Monday 3rd February 2014
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Year: 2011
Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell
I was looking forward to watching this, as I was very much in the mood for period drama, and I already knew I enjoyed the story of Jane Eyre (I've read it a number of times, and watched various versions of it in the past).
In many ways, this didn't disappoint. It's faithful to the story, and manages to create a pretty good atmosphere. Whilst the story gallops along, picking out the most salient pieces from the novel, each scene feels drawn out, dramatic and gloomy - just the way, I imagine, Charlotte Bronte intended. We follow Jane Eyre from the time she is orphaned, through her school days, to her life as a governess at Thornfield, and then to her time as a school mistress in a small village. Of course, the main story here is Jane Eyre's love story, but the rest of her life is highly relevant.
The problem with Jane Eyre is that there aren't really any surprises here. I don't really know why this was made, as there are no new insights to the story. If you don't know the story, but like period romances, you'll probably enjoy this. If, like me, you know the story well, you might wonder exactly why this has been made.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Watching films is one of my favourite hobbies. Often the films I watch aren't the biggest, or newest, films of the moment - but smaller independent movies, things on late night TV, or simply films I missed first time around. Not to say that the latest cinema releases don't get a look-in: my tastes are pretty diverse and I'll give almost any film a chance! This blog aims to reflect something of that diversity, reviewing as many of the films that I've watched since November 2008 as possible.
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About Me
- Anna Lawson
- I live in Bristol with my husband Dan (who I married in July 2007), my son Joe (born 2012) and daughter Jess (born 2015). I work at UWE (the University of the West of England) in Bristol as a Research and Open Access Librarian. I'm orginally from Exeter, so moving back to Bristol is a bit like coming home - especially as I studied for my undergraduate degree here (also at UWE). I love travelling and movies, although I get to do a lot less of both since the birth of our children. Although we have still managed to fit in holidays to the Isles of Scilly, Chamonix and a summer in California since Joe was born.
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