I know that you've all read my Jane Austen posts that I did a while ago, and so you all know very well how much I love her and her works. Well, the BBC has done it again. A few years ago, they redid all of works of Jane Austen EXCEPT Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Pride and Prejudice we can understand them skipping, as the A&E version that came out in '95 is still phenomenal and very popular, and the Focus version that came out in '05 is still quite new. But Emma...there were two versions that came out quite close to each other, one a TV version by A&E and a feature film by Miramax, I beleive. Both were quite good, but about the same length.
Now the BBC has decided they were going to improve matters. They released a new version of Emma and PBS' Masterpiece Theater is showing it over the next few weeks. The first two hours were on Sunday and I taped it and only jsut got around to watching it...
OH MY GOSH, it was awesome. Romola Garai plays Emma perfectly and Jonny Lee Miller is a fantastic Mr. Knightley. The supporting cast is great, and I can honestly say this version of Harriett Smith is just as clueless as I always thought she should be, but never got to see. Frank Churchill is charming and attractive, but not overly pontsy, and Jane Fairfax is appropriately mousy.
Now, I've only seen the first segment, and there are two more short segments to go, but I am GREATLY encouraged by my first taste of it. I recommend the rest of you to tune in to Masterpiece Theater this Sunday at 9pm to see the next installment. If you feel that you can't watch that without seeing the previous one, then you can go to pbs.org to watch it before gametime on Sunday!
DO IT!!!!
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i got your texts from when you were watching it. sounds like it's a really good adaptation! and my cousins are all hooked on it now. they watched return to cranford a few weeks ago and holly just got the box set from her husband with north and south. at last! i feel like i belong in my family! haha
Beckster! I totally stalked you on here! Love you and miss you, hope all is going well!
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