too familiar with the source material
Hee. Clueless was on TV yesterday. When I first saw this movie in high school, I hadn't yet read Emma (I'd read P&P, NA, and possibly Persuasion, depending on when Clueless first came out), and I didn't actually know that it was based on the novel. Now, of course, this is manifestly not the case, which meant that last night featured a lot of
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And yeah--it's one thing not to like Emma, but to approve of Catherine and Heathcliff...I'm still confused! I think it had something to do with their being "real," whereas everything in the world of Emma was all straightlaced and proper and boring 'n' stuff. *shrug*
I agree about the unevenness of the Miramax Emma. And about Jeremy Northam--I can't really get behind Mark Strong's dour, disapproving Mr. Knightley in the Beckinsale version, because I feel like JN does such a good job of showing the humor behind Mr. Knightley's disapproval.
I think that if Darcy saw it as his duty to one of the families in the environs of Pemberley, he absolutely would.
I think you're right about Darcy. I was comparing tiresomeness to tiresomeness and thinking that his behavior to both Mr. Collins and the Bateses would be comparable, but you're right to point out that Darcy's sense of duty would require different behavior toward both. I do still feel that Emma would deal with Mr. Collins a bit more politely, though--and then go insult him behind his back. :) Emma may be entitled, but she's rarely rude to people's faces--which is why Box Hill is such a startling event, I think.
For some reason, Mr. Woodhouse just makes me giggle. He *should* drive me crazy, but he doesn't. I think I like watching people get around him.
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