#psycho jane eyre rantings moment

[julytodaytomorrow]

OKAY, after watching (almost) all the Jane Eyre adaptations, I STILL THINK the 2011 version with Mia and Michael is the absolute best (and dare I say, my favourite film of all time???). They just embody the characters perfectly and when I reread the novel their faces are in my head :-) The score is beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, their expressions and the way they act together is beautiful, aaaaaaaaa!!!! I'm watching the 2006 mini-series now and ew. I'm not a fan of the way they've taken creative liberties with the script, it's so unlike the novel. I prefer adaptations to be faithful to the original source but I guess it doesn't have to be. But Rochester here is just so ew. He should have SOME redeeming qualities but he has none, he's gross. There, that's my critique. ok bye :-P -> But really, just because Rochester is supposed to be grumpy and byronic doesn't mean he has to lack CLASS?!!? Michael's Rochester is still elegant and somewhat respectful (?) even in the beginning scenes with Mia, but here in the 2006 version when Rochester meets Jane for the first time and she ""bewitches"" his horse, HE SAYS "LEAVE ME ALONE, WITCH" ??? HELLO??? THE REAL ROCHESTER WOULD NEVER SAY THAT??? "You bewitched my horse" is a cheeky, silly, half-serious-mostly-joking phrase, but straight-up calling the girl a "WITCH" is just rude and unlike real Rochester??? Yes, he's a grumpy piece of crap but he wouldn't straight up say those things to a girl he's never met, ughhhh.

I have nothing to say about this Jane because she's cute and I think it's a little easier to do a good Jane than a good Rochester. Of all the adaptations I've watched, I've never really had complaints about Jane...And the 1997 adaptation with Ciaran Hinds and Samantha Morton was interesting...Ciaran's Rochester was kinda freaky. Which is also kinda accurate. He definitely doesn't try to be too handsome, which many of the other Rochesters do. The 1983 one with Timothy Dalton is really nice!!! I think it's my second favourite :-) Anyways. So yeah, basically I've been hyper-fixating on this damn novel, which is good because I needed something to keep me occupied this winter :-] And Jane Eyre is so wintery-themed!

Okay, oops actually, I see that the 2006 one is a modern-ish different take and that's okay, it's not bad, I'm just a mega-hater. BUT ALSO, HE KEEPS CALLING HER "WITCH" IN PLACE OF ALL THE OTHER PET-NAMES BOOK ROCHESTER GIVES HER like WITCH IS NOT THE SAME AS "fairy" or "imp" ?!?!?

Ok I've watched it for reals, it's not great, and it SUCKS, I was right, ew. They've somehow managed to ruin all the most beautiful quotes what the heck bye

ALSO, the 2011 version is somehow the only version that actually maintains the feminist aspects of the novel instead of cutting it out entirely