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(Disclaimer: They’re all wonderful in their own way.)

BBC Mini Series from 1995:

Pros:

• The most realistic of the options at hand
• Gives you nearly six hours to give the story the time it deserves
• Has the time to give you all of the characters without feeling rushed
• The characters are adorable (or annoying depending on needs Mr. Collins), but they aren’t godlike. It’s great to see real people on screen
• You actually get to see Lydia and Mr. Wickham hiding from their family which I don’t see in any other adaptation?
• More time is dedicated to Mr. Darcy’s point of view
• Mrs. Bennet is perfect
• Collin Firth (according to fandom)

Cons:

• I personally have an issue with some the music even though its still admittedly good
• It does take about six hours to get through, though you can take a break between each episode
• If you’re looking for fluff, this is the least fluffy version of the lot
• Probably has the most muted colors of the three, but it’s also from 1995 so…

Pride and Prejudice 2005 (with Keira Knightley)

Pros:

• Talk about a bi dream world
• This is definitely the fluffy one
• Probably the easiest one to sit down and watch all at once as it is a movie
• Elizabeth walking across a field to meet Darcy where he proposes is such a dream sequence
• It flows rather nicely as a story and certainly does the story justice for the time its given
• Keira Knightley is a wonderful actress in my opinion

Cons

• The music is rather repetitive, you could replace the soundtrack with one song and be close to the current one
• Probably goes the least in depth of the three
• Kitty and Mary don’t get as much focus as they deserve
• You don’t get quite the sense that a bunch of time is passing
• Feels much less real than the other two

Lizzie Bennet Diaries (Youtube)

Pros:

• Definitely the easiest to watch if you only have a  few minutes here and there

• This is a thoroughly modern version, so keep that in mine

• Stays loyal to the story while making it modern. There’s no question that this is Pride and Prejudice

• Charlotte is fucking adorable

• Lydia has an amazing character arc that fits in a more modern sense and is PERFECT

• Georgiana is the cutest thing I have ever seen

• Lizzie encompasses the young adult in this day and age

• I think they all have Twitters which is really neat?

• Fitzwilliam is a joy

Cons:

• There are several characters you never get to meet like her mother and father, only second hand

• It is very Lizzie centric (which I like), and that’s obvious, but it means that you get more of her than you will than in any other adaptation and less of everyone else

• Kitty does not exist

• Mary does exist, but as a cousin rather than a sister (because most people don’t have 5 kids in this day and age)

I honestly can’t speak highly enough of any of these, especially the Lizzie Bennet Diaries which is just such a unique take on the series.

Reposted from https://lies.tumblr.com/post/188522337756.