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!

I think she’s great. I just think she’s very contemporary looking. It took all the white makeup to make her look like Elizabeth I. Like Keira Knightley is very contemporary looking, to the point I find it distracting in period roles.

So it was better than I expected given the reviews. We knew the story would be mangled. My best moments: Isabelle’s pop up book, the leech death scene, the stabbed doll. Most annoying bit: Wuthering Heights itself - Yorkshire stone is atmospheric enough, why on earth did they make it with what looked like CGI?

But he's very cute.

I love Wuthering Heights as a book, but I’ve been put off seeing it because of the reviews. For the people who have seen it - what do the reviews mean when they say there is lots of sex and BDSM ? I read one review that likened it to soft porn at times, and I just don’t want to see that. Is it really that bad? Or are the reviews exaggerating?

I saw it tonight and I loved it. Barely any bdsm, and mild at best IMO.

I wouldn’t say it was soft porn, just a lot of sexual tension. Yes there was “sex” but I saw more flesh in the Housemaid sex scene than in WH.

Just seen it, and I loved it!

I've seen WH today and I absolutely loved everything about it.

I haven't read the book, although Ive read and heard a lot of discussion around it.

I know a lot of people say the book wasn't a love story, but for me, this film definitely is, albeit pretty dark and fucked up.

Martin Clunes had a great part as did Isabella Linton.

Would love to hear others' opinions who've seen it!

… a book once thought of as the greatest writing in the English language. Passed the time 🤪

I saw it tonight and liked it more than I thought I would - agree with the high points above - pop up book and dolls house.

I now want to read the book too.

Agree with your post, other than that I really loved the casting!

My only wish is that we'd had a bit more time with the characters as children to provide a bit more context.

Agree - Martin clunes and Isabella Linton were our favourites.

The bdsm scenes are few and far between. Don't let that deter you.

Fear not! Martin Clunes character's teeth compensate for this in latter scenes!

Can't be doing with the whinging from people who haven't actually seen it!

Apparently there’s no zombies in it so I’ll swerve

Went tonight. Spent the evening very depressed. Didn’t enjoy it at all

Ditto! Lots of audience members were laughing out loud at the phallic imagery...

I thought he wasn't handsome enough to be Heathcliff..!

Currently deciding whether to go and see it. I don't mind a whacky inaccurate take on the book - it is art after all - but most reviews I've seen said it's not very good - no chemistry between the actors and quite shallow. Not everyone seems to hate it here though so maybe I will 😅

I would recommend people see it.
If you haven’t read the book then you don’t have anything to compare it with.
The book is a masterpiece, it truly is. Very few authors can achieve what Emily Brontë did. The whole point is that the main characters are deeply flawed yet you cannot help but be drawn to them and root for them. The perfectly nice Lintons receive no sympathy. That was Emily Brontes genius.
Both Catherine and Heathcliff are horrible, far worse than the film depicts. Yet such well written, deep characters and the book explains why they are like they are.
The film also doesn’t have one of the central characters . Again this character shapes the person Heathcliff becomes.
Having said all this when is a film as good as the book? Only when the book is merely average at best.
Emily Brontes writing will never be described as average.

In the past I've read that some period films/TV dramas state that you can't audition unless your hair and eyebrows are natural. I suppose you could get around the (highlighted/unnatural) hair issue with a very expensive wig...

If you’re looking for a proper adaptation you’ll be disappointed

if you don’t care that it vaguely relates to the book in such a way as to be “inspired by” you’ll be ok

I've listened to/read some reviews now and I hate it more if anything. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone

Martin Clunes and Alison Oliver WERE great in it even if their characters and storylines are greatly changed from source.

No one laughed when i saw it last night.
It is one of my favourite books ,i have lost count of how many times I've read it .
It is absolutely not a love story until near the end with Catherine and Hareton.
I have been desperate to see this film and went with a totally open mind and perhaps low expectations, i absolutely loved it !
Bizarre and surreal with some visual treats, i quite like the way EF changed some of the characters behaviours ,missed some out altogether and did what she said she was going to do which was to give us an interpretation of how the book makes her feel.
I was unsure of Robbie and Elordi when their names were published , i have never see any of their films but I think they were perfect in this.
The end was profound for me , not rushed just quiet and powerful ,absolutely perfect but so sad .
I wanted to watch it over again.

Oh bore off. I haven’t read the book, it was on the higher English curriculum but I chose something else, and still got an A. Is that alright with you? It’s not compulsory to have read WH.

And your reading comprehension is clearly not all that even having read one of the greatest tomes ever written, as it was clear I was giving my view on the film, not the book.

Just because it has been thought of in a certain way, doesn't mean everyone will agree. I studied it for English Lang&Lit A Level, got an A, absolutely hated it.