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this movie !!!! aaah !!!
Knightly in most adaptations of Emma: fond condescension turned to love, very composed and lecture-y
Knightly in Emma 2020: *kicks down a door* Hi, welcome to INTENSE SOFT YEARNING HOURS with me, Johnny Flynn! Here’s my ass! I have a lot of feelings! I sometimes need to lie down on the floor of my empty house! Running in this outfit is hard.
Please go see this movie, it’s a delight.
Is he in love?
Book: Emma by Jane Austen
Thinking about my fav guthrie theater lead roles rn and how they're both played by studio 42 billy witch actors.... (extremely self indulgent piece btw AHHH!)
tried drawing emma and lizzie :)
You’re exactly right. 🥰🥰🥰
I need people to hear me out:
Colin Bridgerton is NOT this type of male lead:
He is this type of male lead:
And I love that.
Name ten female characters you like, you get zapped if it's jsut a male character you call a babygirl or other feminine nicknames because I can't see people calling Lestat coquette again
i just remembered that in my country there's a telenovela based on jane austen's books (elizabeth and emma are besties). the name is "orgulho e paixão", pride & passion and it was a masterpiece
these men will never understand.
i had to help my friend w homework :(
EMMA (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY as EMMA WOODHOUSE
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling love.
EMMA 2020, dir. Autumn de Wilde
EMMA 2020, dir. Autumn de Wilde
One of my favorite moments while reading Emma is when Mr. John Knightley is absolutely flabbergasted that Mr. Weston would rather attend a party with several people than sit at home near a fire.
You and me both Mr. Knightley
Basically I've read Emma by Jane Austen and just seen the film adaptation by Autumn de Wilde. I'm not over it and have some points to get through:
The film is so awkward and yet so aesthetically pleasing at the same time, OMGGG.
Emma's sass at the beginning! particularly in the scene when she's opening the carriage window to listen to Miss Bates. Dear Lord, she's the epitome of sassines.
How Emma and Mr Knightley are always drawn to eachother. Even when they're arguing they cannot help it but get nearer and nearer and look like they're about to kiss.
When they laugh together after the baby scene! It was such a good way to make it clear that they were still comfortable with eachother and had definitely made up after their argument.
All the glances they exchange.
The ball, obviously the ball. In particular how they are focused only on eachother, how they miss a step because of that, and the hands at the end.
The scene at the end when they are all reading end exchanging covert glances.
How totally smitten Mr Knightley is by Emma.
Their talk about Mr Knightley coming to live at Hartfield. It is the wisest decision and yet few people would have made it in that time and age.
The kiss.
How Mr Knightley cries twice; once out of despair, once out of happiness.
The fact that the film ends with a shot of Emma's pleased expression, BECAUSE IT'S HER STORY.
Some other valuable reflections:
Mr Woodhouse is the keeper of my serotonin. How he is portrayed in this film has so good a comedic effect that I am not to complain about the differences of his situation from how it's described in the book.
The actors are amazing, so neat and expressive.
Even though the plot doesn't always follow the book I believe that the story is well depicted (but I still miss the scene where Mr Knightley almost kisses Emma's hand before leaving for London).
The quotes they decided to use are truly spot on.
ok so, emma woodhouse refuses to marry because it would mean her father would be alone. she wanted to care for him, she was a daddy’s girl.
she wasn’t like isabella, who didn’t mind experiencing and making a life away from highbury.
but i don’t think she NEVER wanted to marry. i’m sure she does. it’s all women could really talk about and depend on for their future.
but she insists on taking care of her ageing father.
so, to feed her natural emotional and romantic parts of herself, she starts to meddle in other people’s lives. a human matchmaker. making marriage predictions and setting harriet up knowing she’s a natural daughter - needing help.
she’s always doing things for other people. even if she’s not always right, and too meddling. she’s got her heart in the right place.
and mr knightley comes along and shows her, she doesn’t have to give up love to be who she really is, a confident girl with a heart of gold, always giving her time and attention to the people she feels most need it. he proves to her that she too can have a happy ending