mood for love

love from dictionary.com means :

A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness

i watched jane austen's pride and prejudice yesterday on hbo. i actually have its pirated one but didn't manage to watch it (gosh! it was already a year since i bought it, shit!).

i read the classic when i was 15. though i struggled to understand the twists and turns of the english used in it, i was enthralled and caught up with the love of proud mr darcy and the outspoken elizabeth bennet, better known as lizzie. i even wished for my own mr darcy at that time.

having watched the movie, my understanding of the book becomes somehow passionate as i got to see the love portrayed in the book comes to live. about a man in love and would do anything for the love of his life, including saving a girl from disgrace after eloping with a man by marrying them, even in he had to bribe the man to marry the girl. the girl happens to be lizzie's younger sister. this forced lizzie to see another side of an arrogant and aloof man she became to love.

you don't get to see mushy love scenes, coz those are absolute no-no back in 1797, the year the story took place. i'm not a good reviewer, so i'll just end this entry with the dialogue at the end of the movie which took place ath mr darcy's residence.

mr darcy : it is a very lovely evening, my dear.

lizzie : don't call me my dear. that's what my father calls my mother when he's angry with her.

mr darcy : then what should i call you?

lizzie : you shall call me, lizzie for everyday, my pearl for weekends and my love for special occassions.

mr darcy : when i'm angry, shall i call you mrs darcy?

lizzie : no. you shall call me mrs darcy when you feel happy, when you're so in love, when you feel content, when you mean it.

mr darcy : mrs darcy (showers lizzie with kisses)... mrs darcy... mrs darcy.

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i'm such a hopeless romantic sometimes, sheesh! i found my own mr darcy some time after that. though my adventure never quite come close to lizzie's nor the ending itself.

love is when you can overcome your pride and held your prejudice. that's what lizzie and mr darcy did, hence the title. first impressions never really captures a human as a whole. sometimes you get the mirror, instead of the real persona.

i still love the book anyway. the way mr darcy wrote love letters to lizzie would be very formal to today's era of openness in affection and desire but still full of affection and love that would move you. it leaves me wondering err.. wanting anyway, the gentleman who is wealthy and an archetype of the aloof romantic hero, hahaha. no wonder mr darcy recently topped a survey in the uk of fictional characters with whom most women would like to go on a date, beating such creations as bond and superman.