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Oct. 5th, 2009 01:00 pmSo far, it is most pleasing and already a 100 times better than the bloody itv Kate Beckinsale attempt. V. funny, the pacing's good, costuming/set decor's good, and Romola Garai's very good as Emma - just the right shade of bratty, self-absorbed and oblivious without making you want to strangle her (unlike Gwyneth Paltrow who wasn't... I dunno, developed enough? Too many reaction shot gasps and a bit floaty). Actress playing Harriet is pretty good (not very giggly and a bit less dippy than other Harriets, more naive and being easily led precisely because she's aware of her naivety about society and wants to learn, not being bullied into it), Michael Gambon as Daddy Woodhouse is wonderfully infuriating in his hypochondria, Robert Martin is fortunately *not* a lower-class Tim Nice But Dim, Tamsin Grieg is doing a wonderful job as Miss Bates - it takes you a few minutes to realise it's her even though we knew she was in it, as she's so repressed and flustered. Jonny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightley is doing v. well as foil and getting rather obviously pissed off with Emma in a 'she always does this but it's still sodding irritating' way, and I like the fact that they come off much more as best mates who've grown up together rather than the usual slightly paternalistic relationship. Hence you forget that there's a 16-year age gap. Only problem was that he was a bit wooden during the Robert Martin being above Harriet socially rant. Time will see if he replaces as my fave mr. Knightley Jeremy Northam, which... oh, shush, I'm biased any time Jeremy Northam is involved and I fully admit this.
We fully approve the script adaptation being done by Sandy Welch (previous credits being North and South and Our Mutual Friend). Thank the FSM that they didn't give it to Andrew Davies again, as he's been inclined to mess too much with the source text in the last few years. This one - a few visible tweaks but they're tweaks for the better that neaten up or clarify. Not completely re-arrange scenes and dialogue for no understandable reason. :cough: the recent Sense and Sensibility :cough:.
Looking forward to more of it, only the preview for next week included a clip that had me and Mum going '... I thought that bit was much later. Are we sure it's 4 parts rather than 3?'
We fully approve the script adaptation being done by Sandy Welch (previous credits being North and South and Our Mutual Friend). Thank the FSM that they didn't give it to Andrew Davies again, as he's been inclined to mess too much with the source text in the last few years. This one - a few visible tweaks but they're tweaks for the better that neaten up or clarify. Not completely re-arrange scenes and dialogue for no understandable reason. :cough: the recent Sense and Sensibility :cough:.
Looking forward to more of it, only the preview for next week included a clip that had me and Mum going '... I thought that bit was much later. Are we sure it's 4 parts rather than 3?'
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