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Will Jane Eyre walk away from explosions?

Wow. . ."ass" typo FTW.

It still doesn't look as good as the recent BBC version with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens.

And there has ALWAYS been a gothic romance element in JE. I'm just wondering why they appear to cut most of the strength of Jane's character, instead focussing on the ~mystery~ of Rochester...

Will Jane Eyre walk away from explosions?

Slow motion walking away from explosions, without facial expression.

At some point I even expect her to be holding a gun in each hand, pointing them straight out to each side and shooting as she walks away from these slow motion explosions.

(Honestly, the movie does look nicely done. Jane Eyre was kind of a brutal story, so I like the style they chose to go with this!)

I thought Jane Eyre was the original gothic romance novel, what with the "poor but worthy girl becomes governess, falls in love with brooding, wealthy boss" scenario. With a madwoman in a tower for an extra boost!

Rochester is NOT supposed to be a good looking man. But then again, if I were casting this...hmm, week ands weeks worth of filming Michael Fassbender...okay, yeah, I'm cool with it.

I've actually always liked the dark and gloomy and mysteriousness of this book. It's Wuthering Heights I can't stand. But even two out of three entertaining Gothic tale-tellers from out of three sisters is beyond normal odds, I think.

Wait. So most people don't read the Brontes as Gothic Romance/Horror novelists? News to me. Those novels are brooding, dark, chilling, and a few self-animating suits of armors short of Ann Radcliffe.

Then again, that explains that time the department head looked like she wanted to throw me out the window when a brief discussion of Northanger Abbey turned into a two hour debate on the merit of Gothic versus Horror literature. Yeah, this explains a lot. People focus on the "Romance" and not the "Gothic" of it all.

Ahem, gelis **SPOILER ALERT**

-end sarcasm_

There's a musical. It's just as terrifying, but for completely different reasons...

Leave "Wuthering Heights" alone haters. It's your loss.

I quite liked Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane, but I can't remember much from that version. Miss Mia is probably fine, but it's hard to cast a role from which so many young women identify themselves (see: Elizabeth Bennett, Bella to an extent)

And Judi Dench could star in Norbit II: The Norbitting and I would still see it for her.

Okay, maybe not.

I quite liked Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane, but I can't remember much from that version.

THEN YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT WILLIAM HURT. I'M VERY JEALOUS OF YOU.

Thanks, coveredinbees. When I saw the thumbnail I really thought it WAS Angela Chase. And I started looking for Rayanne and Ricky. Sigh.

Is this fate or something?? Just yesterday I sought for a review of the 2006-version of Jane Eyre on Pajiba and didn't find any... and now-- this?

Honestly, Stephens and Wilson will always be my favorites, I guess. Particularly, because *no* one is supposed to say something so heart-rent, angry and hurt as "Do you think because I'm poor, plain, obscure and little..." with a straight face.
Honestly, girls. Especially looking at you, Zelah Clarke, you mousy, softspoken ice cube of a submissive, apathetic... thing.

Anyway. I'll give this version a shot. Just like I gave all the others.

"Take the same material and bring in a new vision, here that of Gothic Romance."

Uh! Isn't that what it was supposed to be? Where's the new vision?

I'm not sure what you mean by this movie being more horror-ish? I've read the novel so many times now and it's still creepy in its own way. This looks ok but Fassbender is far too pretty for Rochester who is a dark, brooding character with so many layers. Not to nitpick but I wish someone would pay attention to the novel and set it in the time period it was intended--the earliest decades of the 19th century. It would just be interesting to finally see it that way.

It cuts the tension that the trailer is establishing, but I wanted to hear the entire scene about hell that's in the novel:

"Do you know where the wicked go after death?"

"They go to hell," was my ready and orthodox answer.

"And what is hell? Can you tell me that?"

"A pit full of fire."

"And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever?"

"No, sir."

"What must you do to avoid it?"

I deliberated a moment; my answer, when it did come, was objectionable: "I must keep in good health, and not die."

@coveredinbees a) Someone implied above that Beastmaster might maybe not be one of the best films ever. They are wrong. Just completely wrong.

That would be me. And let's be honest here, Beastmaster is a gloriously bad movie. Granted, I can tell you the names of all the characters and recite the occasional hackney line of dialog from memory, but that doesn't exempt it from being terrible. It's just also enjoyable.

Setting that aside, given that you appear to also be a fan of bad 80s sword and sorcery movies featuring Rip Torn (in a fucking AWESOME performance), if you are at this time female and/or available, would you consider a marriage proposal? If you're male, I'd have to warn you I live in California and well, you know, the whole prop 19 thing. But I think we could rise above.

-Frob

Back off frobme. I saw her first.

Why?

Oh. This is exactly why I loved that book so much growing up. Must see.

I remember Jane Eyre as being rather impressive toward the end, what with the running and the screaming and the madness and the burning castle, and all.

Horror? It's in there.
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with all due respect Rowles you hate the Bronte sister's ok fine but don't pretend like you know what the hell you're talking about if go and say that Jane Eyre has now a cool gothic twist since Charlotte is probably going "well sir dude I kinda wrote it like that, and I fucking survived all my motherfucking siblings so you know I mean business, have some respect dude". everytime I read or hear someone talking about any of the brontes completely missing their point I feel like i'm back in high school talking to my english teacher that gush over me reading Weathering heights "...cause it's such a great love story". Did I mentioned that my english teacher had a very peculiar accident involving a gas tank?
To all of you commenters that appreciate "the bronte sister three" I love you all, even if you like just one of them.

Why does every adaptation of Jane Eyre get filmed at Haddon Hall? I LOVE Haddon, but do find it a bit unoriginal of everyone.

Mrs. Smith, I would say "Jane Eyre" is in part a love story, but it is not the most important part of the narrative. Jane's own journey of self-discovery and the testing of her faith and principles is driving force of the story. I don't think anyone can deny that there is a fascinating love story there as well, though.

Fassbender is a bit too pretty, but he's still not as hot as Timothy Dalton in the 1983 BBC adaptation, where frankly they just ignored that Rochester, while very alluring, is not supposed to be good-looking at all. Mia Whatsherface looks plain, yet interesting enough to pull off the part of Jane (and I agree she looks a lot like Angela Chase in some of the scenes). I haven't seen Tim Burton's Alice, but she was good in "The Kids are All Right" and I've loved Fassbender since discovering him in my guilty pleasure, "Hex", so I will have to check this out.