I didnāt enjoy this, although I expected to. I didnāt like āEmmaā, it was one of my less-liked Jane books, but I anticipated a modernization making it seem lessā¦. Something. But, it certainly seemedā¦. Something. I guess if youāre Knightley/Paul Rudd you donāt really like Club Woodhouse, you know. I wonder if Iām as unbearable as his character is. I guess the actress is pretty, although I donāt know her, really.Ā
I donāt know what it is. (shrugs)Ā
ā¦. I guess I just didnāt anticipate that being an idiot once-born version of a priestess is intrinsic to Emmaās (Cherās) character, even with the Anglo-centrism moderated, you know.Ā
ā¦. āHis whole idea of acting like a family is to criticize me.āĀ
Heās met my fatherā¦.Ā
So yeah, the segment I just watched wasnāt in actuality better, really, than the rest of itāalthough it is certainly easier to like a clueless girl when sheās all, āWhat important lesson is our Mother trying to teach me? I feel like this movie is almost over!āābut I liked it rather better. I guess I was more attuned to it.Ā
ā¦. And, while itās incidental to the āmain plotā or whatever, the freeway scene is good because, although it reinforces gender stereotypes, it shows the Black couple, (incidentally if necessarily with Emma/Cher present), go through a traumatic experience togetherāand come out of it together, too. (And, alive, of course.)Ā
ā¦. Itās cute. I was wrong; itās cute.Ā
And man, I want to have a house like that. I donāt want to be a lawyerāIām sure somebody has to do it, and Iām not saying theyāre bad or telling a ālawyer jokeā; but I Cannot imagine arguing with people for a livingābut there are things I want to do, and having a house like that, stairs like that, that would be alrightā¦.Ā
To have the excellence of oneās relationship be mirrored by the excellence of oneās stairs: that would be alright. (winky emoji)Ā