Wuthering Heights

[GiggsysGirl]

Ok, so it was on a few days back but thought I'd chuck out my tuppence worth. I usually avoid WH telly/film remakes as it's my favourite book and they always fall short of the mark but gave this one as chance as Tom Hardy is a very good actor.

He did very well, I thought, despite the blue eyes. Grrr. And they got a lot of the important scenes/lines in but the direction was woeful. Seemed to be filmed in the depth of summer and everyone wore very bright, cheerful colours. Not gothic or violent in the slightest.

Not to mention they butchered the ending.

I gave it a solid 5 out of 10 for Hardy alone.

 

[Diver]

Ok, so it was on a few days back but thought I'd chuck out my tuppence worth. I usually avoid WH telly/film remakes as it's my favourite book and they always fall short of the mark but gave this one as chance as Tom Hardy is a very good actor.

He did very well, I thought, despite the blue eyes. Grrr. And they got a lot of the important scenes/lines in but the direction was woeful. Seemed to be filmed in the depth of summer and everyone wore very bright, cheerful colours. Not gothic or violent in the slightest.

Not to mention they butchered the ending.

I gave it a solid 5 out of 10 for Hardy alone.

*snigger*

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[Mockney]

I was forced watch this by a girl...thought it was awful and everyone in it was a cnut who deserved to die...I did miss the first episode though. But I struggled to see why these two thoroughly unlikeable whiney idiots were romantic icons

 

[vijay]

Ok, so it was on a few days back but thought I'd chuck out my tuppence worth. I usually avoid WH telly/film remakes as it's my favourite book and they always fall short of the mark but gave this one as chance as Tom Hardy is a very good actor.

He did very well, I thought, despite the blue eyes. Grrr. And they got a lot of the important scenes/lines in but the direction was woeful. Seemed to be filmed in the depth of summer and everyone wore very bright, cheerful colours. Not gothic or violent in the slightest.

Not to mention they butchered the ending.

I gave it a solid 5 out of 10 for Hardy alone.

The book was a brillant work, normally good literary work cannot be translated in to great movies and vice versa.

 

[GiggsysGirl]

The Fiennes/Binoche 1992 version was a bit better and got more of the story across in 1 hour 40 mins than the latest ITV version did in 3 hours but still not quite...you know...gothic enough.

Weirdly, I reckon the closest anyone's got is Jane Campion's The Piano.

In a way.

Plus, no one ever seems to give enough time to the Catherine/Hareton love story which I think is almost the best part of the whole book.

Grumble, grumble.

feck it...I'm just going to read it again.