It's totally unbelievable how someone could watch this in its entirety (which is a task worth of a medal) and honestly say it's the best adaptation there is. It wouldn't be the best even if it was the only one! So, maybe it is truest to the book, but who cares if the entertainment value is zero? I'm not one those Austen fanatics who knows the book in question by heart. But I have read it, and it is certainly important that the adaptation is true to that book, that's why I wouldn't even try to watch the latest movie version of it. But who can argue that the 1995 version wasn't also a faithful adaptation? If there was some slight alterations, so is here! So maybe there was some scenes omitted, but do you need to hear every word they say in the book to enjoy the show? No, you don't. When you see things in front of you, you certainly want to see something more than endless talking sessions. It's not enough that these people talk and talk, it all sounds like one long weather forecast. If these conversations can you keep you entertained, good for you! But if one wants to hear and see people who has a character and feelings, go look elsewhere.
The 1995 version of P&P had everything which makes a costume drama work, and it's my favourite series of all time. This version has instead all of the elements which can totally ruin that same genre. Let's pretend that this would be nothing but TV-series and had nothing to do with Jane Austen; what merits it would have? Insignificant acting, lifeless characters, tedious dialogue. One couldn't care less if that stiff bloke get the girl he claims to love - though it's hard to believe. Watching him proposing Elizabeth is almost embarrassing in its rigidness.
The 1995 version of P&P had everything which makes a costume drama work, and it's my favourite series of all time. This version has instead all of the elements which can totally ruin that same genre. Let's pretend that this would be nothing but TV-series and had nothing to do with Jane Austen; what merits it would have? Insignificant acting, lifeless characters, tedious dialogue. One couldn't care less if that stiff bloke get the girl he claims to love - though it's hard to believe. Watching him proposing Elizabeth is almost embarrassing in its rigidness.
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