Off topic, the Grant Scott ed. of his letters that was recommended by you and others in the forum on his letters is truly fascinating. I like how he writes in his preface about how Keats could get "magnificently pissed off"
I liked that too! Imagine the anger flashing in those lumnious eyes! Would you be nervous being at the receiving end of his “fiery temper” though?
I wonder if Wells ( "Amena") ever got the Keats Treatment?
Really, I'm glad I discovered this forum-there's so much written about Keats, some of good quality, and some of not so good quality writing, that it's hard to know what to read. It's always good to refer to experts!
Same here! It’s a great forum. Don’t you just love his letters? I find them so interesting to read- I love reading his thoughts, ideas, worries and spiritual theories- feels very intimate.
Back on topic- I noticed the trivia things posted here. At the time I hadn’t read the letter about “the holiness of the heart’s affections” used by Ben Whishaw in the film, but at once I knew it was something John would have said/written- it just felt so powerfully
Keats. I found that scene quite moving and very Keatsian.
He also makes mention of Keats's prejudices, showing that darker side to his personality that has the potential to easily be rubbed off with the buffing cloth of fame. We get a great sense of how he was able to accomplish so much in the face of adversity--not in some Apollonian God-like manner, but through all the ups and downs, faults and frailties, courage and determination of a fully human being. That intense *humanity* is one of the things I most love about Keats and is something that comes out so exquisitely through his letters.
I agree- his “frailties” and “faults” make me admire him all the more ( some of them are endearing)-and his constant striving to understand, be understood, to learn , grow, gain knowledge- I also love his spirituality, something that made him so amazing.
One thing I enjoyed about the movie was how Campion put Keats's words (from various letters) into other people's mouths. I loved that Keats's "voice" is woven throughout the movie; it's as if his fingerprints are on everything and everyone--quietly but markedly influencing the aura of the entire movie. (The unseen hand of the "master" at work? )
It does have that feel.

I think he would approve of the film don’t you? It certainly was made with the utmost love and respect for him and his poems.
I'm not objective on the subject, being a cat fanatic myself, but I'd point out as evidence that Keats liked cats not only the sonnet to Mrs. Reynolds's old cat, but also the incident in which he beat up the butcher's boy who was tormenting a cat.
I think all this shows he did like cats- certainly- why beat someone up for tormenting a cat if you didn’t like them a lot? He could have just chased the butcher boy off. I think he liked dogs too as he went to the trouble of finding a good home for his sister’s spaniel. And we know he liked birds!
Cornish is probably not that rare a name, but maybe Abbie Cornish was fated to play Fanny!
Nice investigative work, Aquarius.
Another strange coincidence. Or is it?
Maybe!
I cannot think of any more trivia- everything I can think of has been pointed out, but when I get the DVD next year maybe I’ll spot something else. Oh except his talking about his feelings about women to Fanny ( the lines he wrote to Bailey) and them tapping on the wall ( Mrs Dilke tapped on the wall to let John know it was time for tea).