Wuthering Heights

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Anyone planning to see this? From the trailer I was expecting it to be marmite and not in any way a straight adaptation of the novel, but the reviews I've seen so far are universally uncomplimentary. I'd already booked to see it, so will go in with an open mind!

Unless it all happened on Epstein Island!

He kills a dog too.

No, Nelly rescues it at its last gasp!

He does put a trap over a nest of lapwing chicks though, so they starve to death because the adult birds can’t get to them to feed them.

Hareton is shown hanging a whole litter of puppies…

In the latest film? Hareton isn't in it is he?

Thanks, I got confused. I knew there was canine death. Not in the film thankfully.

In the novel. No, Emerald F disinvented Hareton.

I thought Isabella's hair was gorgeous: so thick and long and wild. Pre-Raphaelite. My dream hair, tbh.

Though it had nothing on the real hair of many women in the 19th century in terms of volume and length. 😮Google it. Though she wouldn't have worn it down like that in company.

Observe …

Let’s stop defending shallow art as made ‘for women’
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/lets-stop-defending-shallow-art-as-made-for-women

I decided to read the book again just in case I was being an oversensitive young person, and now knowing what the second part was like, but got to the dog hanging and decided I was right the first time. I know it's beautifully written, harrowing, groundbreaking etc but not for me!

I’m not impressed with my hair. And although it’s shorter than Isabella’s, it’s hard to make work with ‘business casual’.

Some 19thc women had very thin hair, too, just as they do now. In the Little House on the Prairie books, teenage Laura’s friend Mary wears a hair switch, and L makes a ‘hair receiver’ for her mother for a present, which is to hang by her mirror to collect hair from her hairbrush that she’s using to make a hairpiece.

www.pioneergirl.com/blog/archives/5990

I think one of the big differences with 19thc hair and which period films almost never get right (Jane Campion’s The Piano’ being an honourable exception) is that it was seldom washed. Frequent brushing was what kept it ‘clean’. Ish. Far too many shiny, bouncy hairdos in period films.

saw it last night and hated it. I knew it would be an interpretation and I know and love EF’s previous output. I’m not precious about reimagined workings of classic literature either. I just thought it was awful, laughable dross. The first half was an (unintentionally?) hilarious caper, like an SNL skit based on Wuthering Heights.

The second half was better but ruined by the fact that Jacob Elordi was the only one playing it seriously. There was zero chemistry between Robbie and Elordi and she was way too old for the part. She’s a gorgeous actress and they managed to make her look like a dogs dinner in those dreadful costumes and hairstyles.

The CGI was unnecessary, they had enough natural resources in Yorkshire to at least stick to natural surrounds.

Terrible terrible movie.

I saw it last night and loved it for its complete madness. Forgot the book and took it at face value. Encouraging DD to read the book now, if I can find it on my bookshelves.

I just watched it for the second time now that its available on Amazon. It looks like utter shite on UltraHD; the format totally ruined it. I'm in a hotel at the moment and don't have a ultraHD screen at home, but - my god - I don't understand why anyone wants that kind of effect when watching a film, it's just naff.

I thought the film was great was I first saw it but once you've seen Fennell's stylisatic flourishes and shock tactics it doesn't really sustain a repeat viewing.

I do want to see this still but £16 to rent is too high a price for me.

That is a horrifying price, @berlinbaby2025!

I pay Curzon £25 for up to 28 tickets per month in an actual cinema - so I’m now hugely resistant to paying for individual film rental online.