I was just rewatching the movie and I noticed, when Edward was reading, Margaret had fallen asleep resting on her mother's shoulders. As soon as Marianne starts reading, poor Margaret wakes up with a start. I had never noticed it before, and it gave me quite a chuckle.
Are there any small thing that you noticed in later viewing and made you laugh or smile?
As soon as Marianne starts reading, poor Margaret wakes up with a start.
Yeah the Nanny was practically shaking with fright for poor little Thomas. Imelda Staunton is such a great casting for Charlotte.
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You're absolutely right Sassafras9000, as always.
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What did I say? I said, you were right. In fact, you are so absolutely always right that every single post or comment on this board should be followed up by a long essay of your amazing analysis. I'm sure everyone on the board loves it. At least I know do. Keep up the good work!
shareI thought she did a great job too, Tomatish. The contrast between her character, and Laurie's was such fun!
shareYes, one of my favorite parts. Kind of reminds me of Martin Clunes in Doc Martin...how he often holds his and Louisa's baby, especially like right after it is born, kind of stiff, and expression of "what do I do now?"
shareIt's also one of my favorite scenes in the movie, rizdek. I've not seen Doc Martin, but I googled it after I read your comment, looks like it'd be quite a fun watch.
DM might not be for everyone, but after watching all seasons many times, I truly believe he's one of the most gifted actors. He can express so much with his face and transition from one emotion to another as you watch...amazing.
shareI haven't watched Doc Martin either, but I found the scene on youtube. It's so funny!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxCTzpE4Ey8
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I loved Hugh Laurie in this role. He would make hysterically funny sarcastic comments, dead-faced straight, and his comments would go over every one of the characters' heads! Meanwhile, I was ROTFLMAO!
And the bit with holding the baby straight-armed, like Martin Clunes with his new-born baby, both very funny. And, yes, everyone should watch Doc Martin. Sometimes it can take people a while to get into the swing of the show, but then they just fall in love with it.
Two bits of trivia on those two:
1. When Hugh played Bertie Wooster, one of his close friends was Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps, played by Martin Clunes.
2. Hugh, of course, famously played Dr. House, who was an amazing diagnostician and incredibly rude. Martin Clunes now famously plays Doc Martin, who is likewise an amazing diagnostician and incredibly rude. Beyond that, however, House's and Doc Martin's personalities are light-years apart from each other. (Just as their own personalities are light-years away from the characters they play.) Anyway, both amazing shows which should not be missed.
Mr. Palmer is sarcastic but not particularly witty. I don't think there is much he says that goes over everyone’s head, not even his wife’s or Mrs. Jennings’s; with the possible exception of “I came into Devonshire with no other view” (which Mrs. Palmer appears to take literally), there is not a single one of his cutting remarks that any of the other characters fail to comprehend and laugh off. I think that Pride and Prejudice’s Mr. Bennet, careless and incompetent as he is as a husband and father, has far more wit and cleverness than Mr. Palmer. Palmer is more of a petulant grouch. I agree that he’s a very funny character, though, partly because he is trapped in a bad marriage of his own making and can only sit and stew in his discontent. And no one cares much what he has to say. As Mrs. Jennings remarks to Palmer in this adaptation: “’Twas you took her off my hands, Mr. Palmer, and a very good bargain you made of it, too, but now I have the whip hand over you, for you cannot give her back!” Says it all, I think. 😁
"Courage is found in unlikely places." ~ The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
No! Watching it once was hard enough. Get over it. Its just a film
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