In an era overrun with preening supermodels and "Baywatch" babes, daydreams about those dear old golden-rule days of feminine propriety can be as consoling as a bowl of lumpy oatmeal on a dank morning.īut "Jane Eyre," which opens today at the Paris, has it both ways. Check out the rest of my blog if you want more content from me.īTW, I do not own any of these photos and they might even be taken down for copyright purposes so we will see.Franco Zeffirelli's handsome but chilly film version of "Jane Eyre" is right in step with the cinematic vogue for high-toned 19th-century romances in which smart gals finish first and noble suffering is rewarded with happily-ever-after wedded bliss. Leave a comment to let me know what you think. Thanks for reading! Have you read the novel or watched the movie? What did you think? Doing both makes for a much richer experience. They do a great job of adapting the story into a shorter period of time, but there are a lot of great details left out in the movie. I would recommend reading the novel and then watching the movie. Rochester is a bit of a spoiled brat in the novel so his overdramatic reactions fit him well when the movie version of him is much more strong and stoic emotionally.
He’s not as devastated as in the novel though, but I like both versions. For anyone who’s seen it, you know what I mean. In the movie, he was reeled back a bit, so was the actress playing his wife, but it was nice to see all the emotions on his face, especially during the part where he begs her to stay. Rochester throws himself all over the rooms, crying and shouting and calling himself a scoundrel. The novel was much more chaotic during this scene as Mr. When shit hits the fan in this movie, it really hits it.
They really captured her life and condensed it well for the movie. The confrontation with her aunt, the death of her childhood best friend, and more. A lot of the turning points in Jane Eyre’s life were kept the same as well.Mia and Michael did amazing jobs expressing themselves as the characters, and I loved reliving those moments with them. They kept a lot of the important parts of their dialogue that had us swooning in the novel.There’s only so much time they can put into the movie, so they can’t include all of her relationships and female influences she had growing up. Some of the interactions between characters were changed to make the movie more dramatic, and I think they were good choices.Rochester!” Yeah, super weird and not needed for the story. Like do you guys remember when he pretended to be a psychic and then pulled off his robe and was like, “HAHA, tricked you. Providing us with flashbacks was a much better way to tell the story. I think it was a better decision since she relives her entire life for that family when you’re 86% through the novel. The movie starts with the climax of the story and then gives us flashbacks into how she ended up in that position.She’s taken in by a nice family and then we get flashbacks throughout the movie that shows us her past, starting from her childhood and ending with her running away from Mr. The movie begins with our heroine and main character Jane Eyre running through a field where the readers know she’s running from the drama and craziness to be mentioned later in the review.