Pride and Prejudice (2003)
Discussion Questions
- Does the movie have the same themes of first impression and prejudgments as in the book?
- Comment of the friendship group standing in for the Bennet sisters.
- Lizzie wants to be a writer. Is this to pay homage to Jane Austen or a plot device or for character development?
- Did the director and screenwriters turn this into a romance movie? How?
- What aspects of the movie worked well and what didn’t? Was there anything missing?
- Discuss what in the movie would be the ballrooms scenes, letters, and other critical parts of the book.
- Discuss religious themes in the movie and book? How do they emerge? What do they say about the movie and Jane Austen?