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So I really enjoyed the latest adaptation of Emma, even though I felt like it lagged in the middle - I was very impatient to get to the Emma/Knightly bits.
I really liked the changes they made/added to this version and showing that Knightley was really into Emma (before she realized she felt the same) and had some doubt of her returning his feelings was good (loved the dancing/running/etc) scenes.
Also while I was VERY dubious of the casting for Knightly, I liked how Emma and Knightley seemed much closer to the same age and more like peers, which honestly makes the romance play better imho.
But I really need a primer on the context of Frank Churchill. It seems really weird that he was adopted by his aunt while his father still lived? Did this go down because his aunt had substantially more money than his father? And then he clearly doesn't care about his father, which is why Knightley dislikes him?
I really liked the changes they made/added to this version and showing that Knightley was really into Emma (before she realized she felt the same) and had some doubt of her returning his feelings was good (loved the dancing/running/etc) scenes.
Also while I was VERY dubious of the casting for Knightly, I liked how Emma and Knightley seemed much closer to the same age and more like peers, which honestly makes the romance play better imho.
But I really need a primer on the context of Frank Churchill. It seems really weird that he was adopted by his aunt while his father still lived? Did this go down because his aunt had substantially more money than his father? And then he clearly doesn't care about his father, which is why Knightley dislikes him?