Response Paper 1

The name of the movie that I watched was Pride and Prejudice that is directed by Joe Wright. The reason as to why I choose this specific movie is because my oldest sister Angelica and I wanted to have a movie night so we decided on watching this movie together. The message behind this movie is that love conquers all no matter what social class one may fall in and; the title alone “Pride and Prejudice” best suits the description of the two main characters in this movie, Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Both Ms.Bennet and Mr. Darcy’s characters claim to be entirely different and loathe one another because Mr.Darcy is prideful and comes off as a snob while Ms.Bennet is prejudice against Mr.Darcy because of how prideful he is and her first impression of him was that he was a stiff neck. However, as time passes by Ms.Bennet overcomes her prejudice views on Mr.Darcy and falls in love with the person he truly is. Some of the major events that happen throughout this movie are when Mr. Bingley holds a ball in which Mr. Darcy is first acquainted with the Bennet family and that is when Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy first meet. Another major event in this movie is when Mr. Darcy expresses his love for Ms.Bennet and asks her for her hand in marriage, sadly Ms. Bennet rejects his offer. Lastly, when Mr. Darcy writes a letter to Elizabeth explaining everything to her, Elizabeth then see’s his true colors and that everything he did was for her as well as her family, Mr. Darcy proposes to Ms. Bennet at the end of the movie and this time she greatly accepts his hand in marriage. 

I believe that this movie relates to my own personal experience because the man I love(d) is entirely different from how I carry myself as a person. In this case I am Ms. Bennet and he is Mr. Darcy, both stubborn and collide with one another.  However, just like Ms. Bennet is drawn to Mr. Darcy, I cannot help but be in love with my Mr. Darcy. I often watch these types of movies a lot because I love everything about love, if that makes sense. I am a hopeless romantic that still believes in chivalry so I enjoy watching these types of film often. In my opinion I believe that Joe Wright directed this movie very well because it captures my attention right away from how two people can be from different cultures and social class but still at the end of the day love conquers all and that is why I love the message behind this film.