So I have worn out my cassette (yes cassette) watching Emma for perhaps the 100th time, and I am wondering what to do next.
Does anyone have a suggestion for me: movie, series, anything?
nothing tragic please. Emma happens to be one of my favorites because of it's lack of serious villainy and the way things wrap up nicely.
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What about the other Jane Austen adaptations? Or 'Lost in Austen'? If you don't want tragic, I'd suggest you stay well away from 'Cranford'. There's no serious villans, but you will weep. A lot!
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Ask for a copy of the DVD for your birthday?
Have you tried Downton Abbey? That's one of my other favourite IMDB boards, and there are quite a few posters from this board that post on there too. So therefore it may well appeal to you, as you are obvioulsy as big a fan of Emma as we are!
I agree with the poster above, Downton Abbey is absolutely amazing, I am insanely obsessed with the show. Or watch any of the new Jane Austen adaptations, my new favorite is Sense and Sensibility, which I watched because of Downton Abbey!! Dan Stevens as Edward=
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Yes, Cranford is a great weeper, but still a good one. I'm occupying my post-Emma period with watching anything else the cast members have done or other adaptations of Austen. Just watched 2005 P&P and fell in love with it. The 1995 is still my favorite, but I kept envisioning M. McFadyen as a suitable Mr. Knightley for the future. No JLM replacement, but an acceptable addition to the Knightleys out there.
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Hmmm, I found that Keira Knightly spoke so fast I couldn't follow much of it! And the only scene that Matthew Macfadyen really impressed me in was the proposal scene in the rain. And I do admit I did find Alison Steadman in the 1995 version such a characature (sorry, I know that's wrong), that she's difficult to watch without cringing, so in some ways 2005 has it's merits.
I did fall in love with the BBC 2007 (?) version of Sense & Sensibility though, helped by Dan Stevens but also Hattie Morahan and others. Where I really think it had the edge was that the age of the girls were more likely than Emma Thomson et al.
But yes, I have dug out some of JLM's stuff (although managed to lose a couple of films before I could watch them when my sky box blew up!).
I've grown fond of MacFadyen; Keira Knightly is beautiful but I'd rather see Ehle. I like the relationship between Sutherland and Blethyn better; they seemed really to care for each other. I still prefer 1995. I'm not fond of S&S because of Thompson and Grant. They seemed to be so wrong for each other. I haven't seen the 2007 S&S.
So where can we find an Austen dream cast? Oh. I forgot. The 2009 Emma with Romola Garai!
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Alison Steadman is a caricature, and I cannot abide her.
The book's Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are not fond of each other, and I'm not fond of Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet. But I do like Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet. I am not a fan of Jennifer Ehle's Elizabeth -- she's too mature and matronly for my tastes. The character grows and changes in the book, but Ehle never does. But the 1980 BBC version is still my favorite version of P&P.
S&S08 is my favorite version of S&S. I think Hattie Morahan is outstanding. She really carries the film.
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I would suggest North and South. I mean, it is rather...melancholy. But the ending...and a few things that happen along the way...really make up for the somber mood of it. A truly beautiful story.
shareI second North and South. Wives and Daughters is another one. Absolutely beautiful stories. Most people hate it but I absolutely love the film Mansfield Park. I love Jonny Lee Miller more as Edmund than Knightley and he was good as Knightley. There was just something so sweet and touching about their relationship and he made me love him, lol.
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I'll suggest Under the Greenwood Tree. Very delightful and I don't think anything tragic happens in it even though it's based on a Thomas Hardy work.
shareJane Eyre - preferably 2006 with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens.
Yeah, I know poor old Jane has a lousy childhood, and then there's that mad woman in the attic. But, oh, the ending! They don't get much better.
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haha, I've been checking out the classics. Thanks for the ideas everyone!
I just wish film was as fearless as novels. I've read more than enough Regency era romance novels (Kleypas, Balough, Garwood, etc anyone?)
This may point to my lack of refine but I just like a good romance :D
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If you're interested in Georgian/Regency era romance novels, IMO nobody does them better than Georgette Heyer - have a look at 'Friday's Child', 'These Old Shades', 'Devil's Cub' and 'The Talisman Ring', and if you're not hooked by then, you probably never will be.
As for period dramas, I really enjoyed the 1998 version of 'Far From the Madding Crowd' with Nathaniel Parker (yes, it's Thomas Hardy, but it has a happy ending), and the 2008 version of 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' (okay, this one is tragic, and I cried bucketfuls, but I reckon it should be seen).
And for light-hearted fun and some silliness, the JLM film 'Plunkett & Macleane' is a good romp about 18th century highwaymen.
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