January 31, 2010 by Vic
Romola Garai as Emma
Once again PBS will host a Twitter Party during the second installment of Emma 2009. Come join me and Laurel Ann from Austenprose for a chat from 9-11 PM EST. PBS has also arranged for a Twitter Fest for those who live on the west coast. That Twitter Chat will begin at 9 PM PT and last until 11 PM. Click here for the details. Don’t forget to use the hash tag #emma_pbs! See you there.
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Died off Prome, the 7th October 1852, while in command of the Naval Expedition on the river Irrawady against the Burmese Forces, aged 73 years.”
The grave after restoration
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Just happened to switch this on during the Grammy’s — this is tops! Beautiful scenery, scripting, & acting. Doubt if I go back to the Grammy’s. Excellent!
honestly, emma is my least favorite of austen’s heroines. I like everyone else but Churchill but
as emma’s the main character I can’t rate it higher than a ‘liked it’.
Hey Vic – loving Emma and so glad to see you’re part of it!
That’s an interesting thought in your last post about Emma subconsciously putting matrimony from her mind as there was no one of her own class (since she thought of Mr Knightly more as a sort of brother, or uncle).
Emma is my favourite character in all of the Jane Austen novels. I rate her above Elizabeth as I am always a little repulsed at Elizabeth’s hard-heartedness towards her younger sisters. After all Lydia was only fifteen!
Emma, on the other hand, is full of warmth, good humour and is so very, very funny. I like her for being so human as to dislike Jane Fairfax and for knowing why!
I do wonder whether Jane herself suffered from this eighteenth century attitude that it was essential to marry ’a good prospect’ – it would explain a lot – and no, I don’t believe that she was wedded to the romantic memory of Tom Lefroy after just two balls! The film ‘Becoming Jane’ though entertaining was totally inaccurate, historically speaking. Have you ever done a review of that, Vic?
I missed the first part last night because I was sick. But I will try to catch it tonight!
Oh wait. Did I miss both parts? Aw man.
I LOVED Emma – loved it. It is right up there with the NEW Sense and Sensibility and NEW Jane Eyre. I recorded on my dvr so have been watching it over and over and over again….. So enjoying your blog as well.
I really enjoyed watching Emma on Sunday and participating in the Twitter party! Your blog is amazing! I am hoping to read through your posts and hope I will learn new things I did not know about our beloved Jane and her characters! Absolutely lovely blog!
I am enjoying this version of Emma, although I have some quibbles with the screenplay and how the characters are presented. Mr. Knightley, who should be in his mid 30s, comes across as too young and too handsome – more a man in his late 20s at best. In Jane Austen’s novel (which I’ve read many times, and to which I referred during the programming), Mr. Knightley is pleasant-looking but not necessarily as hunky as Johnny Lee Miller. Emma’s portrayal and dialogue, also basically true to the novel, is rather more 20-21st centurish, I feel, in terms of expressions she uses; at the same time, it does bring some animation and interest to her inward thought process, so, to a certain extent, I can accept it. Love love love the costuming, cinematography, locations, etc.!!!! Love love love Michael Gambon as Emma’s father! He’s such a great actor! Overall, I’m enjoying this version and would probably consider getting the DVD of it eventually for my Jane Austen collection, but I still think that a couple of the earlier versions of EMMA have been, overall, better done and more true to what Jane Austen wrote.