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Oct. 20th, 2009 11:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pemberleyI'm very much in love with the BBC's new Emma adaptation. Despite its smaller flaws I love it more than any of the prior Emmas.
I was unkind towards this adaptation when I first saw the trailer. I didn't think that the cast would be good enough and I found the scenes they showed plain boring. BUT, oh my, did I have to change my opinion when I first saw the actual episodes.
What I love most about it is possibly the always present sadness - be it Ms Bates, or Jane or even Emma. None other has quite been able to show the loneliness of all three characters. At the same time, it's still fun and pretty and gorgeous! I really can't stop raving about it.
Much thanks to Emma/Knightley 2009 who have charmed me as none of the other Emma/Knightley pairing have done before. Sure, I loved Jeremy Northam as Knightley, but Jonny Lee Miller is a more accurate Knightley. Less dashing than Frank Churchill, but infinitely more charming and honest. Also, Romola Garai is a wonderful Emma. Someone said that they had no chemistry. I beg to differ, for I can't stop watching this scene in which they do not need any words to communicate feelings. It's in their eyes, their moves, their smiles. It's all there - and I am most excited for next week's finale.
(credit: http://wickedground.livejournal.com)
I was unkind towards this adaptation when I first saw the trailer. I didn't think that the cast would be good enough and I found the scenes they showed plain boring. BUT, oh my, did I have to change my opinion when I first saw the actual episodes.
What I love most about it is possibly the always present sadness - be it Ms Bates, or Jane or even Emma. None other has quite been able to show the loneliness of all three characters. At the same time, it's still fun and pretty and gorgeous! I really can't stop raving about it.
Much thanks to Emma/Knightley 2009 who have charmed me as none of the other Emma/Knightley pairing have done before. Sure, I loved Jeremy Northam as Knightley, but Jonny Lee Miller is a more accurate Knightley. Less dashing than Frank Churchill, but infinitely more charming and honest. Also, Romola Garai is a wonderful Emma. Someone said that they had no chemistry. I beg to differ, for I can't stop watching this scene in which they do not need any words to communicate feelings. It's in their eyes, their moves, their smiles. It's all there - and I am most excited for next week's finale.
(credit: http://wickedground.livejournal.com)
