FIRST-TIME WATCHING *Pride & Prejudice* and Rizzo is OBSESSED! 

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Why we love Mr. Darcy, he LISTENS AND TRIES. He is awkward as fuck but BLESS HIM HE IS TRYING SO DAMN HARD.

Benjis’s “he’s trying!” 😭😭 you guys understand Mr Darcy way better than a lot of first time reactors

Hopeless romantic introverts grow up wanting to be Like Elizabeth Bennett Until we slowly realise we have the social skills of Mr Darcy

The fact that he manages to insult her *mid-proposal* and is still stunned that she says no 😂. Like he thinks he’s saying “I love you so much that it borders on irrational” but it comes out as “I don’t even care that your family sucks and is poor!”

I love how in the scene where Elizabeth tells Darcy he should practice talking to people he tries to do exactly that in the next scene. Like he was really taking Elizabeth's remark to heart

19:30 "I'm twenty seven years old" Benji: "Twenty and seven" Me: "Seven and twenty"

One thing I love about Jane Austen’s works is how they have misunderstandings tie directly into the flaws of the characters so it doesn’t feel forced, or just for the sake of drama.

Fun fact regarding the hand shots: Back in the regency era men and women were generally wearing gloves when out in public or at balls. It was considered very personal and intimate to touch hands skin-on-skin with the opposite sex - and could be seen as very inappropriate between non-married couples. The 'hand shot' where Darcy helps Lizzie into the carriage, is the first time they touch without wearing gloves. Hence the hand-flex because of the 'spaarrrkss'

Fun fact: when Elizabeth visits Pemberly for the first time, the same music that played at the beginning plays. The director said that he wanted to show how Pemberly felt like home to Elizabeth despite not being even significantly similar to her house. Because finding the person you're supposed to be with feels like going home.

"Benji discovering what women have known for the last 20 years" lol the last 211 years...😆

Benji 🤝 Elizabeth Bennet “That’s lame, MR. Darcy.”

Me screaming “THAT SCENE WAS GROUNDBREAKING” when Benji was like “oh is this a the-only-two-people-in-the-room-thing”

Y'all reacting to every girly rom-com is giving me life. Please do Emma. (2020) next!

I think Mr.Darcy's universal appeal is how he really put in the effort to change. He was a snob, but with someone like Elisabeth challenging him it made him reflect on his actions. Seeing tried so hard and fumbled every time was such a delight!

"I want them all to be vampires" While it might not be vampires, there is an adaptation called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 😅

Keira's funny faces is what makes this movie so relatable and modern to watch. You feel like you are gossiping or laughing with a bestie. The book also gives the same feeling, it's easy english

5:35 Well in those times, the eldest unmarried daughter of the house would be automatically addressed as Miss (Surname). Any other unmarried sisters would simply be addressed as Miss (First Name). So Jane is Miss Bennet and Elizabeth is Miss Elizabeth or Miss Elizabeth Bennet. And once Jane gets married Elizabeth becomes Miss Bennet.

23:33 the scene where he abruptly shows up, he intentionally visits when no one is home but chicken out from proposing

"The way I would've said yes to him and figured out the rest later." HONESTLY SAME 😂😂

Great reaction. To answer some of your questions: The Bennet family is part of a social class that no longer exist today called "The Landed Gentry." It's a class of land owners who make money off of the land they own. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman, therefore he doesn't have a job. Neither do his wife and daughters. Today, they would be considered part of the upper middle class or lower upper class. Their money problem isn't that they're poor, but that their entail stipulates that only a male heir can inherit after him. Having had FIVE daughters, that leaves them in a bad spot. Bingley's father was a working man, but he made a fortune. That ensured that his children would have class mobility and never have to work. Mr. Darcy comes from an aristocratic family, so he also doesn't have a job. He just runs his humongous estate (which brings him money). Fun fact, as the 19th century went on, the fortunes of many European aristocratic and gentile families started to dwindle. And, since they weren't expected to work, they couldn't gain funds. Meanwhile, the USA was starting to become the world power that it is today. America entered the Gilded Age and a lot of working families made fortunes. Although actual work was looked down upon by the gentry and the aristocracy and the nobility, working men started to out-money them. That resulted in many noble, aristocratic and gentile European men marrying American women of lower social classes, but heiresses of big fortunes. The industrial revolution really helped blur the lines between social classes! Ps. Cinderella’s dad is a rich merchant. He’s a man with an actual job!

Y'all... do you know how hard it is to edit FOUR HOURS of footage!?!?!? We will post Bridgerton as soon as we can but goddamn 🤣

"I understand why women love this movie so much." I'm so glad you get it Rizzo. Ive seen other guys on reaction channels watch this movie and they dont see why girls and gays attracted to Darcy's awkwardness at ALL

Not Benji clocking the “there’s a possibility” scene immediately 😂

36:47 Mrs. Bennet setting the gold standard for “I’m not a cool mom. I’m a regular mom.”

So fun fact, the book that Elizabeth is reading in the very begining of the movie is actually a first edition book *of* Pride and Prejudice. Meaning that the main character of the movie is reading about herself in the book.

Y’all didn’t watch the U.S. ending where Darcy and Elizabeth are at Pemberley. 😭😭 It’s not a wedding scene but might be more the happy ending you wanted 👀

"Do men come over the house and just stare for a while and then leave?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

it was a recent topic where the girls were asked what make up they used in the movie . and they said it was just blush and everything else was just their natural face. and like the blush was made from beets or something. like OK, they were really just THAT pretty hahaha

I cannot BELIEVE that you guys havent done a reaction to Pride & Prejudice before and I am STOKED to watch this!!!

PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE watch Belle. It's about a daughter of a British naval officer and a slave finding love and navigating life in the 18th century. Fun fact- the film is based on a true story. One rarely gets the chance to see people of color in starring roles within serious period movies. It would mean so much to me if you guys shared the film with your audience and reacted to it.

i don't wanna insult Darcy's actor, but he's not like "aesthetically" handsome but damn he got me completely falling for him in this movie

The way “he’s a human you’re a mermaid.” made me laugh out loud 😂

6:50 As I said once: “The man optimal for the female or queer gaze is someone you can tease without consequence.”

I love the atmosphere of this movie. It's so serene and idyllic, and the beautiful score by Dario Marianelli contributes a ton to it. This was my comfort movie for a while.

“Were you here to murder me?” Is the best take of the small talk scene of all time holy shit

Rosamund Pike was amazing casting for this movie. With Keira Knightly playing Elizabeth, it had to have been a really tough job finding someone gorgeous enough that she was only the second prettiest daughter. They actually managed it.

I’m a Mrs. Bennett apologist. With Mr. Bennett not, at all, concerned with what’s to become of his wife and daughters after he dies, no wonder she’s wound so tight. Lydia is in a real bind but it’s the best possible outcome of running off with Wickham. Plus she can always go to Lizzie or Jane if it gets really bad.

Fun fact, Joe Wright also directed an adaptation of Anna Karenina where Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen play brother and sister

Did you notice the scene where they dance together and "fight" at the same time is one shot only and one camera only?? It's insane how good this movie is and how they did it... Keira and Mathew had to do the whole sequence with no flaws or start again and again because it was 1 shot with no breaks... if you didn't notice it, and you're a movie buff go back, its so rewarding to watch that

THAT HAND FLEX IS EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!

@29:50 these are real places in England; exteriors of Pemberley are Chatsworth House, which was supposedly Austen’s inspiration for Pemberley, most of the interior is Wilton House (that *huge* portrait behind Georgina’s pianoforte is the give away on this one)

Darcy's lust for Elizabeth is the equivalent of Anthony in season 2 of Bridgerton

I always loved the bits with Darcy and his sister. It's the only time you see him relaxed and with a genuine smile. Would.

I also fucking love the first proposal scene because it shows that the two of them are still caught up on the expectations of their circumstances, their families, and society’s prejudices. That they both don’t really know what being in love means. And that they still have work to do! And then JANE GOD DAMN AUSTEN cracks her knuckles and wrote them FIXING those issues. Like Jesus Christos! I love when a writer reads her characters for filth, and then makes the characters FIX it. Not because they expect to be rewarded for doing the heavy lifting, but because it was the RIGHT thing to do! And the reason? Because they loved each other. It was the only selfish thing they wanted, and BOOM. You do the work, you get the girl! It’s so satisfying. ALSO the best conceit of this story is that the more Lizzie is willing to let go of her prejudices and her pride, the more she learns about Darcey. And the more wonderful a man he becomes! Which is why she says “Papa, I’ve been so wrong about him!”

It is so amazing to think that the next generation, the early Victorians, would introduce the waltz. And this was so shocking, so scandalous because the man and woman put their hands around each other.

"What's it like swimming in a pool that shallow?" "Well I'm not swimming I'm dancing around and splashing in the puddle" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

26:38 So in the book it's a little bit more clear. After Elizabeth leaves Netherfield with her sister, who's now recovered from her cold, Mr. Darcy who felt he was in danger of falling in love resoluted himself in trying to keep distance from Elizabeth or to at least not to open himself to the idea of marriage/raise Elizabeth's hopes to marry him. But he was completely wrong about Elizabeth's feelings and the reason for their banter and verbal sparring. The funny thing is that the more he spends time with her, the more he's falls in love, and the more she spends time with him, the more she dislikes him and has prejudice. (The movie makes it seems like they are both very attracted to each other tho) When comes the Netherfield ball, Mr.Darcy sees the Bennet family making a clown of themselves, the father is disinterested, the mother is silly, the two youngest sisters are militia crazy and chase after officers, Mary is pompous and wants to play the piano whenever she can, and she isn't bad but people don't really enjoy listening to her. Only Jane and Elizabeth are respectable, decent and lovely in their family. And hearing Sir William Lucas talk about the soon to be marriage between Jane and Bingley, Mr.Darcy took it upon himself to protect his friend after observing that Jane didn't seem as attached to his friend, and he also followed Bingley to London to distance himself from Elizabeth too. (Note that Bingley is only recently rich and doesn't necessarily know how high society works. Darcy is a good friend and pretty much teaches him/mentor him and advices him. Bingley's father was a merchant who worked really hard all his life, and his children now get to live from this new money. Which explains why Bingley is a little bit like a golden retriever, nice to everyone, while Caroline is more snobbish and trying to belong to this high society. And fun fact, the Bingleys are richer than the Bennets, but the Bennets actually are part of the middle class gentry, owning a fairly decent estate. The Bingleys have no estate to their name, hence why they are renting Netherfield ) Anyways, the reason why Mr.Darcy found himself proposing to Elizabeth is because he spent time with her at Rosings and at the Collins, and that far from the Bennet family. He didn't have that constant reminder that the Bennets were silly people and only focused on Elizabeth. And persuading himself more and more that she was WAITING for him to propose to her, which he fervently did but also degrading her by talking bad of her family, her lack of fortune, the difference in rank, etc. While proposing, he was SURE that she would accept him. Oh was he wrong. And he also didn't take into account that he had separated Jane and Mr Bingley because he was also sure that Jane wasn't attracted to Bingley the way Bingley was, and therefore, didn't think Jane would get hurt, due to her lack of interest (according to what he observed). So really, Mr. Darcy was very arrogant in the way he proposed, in his certainty that she would accept him and Elizabeth had all the rights to reject him. Even if she was wrong for siding with Wickham, but to be fair, she didn't know he had lied to her.

Quote of the Day: “When I say I suck, I SUUUUUUCK!”

Are we all here coz Netflix has the bright idea to split Bridgerton s3 in two parts? Coz i am. Im watching every bit of historical romance i could get my hands on. WATCH EMMA NEXT!

My grandma used to watch this movie, over and over, She had dementia so she would forget that she had already seen it 😂😂 RIP Gram, I miss you so much ❤❤❤

One of my favorite things about this movies (that i havent seen mentioned yet at least lol) is that Matthew has incredibly horrible eyesight. During the walking in the mist scene at the end, he couldnt tell which direction to walk, so the director or cameraman had on a BRIGHT red shirt so he knew where to go💀

His eyes in the Georgiana piano playing scene, they kinda sorta almost put me on the edge of tears.... for him.

This is fine. I'm chill, I'm cool. Not like it's one of my favourite movies ever or anything. I'm feeling very calm and casual about this reaction.

The Miss Bennet thing is clearer and more obvious in the book. And you may be able to see it a bit in Bridgerton a bit, I did notice it once this season. The eldest unmarried sister is always Miss LastName and the sisters following are Miss FirstName or Miss FullName

28:29 Little things that occur to Lizzy after reading the letter that we find out in the book - a) the fact that Wickham told her all that stuff about his personal life when they'd only met once before and were relative strangers b) the fact that he said he had no fear of meeting Darcy in public and then didn't attend the ball c) the fact that he said he wouldn't make Darcy's behaviour publicly known out of respect to the late Mr Darcy, but then soon after Darcy left the area with the Bingleys suddenly the whole town knew about it. And after he ran off with Lydia, the whole town that had adored him suddenly started talking about how he's owes half of the tradespeople in town money and he has gambling debts as well - which is the only reason he left Brighton because of his debts, just figured he'd take a pretty girl with him.

Looking back (as an autistic person) it’s so clear to me that Mr Darcy is autistic, he’s blunt and bad at conversing as his status and gender has meant he’s never really had to try, he asks Elizabeth what she thinks he should do as he doesn’t know, and then immediately listens, he tries to read others but fails, UGH so relatable.

If I'm not mistaken, the "enemies to lovers" trope was invented by Jane Austin in this novel!

Welcome to our club Rizzo, we're happy you're here🤗

A bit of some messy behind the scenes info: Rosamond Pike and the actor who played Mr Bingley (Simon Woods) had dated for a couple years before being cast in this movie. They had barely been broken up a year before they were cast as lovers in this movie. So, imagine the awkwardness. Furthermore, Simon (Mr. Bingley) had left Rosamond for a man. A few years later he married a different man.

“That’s lame Mr. Darcy” tumblr edit is going to live in my head rent free 😂

Howwwwww have you not seen P&P?! Ugh, I'm actually kinda jealous bc I'd love to watch this for the first time again 😩

Indeed I share your obsession, Rizzo Keira Knightley is one of my absolute favorite actresses and this is definitely my favorite film of hers

The synchronized head tilt when Jane gets the letter is iconic ❤️

"Father ............ what the fuck" Now why did that sound like a line from fleabag 😆

I love this movie. I became hyperfixated on it a month or two ago after seeing it replay in the theaters. As a autistic person I think Mr.Darcy is SO autistic coded.

23:52 The running joke is that Mr. Darcy can be misinterpreted as a serial killer 😂

"Sense and Sensibility" is a must! I think you guys would love it, with Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. It' s another Jane Austin based on movie.

“He’s a human! You’re a mermaid!” That one got me 🤣🤣🤣

Darcy’s house in the film is Chatsworth House in the UK. the interior is exactly the same. The statue room is real (except Darcy’s bust 😂) though you can buy smaller versions in the souvenir shop

I love this movie!! It's one of my favorite Austen adaptations. My first is the BBC Emma with Jonny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightley. It's a long mini series but so worth it!!

When me and my three best friends finished school we rented a cottage in Derbyshire and did a little pride and prejudice trip. We had a sunny day out at chatsworth house (pemberley). It’s was gorgeous! Also there is steps you can see behind mr darcy’s head in the scene where he and Elizabeth are talking awkwardly after she’s run out, that is actually a fountain that water runs down. My friend Jess fell in it and it was on of the most hilarious things I’ve ever seen. Also fun history fact; Chatsworth house is actually the ancestral seat of the duke and duchess of Devonshire (they still own it). The most famous duchess of Devonshire was Georgiana cavendish who Keira knightly played in ‘the duchess’.

32:45 loool Rizzo going through all of the emotions 😆😆 up thinking she was dead, down after realizing that she's ran away and back up after knowing it's with Wickham

I see we're on our book classics era 👀

OMG no the ending didn't have the added scene at the end!😭 not y'alls fault but darn it it's so good!

I REALLY want you guys to watch the BBC miniseries of this with Colin Firth - it's absolutely brilliant and goes into much more detail with all the hijinks. Love them both mind you, just feel like you should make a series of the original miniseries!

"There's a possibility" killed me every time LMAOOOO 29:54 "Benji" was freaking hilarious, the disappointment in Rizzo's voice 😭 31:45 we complimented Kira's smile at the same time. Her little cheeks and the way she shows her teeth is just so precious 🥺

You guys should definitely watch the 1995 mini series adaptation of pride and prejudice. It expands much more on the story and the characters in a way thats more loyal to the original novel and its also much more accurate to the time period. Its a bit different to the movie but its still a great watch. (it also stars colin firth as mr darcy)

when I watched Succession I didn't recognize Matthew Mcfadyen straight away, but when I realized Tom Wambsgans was Mr. Darcy my brain exploded a little bit. he's such a good actor!

Rizzo 🤝 Paris Hilton “That’s hot.”

The way Rizzo is invested in Benji’s love story. That’s so sweet 🥹

Mrs Bennet is played by the great Brenda Blethyn, star of one my favorite long running police detective shows, Vera.

this is just about my favorite of all time and I'm so excited

16:17 i love how you mentioned choreography in the directing and cinematography, this director is great at it! Also Anna Karenina with our two lead actors is great

when i first saw this movie, i didnt care for it. when i watched it again, i caught details that made me, like it more and from there, every time i watched it, i noticed more and more until i LOVED it. this movie is gorgeous in every aspect: the music, cinematography, writing, pacing, acting--all of it fucking excellent. even matthew macfayden (mr. darcy) somehow became more attractive and appealing throughout the movie just from his performance

If you want a supernatural version Benjy, there's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Loved this reaction, was so lovely being able to see you react for the first time to this iconic couple!

42:50 TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, there’s a sequel but not written by Jane Austen. It’s by P.D. James and it’s ’Death Comes to Pemberley’. There’s a movie adaptation of it.

Am I the only one whose caught themselves saying "That's lame, Mr Darcy" after almost every encounter? Didn't think so, lol. Can't wait for the merch!

Petition for them to watch Austenland!

29:38 The actor playing Mrs. Gardiner was in ‘Downton Abbey’ as Isobel Crawley. “These great men are never at home.”, they said.

The actor who played Mr. Bingley had blonde hair and they dyed it red. Apparently, it never grew blonde again.

If you like this then I think that you would love Jane Austin's 'Emma'. The movie 'Clueless' was actually based on 'Emma'. Its basically the exact same story as 'Clueless'. Either the 1996 version starring Gwyneth Paltrow or the 2020 version starring Anya Taylor-Joy are both awesome.

17:15 Best proposal scene on how not to do a proposal

@18:48 the majority of these men are landed gentry. They own large swaths of land and parcels are rented out to tenant farmers and those rents are the land owner income, in addition to generational wealth

One of my comfort movies, love this movie so much!!!

Me talking about Rizzo and Benji at a ball: “10,000 a year and they own halves of a channel.”

You're the first reactors I've watched that realised Mr Darcy was attempting to practice his conversational skills when he visited the house!

Ahhh so excited to see you react. This is a CLASSIC

omg i’m so happy to be so early i feel like we’re all a little gang ! thanks for posting, i really needed it 💕

This is the first time I’ve seen a commentary for this movie that highlights the best parts of their relationship/conflicts. For the longest time I thought this movie was boring and that’s why I haven’t watched it. Now I’m invested and see why everyone loves Mr. Darcy.