I have no idea when it happened, but while Jessica Brown Findlay has certainly always been attractive, at some point she became electrifying. I didn't find her that way on Downton Abbey, but damn it, Elizabeth commanded attention since the first scene of the movie. I was hooked riggt there and then. At times, she felt like more of a protagonist than Juliet.
There is something about Lily James that didn't click for me here, and I actually think it was the love story. She was great with the society, so it's not that I think she was miscast. But then you have scenes with Dawsey and Huisman is lighting up the screen in the pub (I was tempted to move to a small island and farm pigs, which is definitely not on my wish list, the twinkle was strong with that one) and James is just kind of there. Did love Juliet being the one to propose though.
Juliet being indecisive about Mark was laid down early on, but then she seemed genuinely thrilled when he proposed. That part threw me. I was very much on his side during the break up, she really shouldn't have accepted him or broken it off earlier. I could have done without him kissing her on the head, but it was aleviated by him taking the champagne bottle. That said, they clearly weren't a good fit. Juliet was having trouble getting a nice apartment for herself because she was feeling guilt, while Mark was very confortable spending money on tons of flowers and big rings. Plus, the silence was deafening when Isola asked what Mark liked to read.
Juliet felt unexplored in a way, because I don't feel the movie went to explore what seemed like a precarious place she was in at the beginning of the movie, sort of twitching between survivor's (and thriver's) guilt and embracing what life and her own hard work were offering her.
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