Buckacre 134 her mantra: " God, PLEEZE GET MY DAUGHTERS MARRIED " (1965 - My folks were the same. "Cant you marry one of those boys?" "Yes", I replied, "I would but Life is a banquet, why bring a sandwich".
@chanelis--He's been worn down by decades of whinging, whining, crying, moaning, groaning, vapid and inane hypochondria. Patronising? "Oh, my poor nerves!"
Mr. Bennett gets a lot of sympathy, but I think he buried his head in the sand regarding his family. Of course Mrs. Bennett had anxiety!! She is the only one trying to fix the family situation. She is right, unless her daughters married reasonably well, they could end up in a dire condition later on...Mrs. Bennett, I think was a fierce momma!!
@Luxe Lady I agree. She made some mistakes, but she knew the seriousness of the situation in society! And making fun of your wife in front of her children, as Mr. B did often, is a low blow. I think he is not just a lovable old fool...passive aggressive!
@Luxe Lady just my opinion! haha! I think everyone thinks he is this lovable, harmless person, but he doesn't step up to the plate and leaves any issues with his wife...anyone but him. just fun to see someone else's opinion on all this!
Part if it is her fault though. She neglected their education so they cannot get jobs as teachers or governesses or companions. And she wanted as many servants as possible, which meant they had little money for a dowry to to take the girls to London to be seen by young men. And she is a blatant social climber like Miss Bingley- neither being from gentry. Nor does she care for the happiness of her children. But he has opted out as a husband and parent, thinking it to be too hard to put his foot down when it matters. But he does care for his children's happiness.
Carol Whelihan I think so too.. It took me a long time to realize the dynamics of the Mr. & Mrs. Bennett household. Now I’ve a lot to say about it... but I gotta come back to do it 🙃
I agree with you. I love this series but Mr Bennet comes across as a sweet, funny father but in the book he doesn't. At least that was not the impression it gave to me. In the 80s version of Mr and Mrs Bennet the portrayal is more accurate I think, although Mrs Bennet is maybe top smart.
Derek Thompson--I quite agree. This ought to be the definitive version. Sadly, Keira Knightley and the rest in the subsequent versions just don't quite have the same impact.
@irishxxkelt Right, thanks for the clarification. I own it on DVD - 6 episodes... Thus colloquially: "It's a movie". But that point is neither here nor there. The point is: It's so superb...
@@onemercilessming1342 One main thing I didn’t like about that adaptation was them portraying Mr and Mrs Bennett as being in love. Their marriage was a complete failure. Mr Bennett married his wife after a brief courtship based on only a physical attraction, without taking the time to get to know her silly and selfish character. Jane Austen uses them to highlight the importance of personality rather than lust when choosing a spouse.
Nothing causes me greater delight than to imagine Mr Bennett sitting in his chair quivering with shrewd anticipation waiting for Mrs Bennett to say she’s sick of Mr Bingley so he can pop out from behind his newspaper to be like “Oh is that so? I wish I knew before I called upon him this morning.”
The characters just pop out of screen and gets us.. Our attention.. Omg. The relationship between two shown so well.. Its hilarious.. Their arguments received well by 2 daughters too.. 😂
But he didn't save any money for me or even attempt to control them or do much about their education also in Mansfield Park we see Sir Thomas Bertram go to the opposite extreme and his daughters find him oppressive and end up the way they are to try and try and escape him so men could and did do something to shape their kids in general and their daughters in particular.
@@EmoBearRights Sir Thomas Bertram is very wealthy, he has an estate and a huge sugar plantation in the WI. Hardly comparable, the Bennets have 2k per year and an entailed estate.
I love this mini-series from the BBC which is the best one. It follows the book very well compared to any movies in the past and those that came after this series. I never read Jane Austen's books until this min series and found the language and the society of that time so interesting I had to read more of her books which I found "Persuasion" was one of my favorite books and storyline too.
I always liked their relationship because their banter reminded me of my Nana and Papa--they always called each other Mr and Mrs Carter when they were reading each other. It was the sort of marriage one hopes to have at that age.
Mr and Mrs Bennet are great in this series but in Austen I think she is big more equal in her criticism of them, it was the due to the father that the financial situation what was it was and Mrs Bennet worried due to it.
Yes, indeed, Mr. Bennett deserves Darcy's criticism of his lapses from propriety - like the shaming of Mary - one of Jane Austen's priorities for couples and families is "promoting respectability" which includes smoothing over faults in public, not showing them up.
I think that's the problem with the otherwise very entertaining portrayals of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet in this series. She's often so ridiculous that it is hard to take her very valid worries about her daughters' prospects seriously. And he's so likeable, it's easy to miss his indolence and negligence where their futures are concerned.
Mr Bennet is neglectful of his daughters' character but he could do nothing about the entail. He could be only slightly more frugal, such is their income.
@@lizziebkennedy7505 Actually he could have done a lot about the entail. Entails were legally broken all the time in the regency era. I spent a lot of time studying this and while it would have been some expense and a lot of effort the details of the entail that we know of in the books would have made it eligible to be broken by standard practice if he only did the leg work to explore such options (ignorance of the law was the primary reason entails were not broken at this time). He was also could have done a lot more to increase their dowries and did nothing. He was rather neglectful.
Yes it is hilarious, i cannot take the 1995 Mrs Bennett serious at all😂 she's positively trashy and her character comes off as cartoonish. The 2005 version i think did it better. Mrs Bennett there was annoying, embarrassing but still much realistic and it makes you hate her more. This one just makes you laugh at her lol.
@@smollilbeanp&p is actually a very funny book. Jane Austen is known for her great wit. So Mrs. Bennet is very funny, annoying but funny at the same time. One of the best scenes is when Lizzy tells her mother she's engaged to Darcy. It's a shame they skipped that scene in the adaptations. But if you've never read p&p, I highly recomend❤ you won't be disappointed ❤
The house from the Bennets in the 2005 movie looked more dirty and messy, besides the girls in that versión seemed so cynical all of them, maybe excepto from Mary, but the se versión they seem more educated
This One Greatest film movie. Love it so much one favorite movie. So funny why buy dvd. Though years: 1995 film movie. Always enjoy a fairly tail story of True Love Forever and Ever. Thank You.
Though many actress who portrayed Mrs. Bennett on film, and perhaps stage; the Best and most definitive interpretation of her histrionics and general characterization is that of the great Hollywood character actress: MARY BOLAND. Her mannerisms are always what I thought she would have been like.
She’s so annoying but so hilarious. The actress who played her is awesome. She’a so ridiculous and a pretty bad wife and mother but she is very entertaining.
Is Mrs. bennet's name Fanny? Did I hear right? I'd never realised that before. How curious that Austen would name two shrewish whining women Fanny in older novels (I mean also Fanny Dashwood in S&S), then write a Heroine like Fanny Price (who is their opposite in every way) for Mansfield Park later in life.
She doesn't have a first name in the book but as someone has pointed out since the oldest girls in the Mansfield Park families are named after their mothers (presumably the convention that the time) she's probably called Jane but that would have been too confusing to have Mr Gardiner address her as Jane. Also Lady Catherine possibly because she uses her first name in her formal title names her daughter after her sister and not herself.
Yes, really important point, because it's not the name a gentleman's daughter has at that time. Fanny Dashwood is an excellent example of a family trying to climb, hence the pressure on Edward, but not knowing enough to choose a different name for their daughter.
Of all the Bennets, only Jane and Elizabeth are not being ridiculed at some point in the story. Jane is essentially perfect, which makes her the least interesting member of the family.
Mrs. Bennett from 2005 was more tolerable as a person, but I think less true to the books. In the books everyone treated her like a ticking bomb, ready to embarrass everyone at the slightest provocation. I'd definitely believe the BBC version would be enough to drive the Bingleys away after a year because they couldn't stand her.
She is not a very tolerable woman simply, that is the point. I bet her daughters took turns having her living with them, to spread it out, once she became a widow. They probably took turns helping Lydia as well.
@@dirgniflesuoh7950 Elizabeth does mention that their parents live somewhat seperate lives after most of the daughters ended up married. Jane and Lizzie would let one or the other visit their homes so as to give everyone a break from the above behavior.
Actually Charlotte is good at managing annoying people so probably does ok with putting up with her - although it does say she does visit Lizzy and Jane and Kitty does.
This mrs bennet talks weird. I know she was suppose to be uncivil but the actress didn’t give her any justice and too shrill. I think brenda is a more logical mrs bennet
