If I may make a recommendation...
So, on the one hand, we kind-of sort-of have spring(ish), with fairly warm weather in New York and blessed Daylight Savings Time. On the other, we have a weekend where - for me, anyway - it's been very hard to turn away from the horror, sorrow, astonishment, fear and uncertainty of the news from Japan.
Plus, I have a cold. And there is a brand new Jane Eyre movie, and I did not go see it yet, see also cold.
And, to be brutally honest, it's still kind of winter and there are still many things wrong all around, and television just ain't what it used to be. (Series of associations: Sunday night > Masterpiece Theater > Upstairs Downstairs - the original one > how much I disliked Downton Abbey > how can anyone stand it???)
So, for your Sunday night infotainment, allow me to link
bowdlerized's hilarious and super-smart, crazy in-depth reviews of film and television adaptations of Jane Eyre -- all of them. Well, not all of them yet. But she will get to them all! So far, you get to choose from:
2006: "At once intemperate and unchaste"
Most Suitable Viewing Situation: Kind of in the mood for a classic novel, kind of in the mood for porn, but can't really commit to either.
1944: "On the shore of a darker stream"
Joan Fontaine, like everything and everyone else, gets swept up in the wake of Orson Welles's epic charisma.
1983: "Why don't you tremble?"
If you have never understood St. John or feel like the Moor House part of the book is random or pointless, I recommend watching this amazing performance. This is what it is to be both frozen and burning.
All the posts have the same structure, so you get to compare productions on important points throughout, e.g. pie charts on Time Spent Per Location; Rochester's Bed on Fire; Thornfield Stand-in; Pilot (I will be a little surprised if Pilot ever gets a negative review. She likes dogs, and who can argue?); and of course the burning question, does Rochester say, "In the name of all the elves in Christendom, is that Jane Eyre?" And you also get to look forward to crucial features such as "Most suitable viewing situation" and, of course, "Ultimate Judgments."
You'll love it. Go.
Plus, I have a cold. And there is a brand new Jane Eyre movie, and I did not go see it yet, see also cold.
And, to be brutally honest, it's still kind of winter and there are still many things wrong all around, and television just ain't what it used to be. (Series of associations: Sunday night > Masterpiece Theater > Upstairs Downstairs - the original one > how much I disliked Downton Abbey > how can anyone stand it???)
So, for your Sunday night infotainment, allow me to link
bowdlerized's hilarious and super-smart, crazy in-depth reviews of film and television adaptations of Jane Eyre -- all of them. Well, not all of them yet. But she will get to them all! So far, you get to choose from:
2006: "At once intemperate and unchaste"
Most Suitable Viewing Situation: Kind of in the mood for a classic novel, kind of in the mood for porn, but can't really commit to either.
1944: "On the shore of a darker stream"
Joan Fontaine, like everything and everyone else, gets swept up in the wake of Orson Welles's epic charisma.
1983: "Why don't you tremble?"
If you have never understood St. John or feel like the Moor House part of the book is random or pointless, I recommend watching this amazing performance. This is what it is to be both frozen and burning.
All the posts have the same structure, so you get to compare productions on important points throughout, e.g. pie charts on Time Spent Per Location; Rochester's Bed on Fire; Thornfield Stand-in; Pilot (I will be a little surprised if Pilot ever gets a negative review. She likes dogs, and who can argue?); and of course the burning question, does Rochester say, "In the name of all the elves in Christendom, is that Jane Eyre?" And you also get to look forward to crucial features such as "Most suitable viewing situation" and, of course, "Ultimate Judgments."
You'll love it. Go.