Reader, I married him...
I saw Jane Eyre a few days ago! What a beautiful film! The colours and the score and the tone in general were just perfect. It was romantic without being sappy, compelling without being melodramatic, creepy without being too gothic which I never enjoy in Jane Eyre productions, it was just brilliantly pitched.
And what a wonderful Rochester Fassbender makes. So new and fresh! And ok, there were things that I prefer about Toby Stephens' Rochester, and things that I prefer about Ciaran Hinds' Rochester, but everything he did was just so original and newly conceived in that role that I was just in awe of him. He didn't try to be sexy, which I loved (yeah he's sexy anyway but he didn't play it up), the thing that I loved which was different from other incarnations was that he was never ever flirting with her, he was just trying to connect with her, which was beautifully done and so natural and ugh, just incredible.
Mia Wasikowska was fabulous as Jane, the right blend of innocence and boldness, the passion of Jane Eyre was absolutely there and I admire her greatly. I have to say I don't know that I believed their chemistry together. They both took excellent parts and I loved watching them, but part of the story of Jane Eyre is how gut-wrenchingly, unimaginably painfully in love they are, and I just, didn't really get it, which was sad.
I also didn't so much care for Jamie Bell as St John. Not as a slight on him, I think he's an excellent actor and he did some really interesting things interpretation wise, but the characterisation of St John for me, in the writing was kind of wrong. He's supposed to be so cold, so strong willed, with underlying passion, it just didn't come across, it kind of seemed like he had no passion at all, which is not at all the point of St John.
And there were parts of the story that were obviously excluded for timing purposes, but which I felt should have been kept because it would have developed their relationship better, things were convoluted timewise and it all just seemed to happen a bit fast, which was a shame.
All in all though, I thought it was beautiful.
And, it's been a while since I've done this, and it seems like time for a new one, so,
Things that I wish, part three
1) That someone would write me Jonesy fic. I'm so in love with him, he's easily my favourite thing about Carnivale, he's so yearning and awkward and adorable and I love him with Sofie but then I also love him with Rita-Sue because she needs to be loved so badly and everyone kind of hates her right now and it makes me sad.
2) For my bedroom to magically tidy itself, please?
3) More time with which to read ALL THE BOOKS! I forgot how much working in the bookstore makes me want to buy books, I have a list of like twenty already that I absolutely MUST HAVE. Incidentally, has anyone read The Marriage Plot yet? I find Jeffrey Eugenides really interesting and I loved Virgin Suicides, but I'm not sure on the overall idea of this one and would like someone else's opinion before I dive in.
4) For Anna Paquin to realise that True Blood is NUTS, y'all and go back to making quirky and off-beat movies that most people will never see but which understand that she's a really talented actress and make the most of that, because I love her, but I cannot watch that show.
5) I would really like it a lot if the people who run shows that Shane West is in would stop allowing him to grow his hair to that weird length that makes him look like an arrogant but only halfway decent football (soccer football) player. I haven't watched any of the new Nikita episodes, but I have seen pictures and, ye gods, Shane, stop DOING that! It is not good.
6) This one is SECRET, because I feel kind of wrong for it, but I sort of maybe kind of really a lot want for Penny and Sheldon to hook up on Big Bang Theory? He's so completely asexual and it will never and should never happen, but, well, I'd just be interested to see it if it did because they're just so darned cute together and I think the actors really enjoy working together and it's WRONG. But I want it anyway.
7) I want someone to make a really awesome brilliant fabulous uplifting and invigorating teen romance movie, like the days of yore, when there was one practically every summer, I need a new one, and I need for it not to contain street dance or vampires or someone dying.
8) I actually really want to be able to erase Step-up 3 from my memory. Rewatched the first two the other day and I love them SO MUCH and the third one was just so incredibly awful that it actually made me sad. Fix that, would ya?
9) This one's really sad and stupid, but, I really want to see some form of interaction between Katee and Jamie, like, it's ridiculous, but it makes me sad to think that they're not friends, and there's no reason to think that they're not friends, but you never see them ever talk to or about each other ever and, well, I just want them to. Even if Jamie got twitter and they just kind of tweeted occasionally, I would be happy with that, but, *sigh* I don't know, I just want it.
There, I'm all out. You guys want to make any wishes?
And what a wonderful Rochester Fassbender makes. So new and fresh! And ok, there were things that I prefer about Toby Stephens' Rochester, and things that I prefer about Ciaran Hinds' Rochester, but everything he did was just so original and newly conceived in that role that I was just in awe of him. He didn't try to be sexy, which I loved (yeah he's sexy anyway but he didn't play it up), the thing that I loved which was different from other incarnations was that he was never ever flirting with her, he was just trying to connect with her, which was beautifully done and so natural and ugh, just incredible.
Mia Wasikowska was fabulous as Jane, the right blend of innocence and boldness, the passion of Jane Eyre was absolutely there and I admire her greatly. I have to say I don't know that I believed their chemistry together. They both took excellent parts and I loved watching them, but part of the story of Jane Eyre is how gut-wrenchingly, unimaginably painfully in love they are, and I just, didn't really get it, which was sad.
I also didn't so much care for Jamie Bell as St John. Not as a slight on him, I think he's an excellent actor and he did some really interesting things interpretation wise, but the characterisation of St John for me, in the writing was kind of wrong. He's supposed to be so cold, so strong willed, with underlying passion, it just didn't come across, it kind of seemed like he had no passion at all, which is not at all the point of St John.
And there were parts of the story that were obviously excluded for timing purposes, but which I felt should have been kept because it would have developed their relationship better, things were convoluted timewise and it all just seemed to happen a bit fast, which was a shame.
All in all though, I thought it was beautiful.
And, it's been a while since I've done this, and it seems like time for a new one, so,
Things that I wish, part three
1) That someone would write me Jonesy fic. I'm so in love with him, he's easily my favourite thing about Carnivale, he's so yearning and awkward and adorable and I love him with Sofie but then I also love him with Rita-Sue because she needs to be loved so badly and everyone kind of hates her right now and it makes me sad.
2) For my bedroom to magically tidy itself, please?
3) More time with which to read ALL THE BOOKS! I forgot how much working in the bookstore makes me want to buy books, I have a list of like twenty already that I absolutely MUST HAVE. Incidentally, has anyone read The Marriage Plot yet? I find Jeffrey Eugenides really interesting and I loved Virgin Suicides, but I'm not sure on the overall idea of this one and would like someone else's opinion before I dive in.
4) For Anna Paquin to realise that True Blood is NUTS, y'all and go back to making quirky and off-beat movies that most people will never see but which understand that she's a really talented actress and make the most of that, because I love her, but I cannot watch that show.
5) I would really like it a lot if the people who run shows that Shane West is in would stop allowing him to grow his hair to that weird length that makes him look like an arrogant but only halfway decent football (soccer football) player. I haven't watched any of the new Nikita episodes, but I have seen pictures and, ye gods, Shane, stop DOING that! It is not good.
6) This one is SECRET, because I feel kind of wrong for it, but I sort of maybe kind of really a lot want for Penny and Sheldon to hook up on Big Bang Theory? He's so completely asexual and it will never and should never happen, but, well, I'd just be interested to see it if it did because they're just so darned cute together and I think the actors really enjoy working together and it's WRONG. But I want it anyway.
7) I want someone to make a really awesome brilliant fabulous uplifting and invigorating teen romance movie, like the days of yore, when there was one practically every summer, I need a new one, and I need for it not to contain street dance or vampires or someone dying.
8) I actually really want to be able to erase Step-up 3 from my memory. Rewatched the first two the other day and I love them SO MUCH and the third one was just so incredibly awful that it actually made me sad. Fix that, would ya?
9) This one's really sad and stupid, but, I really want to see some form of interaction between Katee and Jamie, like, it's ridiculous, but it makes me sad to think that they're not friends, and there's no reason to think that they're not friends, but you never see them ever talk to or about each other ever and, well, I just want them to. Even if Jamie got twitter and they just kind of tweeted occasionally, I would be happy with that, but, *sigh* I don't know, I just want it.
There, I'm all out. You guys want to make any wishes?