to give it a chance! Now I think that the 2005 is great while the 1995 version is a legend..
Nouranmosaad97 5 months ago
0:47 - 1:24 aaaawh, that's cute ! aaaawh!
quirinelovesGod 7 months ago
Although Lizzie seems to resent Darcy but she cannot deny she has some feelings for Darcy.
mameelover17 7 months ago
at 2:37 poor Mr. Darcy looks like somone ran over his puppy!!
hopelessromantic1311 7 months ago 4
One of my favorite scenes! He deserves it considering the bad timing and the way he proposed. He was just asking for it there.
hhv94 7 months ago 4
1:21 wooow, that awkward silence must have been 10 minutes long to the two of them XD
tenoreyequetis 8 months ago
Colin Firth is a great actor. He IS Mr. Darcy.
Mehlsuppe 8 months ago 8
Her mother will kill her
janedoe88 8 months ago 6
Colin Firth is just perfect. The looks he can give, it is really like he is fighting so hard not to cry. But also the way he speaks (The fact it is British might have to do something with it :D British <3!) He is handsome, in a Greek god kind of way, nothing like men nowadays! I love this series, although I can't deny having watched the movie at least 30 times as well. Mathew is not as good (almost though), but I like the setting of the movie better.
(I'm from Belgium, sorry for any faults)
Luthrencia 8 months ago in playlist Pride and Prejudice (1995) 6
At 3:10 he looks like he wants to cry. D:
novemberskycat 8 months ago 2
@novemberskycat haha!!! so true!!!
hopelessromantic1311 7 months ago
He looks like he's dying inside -\3
authorkaytlan101 9 months ago 6
This scene is much more real than the one in the movie. The acting is so much better and it is just so amazing overall!I like this elizabeth and this darcy so much better!
ilselpz 9 months ago 10
omg! the next clip is missing i cant stand it.. the one where Darcy gives the letter for her
roppari69 9 months ago 4
@roppari69 omg you're right!!
evaggelia1978 9 months ago
thats such an honest fight, when lizzy rejects him. It actually shows how much she dislikes him at that point.
shaqdaddy11 9 months ago
At 4 48, Darcy's expression was like ''What the heck is she saying???''
Nouranmosaad97 9 months ago 2
The film version with keira knightly is my fave but I also love this adaptation because it really sticks to the book and the actors, jennifer ehle and colin firth are amazing as lizzy and darcy, especially in this scene jennifer Ehle is amazing here as well as colin firth:)
JaneAustenRules 9 months ago
Men, let this be a guide. That is how NOT to propose.
The real way a man must propose is demonstrated perfectly by the wonderful Mr. Collins.
GaaraFangirl117 9 months ago 6
@GaaraFangirl117 : LOLOLOL!! That was a gem of a proposal!
margarbeast 9 months ago
@margarbeast Oh yes indeed. xD
GaaraFangirl117 8 months ago
@GaaraFangirl117 I almost choked on my drink when I read this one. Lizzie did a good job answering Mr. Collins; most women probably could not stop laughing long enough to turn him down...
nightswimmer99 6 months ago
The awkward silence and Darcy walking back and forth, Lizzy's thinking, 'what's up with him, why is he so agitated?'
simplyadd1 9 months ago 4
There is quite much overacting on both sides.
sadiasum82 9 months ago
uh Lizzie just gets the most awful wedding proposals
elemeno82002 9 months ago 4
@elemeno82002 : LOL!
margarbeast 9 months ago
At 2:25 I would have fainted ( just after he's done talking)
europealove 9 months ago
I feel horrible for Darcy. The way he professed his feelings...gah. I'd melt If I were Elizabeth. I wish she wasn't so prejudiced towards him. I understand her first impression was not a good one, but he's grown nicer, so you'd think her feelings would change. Gahhhh. But I still love the story.
AnnaAnomaly 10 months ago
@AnnaAnomaly Its not her predjudiced towards her, its the fact that he told her he liked her against his better judgement and he would be ashamed of himself. She refused because he insulted her
pitchivoicebianca 9 months ago
Amazing how he doesn't realise how hurtful and degrading his words are but that's cos of his pride. She rises from it and tells him that despite all his wealth, he is not good enough for her in her own words. Darcy realises this and feels ashamed and takes his leave. Superb dialog and performance though. Love this version much better.
pattyrodriguez2 10 months ago 11
I think this scene just made me really fall in love with this version of P&P. It's just what I had envisioned while reading the book and even so much better! I love how Darcy restlessly walks up and down the room, sits down just to stand up again until he finally confesses his feelings to her. It's downright perfect.
foolofaromantic 10 months ago 40
@foolofaromantic great scene indeed!!!
evaggelia1978 9 months ago
This is what good actors/actresses ought to be like!!
In their performance...their eyes tell the characters' souls...their movement reveal their innermost turmoils...and their voices and breaths are in sync with their wishes and thoughts. They bring out the true flesh and blood of characters.
I cannot get enough of it!
cw22 10 months ago 63
gosh she really told him off. this scene was perfect. like straight from the book
undesirablenumber1HP 10 months ago 9
lol she kicked his @%&*%# with her words...
talidina2 10 months ago
she looks so sick after he asks her to marry him. well i i guess i would too after i just crushed,and ripped in to a million pieces of someones heart
kyla901 10 months ago
he is so damn prideful. D: when she says no his face says "how can you refuse ME?!?!" And he needs a social filter. you don't tell the girl i want you to marry me even though you're poor.
Despite all that, I still love him. they both have their faults. :D
fleurdelis68 11 months ago 3
awww he looks like he's gonna cry !! makes me sad :(
wow.. the way she was able to totally slam him , handsome as he is, takes some strength. geesh :P
ilovethismovie:)
jasmineflowerjoy 11 months ago 7
just found out they had a brief relationship when filming this series..
desi91able 11 months ago
@desi91able and were reunited int he kings speach
TheDiariesOfVampires 11 months ago
got to be the most unromantic proposal ever. I love this version and even though its closer to the book the rain proposal scene of the 2005 version makes me rewind it 10 times :)
TheDiariesOfVampires 11 months ago
at 3:09 he looks like hes about to burst into tears!
TheDiariesOfVampires 11 months ago
I have always thought Elizabeth was ABSOLUTELY right in rejecting Darcy here. He was behaving that she should be grateful he is condescended to liking her.
Maisha2006 1 year ago 6
He is basically telling her that she does not deserve his love. How charming.
467290 1 year ago 3
Lizzie is bad-ass! My favorite character of all time. When she gives it to Darcy in the end..DAMN! How could he not be passionately in love with a strong, confident woman as that. I love how he is visibly taken aback by her words.....GOD I LOVE THIS STORY!!!
Jesygurl1 1 year ago 6
At 4:08-09, his expression and reaction when she says the words "My dis like of you.."
Jesygurl1 1 year ago 4
I have read the book about a billion times and colin firth is the embodiment of mr Darcy. He's just awesome. Why is Matthew even compared to Colin as Darcy, there's no competition. I not saying that Matthew wasn't ok but he's not mr Darcy.
mrsdarcy94 1 year ago 95
@mrsdarcy94 you said it, sister!!
redcat2k8 6 months ago
@mrsdarcy94 i am saying that matthew is off. he looks like he is going through hell all the time.
warandcheese 2 months ago
@warandcheese I was gonna say that too... decided to give him a little credit :)
mrsdarcy94 2 months ago
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thisss darcyyy iss so coldddd.....o my goldd......i love the 2005 movie......matthew is god
Morphues90 1 year ago
@Morphues90 it's because Mr. Darcy is supposed to be like this, I love Matthew as well, he is SO dreamy *¬* but I have to admit that Colin is the best Darcy according to the book. Darcy is REALLY proud and cold
hitomi68 1 year ago 3
You know, every time Darcy does one of those little looks, I can't help but imagine his inner monologue shouting, "Fuck! Why did I say that? Fuck! Why did I say that?!"
GroovieBuff 1 year ago 9
Darcy: "We shall have glorious mornings, and joyous nights at Pemberley.. In afternoons, I shall dive into that lake yonder and let you admire the beauty of my person, whilst evenings we shall spend with roles reversed...How d'you like my proposal, Miss Elizabeth!"
Elizabeth: "Oh, my dear sir! Most gladly do I give my consent."
RushTheSilver 1 year ago 9
best scene ever! she is just the elizabeth and he's... well, just the best darcy. great film made in honour to the worlds best novelist!
Ehliafly 1 year ago 7
Ahaha, I love Darcy. In modern times he might as well be calling her a bitch while proposing XD No girl takes kindly to that.
ImSoooSorryforU 1 year ago 6
When watching the 2005 one in the movie theatre some guy stood up during this scene which has Matthew and shouted -"Quit grovelling and snivelling and grow a pair." LOL
ayannamarie1 1 year ago 3
I would have said yes anyway :)
mrsdarcy94 1 year ago
beautiful and cute tortured expression number 1949546541945...
kmi2995 1 year ago 3
I think this made me fall madly in love with Colin Firth.
Cheyanneasaurusrex 1 year ago 15
"in vain i have struggled, it will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you" Must be my favourite quote ever. I think it's good though, this proposal. they get to know eachother and their flaws. and darcy improves after. imagine it had never happened. darcy would still be taciturn and, lets face it, to the eyes of others, quite a snob actually! :D love you darcy :D
yOyOooGiRl 1 year ago 115
@yOyOooGiRl i completely agree even at first he was a snob i thought he cant be like this all the time. How can you not love mr. Darcy
kyla901 10 months ago
@yOyOooGiRl Mathew who? it's only colin firth...LOl
Rebeldewayraluka 9 months ago 8
@yOyOooGiRl i think you are forgetting the rest of the quote..........
sherrybait1 5 months ago
ooohh darcy just got pwnd!!
fizgit01 1 year ago 2
He insults her while proposing to her, thats a guaranteed way to definitely get rejected.
jadisa1992 1 year ago 12
OMG! This is so awkward!!! no matter how many times I watch this part, I can always feel my heart beating faster!!
Andiefunny93 1 year ago 13
This is like, the bestest, funniest proposal ever!
Dehzee 1 year ago 4
It's kind of hard for Colin Firth to look angry with those big sad eyes.
And it's like J. Ehle is faking being sad when she's obviously angry and offended. I don't like the tears.
Rosebloom12 1 year ago 2
MR. DARCY IS MOST INSULTIVE BUT IT IS A HUMBLE EXPERIENCE...WELL DONE! I LOVE THIS MOVIE
dacy008 1 year ago 2
the tension...the awkwardness....this bit is brilliant
sk8ergirl1995 1 year ago 9
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Matthew Macfayden brought emotion, pain and pure pride to Mr. Darcy. Colin Firth is 'chaulky' and dry. This scene between Keira and Matthew is one of the best scenes ever and every emotion came down with the rain
loxandra2312 1 year ago
so...awkward!!!
edashibaMU 1 year ago
i hate the scene the most in the whole book i think its so awkward for lizzy
thenum1brat 1 year ago
Pulsating tension in this proposal scene. No visual effects additions required to make that scene more dramatic in this adaptation ,just top notch acting. Brilliant!
aria1232 1 year ago 8
Slap him, slap him, kill him for what he said to her.
Calucifer13 1 year ago
@Calucifer13 Overreacting much?
ilahabiba 1 year ago
@ilahabiba Maybe. I might have the same exprerience, so does my mother. With an English nobleman.
Calucifer13 1 year ago
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when she says no I actually want to cry :'(
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sm2481 1 year ago
Love the coolness and subdued aggression of Ehle to Colin Firth's intensity in the proposal scene.Not until later does the enormity of the entire situation hit her.Beautifully done.
sm2481 1 year ago 10
@rasta13820 well i havent read it in a while so i dont know it exactly word for word, but thats good, too bad they didnt do it like that in the movie
BubblegumPopMusic13 1 year ago
@sahana747 exactly, i mean if its all that bad why marry her??? i wish at the end darcy had made up for it with a proper proposal, its the only thing i dont like very much, he just asks do you feel the same as you did before? and im like propose to her properly!!! make up for your previous mess of a proposal!!!
BubblegumPopMusic13 1 year ago
@BubblegumPopMusic13 In the end, Darcy did so passionly, but the script had no inspiration. In the book: "he expressed himself on the occasion as sensibly and as warmly as a man violently in love can be supposed to do. Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him;...and he told her of feelings, which, in proving of what importance she was to him, made his affection every moment more valuable."
rasta13820 1 year ago
no one can just give this girl a normal proposal...and why are the proposals always insulting in some way or other?
BubblegumPopMusic13 1 year ago
@BubblegumPopMusic13 Even i wondered why this girl evokes such sentiments from her suitors ,always pointing to her inferior conditions, then why propose at all?
sahana747 1 year ago
♥♥♥♥♥
LaViolinistaChida 1 year ago
When she sed no, I screamed at the screen 'WHY NOT!! LOOK AT HIM!'
mizz1996xx 1 year ago 4
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mizz1996xx 1 year ago
I think Jennifer Ehle fills her dress better than Keira Knightly ever did.
timelordtenfan 1 year ago 4
You can actually see the moment where she breaks his heart. Poor Darcy!
ithungers 1 year ago 4
@ithungers
did you NOT catch the part where he says "and I hardly need add, my own better judgment"
LOL, what was he expecting from someone like her, maybe a money grubber would say yes, her ...it was like he was setting himself up
sklewafe 1 year ago
@sklewafe Well, Darcy does admit in the book that he didn't expect her to refuse him, but that was mainly because he'd never been told "no" in his life before. He thought she'd be grateful, especially since he was able to overlook everything wrong about her family. I still feel bad for him, haha.
ithungers 1 year ago
Poor Darcy! He is in anguish, I'm glad they have this argument it gets out all the feelings they have for one another and all the misunderstandings that have piled up. She is a strong character.
2degucitas 1 year ago 2
awkward silences are awkward...
GingerEckley818 1 year ago 4
i will be impolitic & say something that may shock the viewers: darcy does not know lizzy; their interactions were always brief & she was hostile to him. D knows less of L than Mr B did of Mrs B @ their wedding. he loves his image of her with her fine eyes but knows nothing of the true person. to say that D loves L & trusts her as a confidante is absurd; rather, his proposal is really an act of self abuse because he is only talking to his image of her. there, i've said it; now u can scream! LOL
rasta13820 1 year ago
@rasta13820
you are probably right that he doesn't really know her the way we would suppose lovers to know the other but in the book Darcy actually eavesdrops on her conversations while in society. of course, this doesn't mean that he gets to know the real Lizzy but he sees some parts of her character and during the few days at Netherfield and those days at Rosings he can study her much better than normaly. so I'm sure he does know her well enough for their understanding at the time
BenjiPiglette 1 year ago
@BenjiPiglette If what u say is correct then D would never have proposed in this manner. I believe Zoopoe's comments below hits the mark: there is no understanding here however much we wish it. Both D & E understood later in the story that they were both wrong and this led to their changed perspective towards each other. D says, " I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.... I was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit."
rasta13820 1 year ago
@rasta13820 in that way you are perfectly right but I was referring to the fact whether he knows her well enough to fall in love with her. but I'm also convinced that Darcy created a picture of Elizabeth that did not have much to do with reality. he says later that he never once imagined that Elizabeth could refuse him and that was definitely due to his pride and him not knowing her as you describe it.
BenjiPiglette 1 year ago
@BenjiPiglette
"ELIZABETH'S spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. ``How could you begin?'' said she. ``I can comprehend your going on charmingly, when you had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the first place?''
``I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.''
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rasta13820 1 year ago
Wow,Colin Firth is a great actor!
girl4mac2 1 year ago 6
omg best shot down in the world!!!! like a hot rich guy asked her to marry him n not only did she say no but she was like well screw you i never liked you in the 1st place
cheeriosryum 1 year ago 8
my god..........I have refused a only two proposals in my life and it wasnt easy.Not because I loved them or didnt love them enough.My efforts were in trying to ease the pain being rufsed. Its important to consider the vulnerability some1 has when making a proposal.Takes a lot of strength and love to ask.
2SIXimixedBABIES 1 year ago
Mr Darcy's pained face always reminds me of Gilbert Blythe's proposal in "Anne of Green Gables". it's so sad, it makes your heart ache
BenjiPiglette 1 year ago
Reading the other comments, it;s amusing to see how many people seem to think that Lizzie really had a headache.
threepowers0 1 year ago
Whenever i watch this scene, i get this pain deep in my chest. Maybe I'm having a mini heart attack every time i see Darcy speak.
jackiesmackiequackie 1 year ago 3
Out of all of the parts I have enjoyed reading the comments for this one the most.
pentime6 1 year ago 6
God how many times will she be asked to be married, i wud have jumped mr darcy yumyum :P
missWinchester93 1 year ago
I WANT MORE!
MsSweetiepie77 1 year ago 4
This is by all means one the most beautiful lovestory I have ever read or seen acted...Just love Jane Austen's stories and feel a little sad that she didn't live longer to make more wonderful love stories like this one.
Petipulpul 1 year ago 9
My gosh. I got so into this part that I went through a rollercoaster of emotions! I even teared up!!! Dear Darcy, if she don't want u, come to meeeeeee :D
angievivi 1 year ago 3
Darcy sees that cartoon-like Collins snatched a fine wife and quite happy. And than he, Darcy, is so strongly rejected...
M322233 1 year ago
i would have slapped him! lol
Jackiesbaby88 1 year ago
Mr. Darcy: *Pace, look away, look back, pace again, look, look away, pace, sit down, look at floor, stand up, pace, look away, look back*
I love him. xDD I want one of my own as well, MCRisForever. Every woman would.
GaaraFangirl117 1 year ago 4
@GaaraFangirl117 LOL :-)
mensahcarrelle 1 year ago
I think this scene is the crossover of the cover. Where the Man with pride reveals his prejudice and the Woman with prejudice which feuls her pride meet in an explosive, awkward, ill-fated(doomed) proposal. Neither person here was really excepting of the other so if Eliza had excepted, neither would have had time to mature. This is where the wires of Pride and Prejudice cross and, though I get so annoyed everytime I watch this scene, it really is very well put together.
Zoopoe 1 year ago 95
@Zoopoe I don't see this at all. Lizzy's dislike for Darcy is based in great measure on a false impression based on her prejudice towards him, and his explanation of why it is difficult for him to marry her is based on his pride. His problem is not prejudice; her's is.
mc0558 1 year ago 4
@mc0558
yes thats why the title is pride and prejudice.... his pride her prejudice....
thenoodlesAl 1 year ago
@mc0558 They both have the same problems. Her prejudice towards Mr. Darcy leads her to pride that she is better than him and that he is despicable which in some ways he is. His pride leads him to be prejudiced towards Elizabeth and her family which as he explains in his letter is somewhat justified. They both have fallen into pride and prejudice and as a result Lydia ends up running away with Wickham. In the end it works out alright but you still see the consequences of their sin.
bedajo28 1 year ago
@bedajo28 After D's letter E realizes her own vanity: ``How despicably have I acted! I, who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity, in useless or blameable distrust. How humiliating is this discovery!Yet, how just a humiliation!Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.Till this moment, I never knew myself.''
rasta13820 11 months ago
I agree that this proposal is far from accepted.
But I understand that Darcy loves and trusts Lizzie so much that in this speech he shares all his thoughts and emotions with her and treats her as his close friend and confidante.
He realized that his love for Lizzie destroyed rules and reasons he lived by, that his whole world is turned upside down, and this makes him so disoriented and confused.
As about Lizzie - she was already very angry at him because he separated Bingley from her sister...
M322233 1 year ago 3
@M322233 No, not true. D was haughty and never expected a refusal to his proposal. He thought that she would jump at the opportunity. His reasons proffered in his proposal were given to build his own vanity, not to enlighten Lizzy. The love and trust you mentioned requires equality in a relationship and this has not occurred yet. "I came to you without a doubt of my reception.... What will you think of my vanity? I believed you to be wishing, expecting my addresses.''
rasta13820 1 year ago 2
@rasta13820 We all see what we want to see, do not we? Darcy is for sure not a liar or sneaky one and he is saying openly what he thinks of inequality between himself and Elizabeth. And he is saying to her something like :"Would it be better if I hid it and only complimented you?!"
As about love and trust - they do not always arise in synchrony with equality... :) And - what equality are you talking about? Somebody said that love makes people equal...
M322233 1 year ago
@M322233 D speaks truthfully his point of view; the problem is that he proposes to E in much the same way that Lady Catherine speaks to her, without regard or respect for her feelings or views. Love & trust require agreement and respect betwn 2 parties, something not seen here. The book described D as extremely angry because his vanity could never consider the possiblity of E's refusal & he wrote the letter with great bitterness. Yes, love is the great equalizer for "love makes fools of us all."
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