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Couldn't disagree more . . .

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Billy Wonka

In Reply to: RE: "Emma." Go now, to your local multiplex! posted by tinear on March 08, 2020 at 11:38:19

Shallow, mindless, and boring. This is the worst adaptation I've seen. Maybe Gerwig should have done it. Poor Nighy was reduced to a mugging machine with no real interaction with others. I thought TJ lacked the acting chops to pull "sophisticated" comedy off.

I nearly walked out but the recliner was set just right. I'm glad you enjoyed it but it wasn't for me.

Follow Ups:

It wasn't good the first time.... - TWB 19:36:51 03/10/20 (0)
with Ms. Talentless Paltrow... why would it be any better the second time around!
I enjoyed the leisurely pace--- you're right, it's the opposite of the frenetic - tinear 07:46:37 03/09/20 (0)
Greta Gerwig's, "Little Women."

Nighy I thought brilliant as Mr. Woodhouse: it's meant to be a small role, but he makes it meaningful; he managed economically to show true affection for Emma (a real challenge, obviously, for most). I desperately wanted more screen time for him, but that's what you get!

The film rises and falls, of course, in the attraction between Knightley (was he ever called George?) and Emma. I thought the chemistry was powerful and believable. Knightley is a new star, I'd say, though he's mid-thirties in age. He's a musician, not an actor, heretofore. That should change.

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