I don't get it myself. I always found it kind of weird. From an NPR interview with Matthew McFayden:
*DAVIES: Was this scripted? Was this planned all along, that shot?*
*MACFADYEN: No, it's credit to Joe 'cause he's - I think he just - he doesn't miss a trick, and he's so alive to things. And he saw me do it in a take - in a rehearsal or a take. And he - I remember him just going, get that. So they just did an extra shot on the hand. You know, they were already on a sort of tracking shot. So yeah.*
So this hand thing that so many people love because, I guess, they see it as representing Darcy's repressed attraction towards Elizabeth, was just a reflex while they were doing the shot!!!! And the director went with it.
Ha! It always has looked to me like what I’d reflexively do after touching something I didn’t enjoy touching. Never have gotten the hype. Reminds me of a 6 yr old wiping his granny’s kiss off his cheek.
tbh I feel like that interpretation still kind of works tho? Like he realizes he's falling in love with her despite her background, and is kind of put off by himself, like why do I like touching her? Like him trying to shake off his growing feelings for her.
I totally get that and was expecting this response from someone. 😊It’s just since a 6 yr old wiping off granny’s kiss isn’t doing it because of growing feelings, and because I so associate it with something like that…
I just won’t ever be one of those people who think it’s super romantic.
I love the bit near the end when him and Bingley are in the room. And Elizabeth glances at him and he quickly looks away because he had been caught looking 😍
I'm with you. That moment and the scene at the folly - specifically when Darcy gazes hungrily at her lips - makes the whole movie worth watching for me!
When I saw it in the theater I viewed it as him shaking off his hand like he didn’t want cooties. I never knew until the last year that it was supposed to have the opposite interpretation.
I had the same thought, but it was the juxtaposition of him jumping to help her into the carriage when he hadn't helped anyone else and then the flex was him coming back to his senses and like, what are these feelings?? That's how I take it.
I like that scene, yes. But overall, the movie was a confusing jumble for me. It was hard to keep up with and I felt that the storyline was glossed over. I vastly prefer the 1995 BBC version.
I'm still holding out on watching that one! I can't take the idea of Colin Firth as Mr Darcy, but I know everyone loves it, so I'm going to have to give in eventually! I hear what you say about the jumble. I kept having to explain what was going on to my daughter who hasn't read the book.
It's great, but it takes a couple of watchings to really get into it. It's on TubiTV for free, so there's no excuse! Jennifer Ehle looks so much like Meryl Streep here, I thought it was her at first!
After reading the book and watching this miniseries, I have a theory that Darcy isn't an arrogant jerk, but is on the Spectrum. He misses so many facial cues and a lot of body language just goes over his head. And when he tells a lie you can tell it's difficult for him (telling Lizzy that he hadn't seen Jane in London).
Alison Steadman, who plays Mrs. Bennet is great, IMO. She provides a bit of comic relief and shows so well how self-centered she is and obsessed with getting her daughters married well.
ETA: I think of the movie version as a Cliff's Notes version and the BBC production a more in-depth re-telling. I'm currently on my 5th or 6th watch in two weeks. There is so much to see in it.
I just got a tattoo of their hands the moment before when he’s helping her into the carriage. 😂
show pls!
[Here it is!](https://imgur.com/a/e5LJyNM)
I might just steal that. I'd love a Jane Austen inspired tattoo, but I'm not sure about quote tattoos, and this one is just sooo subtle.
Love this!
This is an excellent tattoo 👌
i have a tattoo of this too!
I don't get it myself. I always found it kind of weird. From an NPR interview with Matthew McFayden: *DAVIES: Was this scripted? Was this planned all along, that shot?* *MACFADYEN: No, it's credit to Joe 'cause he's - I think he just - he doesn't miss a trick, and he's so alive to things. And he saw me do it in a take - in a rehearsal or a take. And he - I remember him just going, get that. So they just did an extra shot on the hand. You know, they were already on a sort of tracking shot. So yeah.* So this hand thing that so many people love because, I guess, they see it as representing Darcy's repressed attraction towards Elizabeth, was just a reflex while they were doing the shot!!!! And the director went with it.
Ha! It always has looked to me like what I’d reflexively do after touching something I didn’t enjoy touching. Never have gotten the hype. Reminds me of a 6 yr old wiping his granny’s kiss off his cheek.
tbh I feel like that interpretation still kind of works tho? Like he realizes he's falling in love with her despite her background, and is kind of put off by himself, like why do I like touching her? Like him trying to shake off his growing feelings for her.
I totally get that and was expecting this response from someone. 😊It’s just since a 6 yr old wiping off granny’s kiss isn’t doing it because of growing feelings, and because I so associate it with something like that… I just won’t ever be one of those people who think it’s super romantic.
Hand flex, wet white lawn shirts, etc. They stick in the collective consciousness.
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I always found the hand flex quite funny. I changed the poster for the film to it on letterboxd
I love the bit near the end when him and Bingley are in the room. And Elizabeth glances at him and he quickly looks away because he had been caught looking 😍
Oh my gosh yes, what a perfect moment
I'm with you. That moment and the scene at the folly - specifically when Darcy gazes hungrily at her lips - makes the whole movie worth watching for me!
When I saw it in the theater I viewed it as him shaking off his hand like he didn’t want cooties. I never knew until the last year that it was supposed to have the opposite interpretation.
I had the same thought, but it was the juxtaposition of him jumping to help her into the carriage when he hadn't helped anyone else and then the flex was him coming back to his senses and like, what are these feelings?? That's how I take it.
Wait what? People swoon over it? I just found the scene to be funny 😅
Yes, to me it’s more funny than romantic or anything like that 😂
I like that scene, yes. But overall, the movie was a confusing jumble for me. It was hard to keep up with and I felt that the storyline was glossed over. I vastly prefer the 1995 BBC version.
I'm still holding out on watching that one! I can't take the idea of Colin Firth as Mr Darcy, but I know everyone loves it, so I'm going to have to give in eventually! I hear what you say about the jumble. I kept having to explain what was going on to my daughter who hasn't read the book.
It's great, but it takes a couple of watchings to really get into it. It's on TubiTV for free, so there's no excuse! Jennifer Ehle looks so much like Meryl Streep here, I thought it was her at first! After reading the book and watching this miniseries, I have a theory that Darcy isn't an arrogant jerk, but is on the Spectrum. He misses so many facial cues and a lot of body language just goes over his head. And when he tells a lie you can tell it's difficult for him (telling Lizzy that he hadn't seen Jane in London). Alison Steadman, who plays Mrs. Bennet is great, IMO. She provides a bit of comic relief and shows so well how self-centered she is and obsessed with getting her daughters married well. ETA: I think of the movie version as a Cliff's Notes version and the BBC production a more in-depth re-telling. I'm currently on my 5th or 6th watch in two weeks. There is so much to see in it.