Thursday, December 29, 2011

Quote of the Week 12


Let us then, as you say, live in the real world, where men of course always reject a girl with a pretty face in favor of one with a well-informed mind.  Oh, no no no, I bow to your superior knowledge, your sixteen years' more experience.  You must know best.  Harriet, with her good looks and her easy temperament will be right at the back of the queue with your sex when it comes to choosing a mate.  Now, we have both made our argument.  Let us not quarrel.
~Emma Woodhouse, Emma (2009)

12 comments:

Melody said...

Hahahahaaaa, I love that part! I can hear her voice so well when I'm reading that...;-)

Although I'm rather surprised this isn't a Little Dorrit quote...;-)

Julia Rogers said...

LOVE all the Emma quotes!! SO funny and good! Romola Garai is the BEST Emma EVER!!! Sorry,..Gwyneth Paltrow just cant hold a candle to her!!

Ella said...

Ha ha!
Gotta love Emma and Knightley's quarrels.

Alexandra said...

We just finished watching that (again) last night. :-)

Miss Dashwood said...

Melody,
Yeah, well, the sixteen one thing was in the forefront of my mind, so I picked this quote.
I'm saving all my LD quotes for the movie review next week, naturally!

Julia,
I wholeheartedly concur--even though I haven't seen Romola Garai's version yet. :)

Ella,
My sister and I refer to this as the Knightley Fightley. :)

Alexandra,
My sister and I are in the middle of Little Dorrit, have you seen that?

Julia said...

Miss Dashwood, you haven't seen the BBC Emma with Romola Garai?? We just watched it *again* today, and I think I enjoy it more every time!
It fully portrays the complex and wonderful plot of the book. I would highly recommend that you watch it. :D

The only *tiny* complaint I have to make is that I thought Romola was a tad too undignified and modern for Emma Woodhouse. Yes, Emma was foolish in the beginning of the story, but she would have carried herself more gracefully (no running, bobbing, or slouching) and I think she would have in general been a bit more composed than Romola's interpretation of her. But it was a delightful movie, nonetheless!

Miss Dashwood said...

Whoops! That was a typo-- I meant to say I haven't seen anything but Romola Garai's version yet. (I wrote a review of it here. http://miss-dashwood.blogspot.com/2011/12/emma-2009-review.html) Haha, no, I love Romola Garai's version! The ones I haven't seen are Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Beckinsale.
I agree--her slouching and bouncing were a little anachronistic. No lady of that time would behave in such a boisterous manner, but other than that I loved her portrayal of the character. Definitely one of my favorite period dramas!

Melody said...

Miss Dashwood,
Ha, 'sixteen one'...funny how these things become jokes!

Julia,
Haha, Miss Dashwood certainly HAS seen it! XD

I understand your 'tiny' complaint; that's pretty much what I thought too. They tried to make the body language a bit more modern for some irritating reason. But I think it was good in that it portrayed how Emma was much more immature (though she didn't know it) at the beginning, but by the end she'd much improved.

Ella said...

Knightley fightleys,that's funny and clever:)

Julia Rogers said...

Random here but where do you live ..if you don't mind telling. If you rather not that is ok.
I guess I was just wondering if it was cold around there.
RANDOM I know!! =)

Alexandra said...

Miss Dashwood -

No, I haven't seen Little Dorrit but heard so much good about it! (I have read the book...love it). Would you recommend it?

Miss Dashwood said...

Julia,
For privacy reasons I'd rather not mention where I live. Besides, it would make you all jealous if you knew about how nice it is here at Pemberley---oops. Pretend you didn't hear that. :)
But yes, it is cold where I live, although today it's not so bad. And I love random questions. :)

Alexandra,
Well, if you've read the book you would definitely love the movie! When Anne and I finish it next week, I'm going to write a review and hopefully inspire some others to watch it too. :)