Advantages: Great costumes and storyline. Disadvantages: Is Emma meant to be annoying?
Rating: U
Run Time: 116 minutes
Directed by Douglas Mcgrath and based on the novel by Jane Austen.
Being a fan of the Bronte's and Jane Austen's books I thought I'd watch a adaption of Austen's book Emma, although I haven't read this movie it has made me want to read all the more!
Emma is set in the countryside and it is the 1800s, Emma is a busybody who tries to pair up her friends with men, but it always ends in disaster. As she continues to make a mess of her friends love lives she slowly begins to fall for her widowed brother-in-law.
Emma is played by Gwyneth Paltrow and it is wonderfully done, although I felt that Emma was a bit annoying.
I also loved the costumes, they looked very authentic and beautiful.
What I also thought was beautiful was the lovely scenery and houses.
Considering Gwyneth Paltrow is American she ...
Mistybrook 29.10.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Emma (DVD)
Advantages: One of the funniest novels I've ever read, superb social observations, excellent writing Disadvantages: Funny looks from strangers on the train...
I picked up Emma more because I knew I should try Jane Austen as a fan of literature rather than a burning desire to read it. I wasn't expecting much; I knew Jane Austen is an extremely highly regarded writer, but I wasn't expecting more than an arbitrary romance with flowery prose. I was pleasantly surprised.
Emma is a young woman growing up in the rural early nineteenth century as the younger daughter of an aging wealthy father. We meet her as she struggles to cope with her governess leaving her to get married, leaving her alone with her father. She is catapulted into adulthood and has to deal with the responsibilities of this and her standing in the small village community, which includes taking care of the impoverished Mrs and Miss Bates.
She would've been perfectly happy to remain a child, looking after her father (Mr ...
Advantages: The chance to hear a new and important voice in acoustic music Disadvantages: none
of this singer-Songwriter. the beautiful melody of his guitar with his heartfelt tale of loss ends this album but leaves you wanting to go right back to the start and do it all over again.
Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago - you will not be disapointed if you enjoy artists such as Jeff Buckley, Ray Lamontagne, Sam Amidon ...
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Product details
Title
(The) Artistry of Emma Kirkby
Composer
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759); Philipp Friedrich Böddecker (1607 - 1683); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750); (Johann) Christoph Graupner (1683 - 1760); François Couperin (1668 - 1733); (Pietro) Alessandro (Gaspare) Scarlatti (1660 - 1725); Attilio (Malachia) Ariosti (1666 - c1729); Cataldo Amodei (1649-1693); John Dowland (?1563 - 1626); John Danyel (1564 - c1626)
Main Performer
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Date of Release
02/03/2009
Label / Distributor
BIS / Select
Pieces in Set
4
Genre(s)
Other
Genre(s)
Vocal and choral
Stereo
Stereo
EAN
7318591734352
Work 1
Work Title
Gloria
Excerpt(s)
1. Gloria
Composer
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Main Performer
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Opera Part(s)
Emma Kirkby
Work 2
Work Title
Salve Regina, HWV241
Excerpt(s)
1. Salve Regina, HWV241
Composer
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1707
Main Performer
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Opera Part(s)
Emma Kirkby
Work 3
Work Title
O qualis de coelo sonus
Excerpt(s)
1. O qualis de coelo sonus
Composer
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Main Performer
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Opera Part(s)
Emma Kirkby
Work 4
Work Title
Coelestis dum spirat aura
Excerpt(s)
1. Coelestis dum spirat aura
Composer
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Main Performer
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Opera Part(s)
Emma Kirkby
Work 5
Work Title
Laudate pueri Dominum, HWV236/7
Excerpt(s)
1. Laudate pueri 2. Sit nomen Domini 3. A solis ortu 4. Excelsus super omnes 5. Quis sicut Dominus 6. Suscitans a terra 7. Qui habitare facit 8. Gloria Patri
Composer
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
First Version c1703-06; 2nd ver
Main Performer
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Opera Part(s)
Emma Kirkby
Work 6
Work Title
Natus est Jesus
Excerpt(s)
1. Natus est Jesus
Composer
Philipp Friedrich Böddecker (1607 - 1683)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Main Performer
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Opera Part(s)
Emma Kirkby
Work 7
Work Title
Cantata No. 61, 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BWV61
Excerpt(s)
1. Aria: Öffne dich, mein ganzes Herze (S)
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1714
Main Performer
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Opera Part(s)
Emma Kirkby
Work 8
Work Title
Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', BWV147
Excerpt(s)
1. Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu, noch itzo die Bahn (S)
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