Teapot Tuesdays: A Simple Question

This post was requested by my brother... in part....

So the other day my family was watching Sense and Sensibility and the duel scene at the beginning of the third episode started. The first time we watched it and saw it cut from Colonel Brandon about to kill Willoughby to this:

we both thought it was blood.  My sister thinks we're just unobservant but we want to ask the world (aka the like five people who read my blog) ;) The question is this: When you saw Sense and Sensibility for the first time, did you at first think it was blood? Or sealing wax? 

Mr. Darcy's Diary

Earlier this week my sister was reading a book and she happened to leave it on the table that I ate breakfast on. I of course was intrigued by the title and so I picked it up and started reading it. I had the whole book read before lunch. It was very good! I loved it! I liked how she (the author) used parts from Pride and Prejudice in it!  

My family is currently watching the movie, we've been at it for a week or so, and after having just read this book, I'm thinking things that were in the book. It actually changed a few things that I would think when I read the book (Pride and Prejudice) or watched the movie! All in all I would recommend it to basically anyone who has read P&P, and to those who haven't.... read P&P first, then read Mr. Darcy's Diary! :D 

Emma

As promised, I have a special post for you all today! I'm going to talk about one of my favorite 'teapot' movies! (of course, they are all my favorite! =P)  However, I like this one has special significance because I'm actually a lot like Emma. When we watched this version the first time my family all laughed at the last scene when Emma overreacts because it is just like something I would do! ;) (I also try (a little more subtly) to match all my friends up! =D)  


In the book, you really actually hate Emma, because you see how terrible of a person she is, and how wrongly she's thinking. You really just want to yell at her to get her nose out of everyone's business and just worry about her own life! And not even that, I wish she would just realize that she has a wonderful life, and that she would just live it! In other words, in this case, for personal enjoyment, in my opinion, this movie is better than the book. (I only feel that way about the BBC 2009 version, the other ones aren't very good, but that is my own opinion, I know many people don't agree with me!) 

One of my favorite aspects of the movie is Mr. Elton. I think what I like about him is how he is unable to make people who are respectable respect him. "That man is so full of himself it's a wonder he can stay on his horse" He's absolutely ridiculous, and doesn't seem to see it! "He was always a small man... made smaller by his wife!" Always intruding, he makes me disgusted with his arrogance and pride which he (as of yet) hasn't overcome.  But he makes me laugh all the same! 

Mr. Churchill has an amazing haircut, which is probably why he had to go all the way to London to get it! He is a very immature person as is made apparent by his complete lack of propriety when he is at Hartfield. He uses Emma to hide his engagement with Jane and therefore causes some confusion in some circles. He is impulsive. However,  in this version of the movie they make him change and become a better person. I like that! 

Now, my favorite part about the movie is Mr. Knightley. One of the reasons we (the viewers) like him so much is because he says what everyone is thinking! Like when Emma is talking to him about Mr. Churchill and his riding about the country on his horse Mr. Knightley sarcastically replies, "I thought gentlemen only rode in carriages."  He's a gentleman all around.  He knows the right thing to do and he does it, without purposefully drawing attention to it. I get goosebumps every time we watch it and he says "Will you dance dear Emma?" =D Ohhhhh yes!!! I love this movie!!!! 

And I just realized that I haven't even begun to talk about Harriet and her friendship with Emma and how I loved the way they did that in this version! I however fear, that if I write about everything I want to I will have a post that is much too long and that won't work, because I didn't want a long post today! Well, I only half succeeded, as this is a longer post than I meant to write, but it was long in the making so it's worth it, right? I'm going to leave you with "The Last Dance" from the BBC Emma (2009) soundtrack by Samuel Sim!