That beard and mustache is NOT attractive on him!!!

He looks like a dad with that look.

He looks like a sinister Puritan from Salem, Massachusetts during the witchcraft trials with that look.

Really?!
Nah, still looks very huggable (sp?) to me!

I thought Lost in Austen was craptastic, and I felt exactly the same way about Darcy, someone bring me back my Colin Firth!
Seeing the wet shirt scene done by someone else just didn't do it for me...

i love him

Pimprenelle - funny, within the same week I've watched Lost in Austen and Keira's Pride and Prejudice. You obviously can't beat the BBC one, but I thought Lost in Austen did a pretty good job, esp compared to the 1995 version where Darcy is probably as sexy as a spoon. Seriously.
Just made me want to watch the BBC one again hehe!

I hadn't heard about this film at all. May be quite fun, but recent Wilde adaptations have all been pretty rubbish.

I think the trick is to make them quite dark and serious, despite the funny lines, but the opposite happens, they're really camp and lightly done. You have to treat them as a bit heavy, or the paperthinness of the plots is a bit grating.

Oh no! I am so torn!

I love this novel, and Colin Firth (and Emilia Fox and Fiona Shaw, etc, etc), but Oliver Parker, the director, managed to suck all the wit out of "The Importance of Being Earnest". The timing/editing was excruciating, completely undermining that talented cast.

I shudder what he will do to another Oscar Wilde. Already, removing "The Picture of" from the title smacks of Hamlet 2-level arrogance and hubris.

i'm actually really looking forward to seeing him as dorian gray. i read the book such a long time ago and i think that he's really well suited for the part.

i also had to vote that he was my favorite darcy...