'Jane Eyre': yet another adaptation

[mollyringwraith]

OK, if I were cool, I would be posting about the Hitchhiker's Guide movie. But I haven't seen it yet. One thing got in the way of another, and, well, long story short, I ended up watching most of a Jane Eyre miniseries on DVD this weekend. It's this one, the 1983 rendition from the BBC, which I didn't know existed until just the other week. (

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[mordath]

Jenna Starborn by Sharon Shinn is another adaptation of Jane Eyre that you might enjoy.

[mollyringwraith]

Hmm, interesting...*makes note on Amazon*

Hitchhiker's

[aredhelthewhite]

I saw it yesterday....and, in my opinion, it kid of.......sucked. It didn't translate well into a movie from the book in my opinion, but maybe thats just me. Marvin was great though.

Re: Hitchhiker's

[mollyringwraith]

I've heard both good and bad reviews so far. Suppose I'll see it, but maybe not in the theatre. Your icon does make me grin, though!

[eowyn_luthien]

You've inspired me. I think I'm going to pop in the Hinds/Morton version right now. ;)

Thanks for the link to the Dalton version and the musical! If I may ask though, how is the character of Helen Burns treated in the Dalton version? She was my favorite character in the two versions I had seen before I read the book, and was very pleasantly surprised to find that her personality in the book is even better. She and Jane are like a tragic yin and yang.

(Hurrah for multifandomness!) :-)

[mollyringwraith]

I still haven't seen the Hinds/Morton version. Any good?

Timothy Dalton is a good actor, but rather too attractive to be Rochester. It made the "I'm not handsome" conversations seem weird.

In that version, Helen is rather lovely...but they skimmed over the death pretty quickly. None of the Brontean clinging to a dead body--just went straight from "Your friend has consumption" to "Helen Burns" carved into a tombstone. Ah well. She does get a nice song in the musical. :)

[ladyoftheanduin]

Oh my god! I didn't know you were a Jane Eyre fan too! Cool! Now, this version you're talkin about must be the one with Timothy Dalton *squee* I love that one! I love him! YAY! Thanks...now I'm on a high...lol!

[mollyringwraith]

Yep! 'Tis the Dalton one. He may actually be *too* good-looking for Rochester, but definitely a good actor all the same.

[ladyoftheanduin]

He is a great actor and looks damn find by the end...I have a thing for disfigured men *cough* phantom *cough*

[narsil_reforged]

In most of the cinematic versions, the actress cast as Jane Eyre usually ends up being a stunningly gorgeous chick. And the actor cast as Rochester a stunningly gorgeous dude. WTF?! They're not supposed to be dazzling to the eye. What has happened to integrity?! Oh, right. Film. I'd nearly forgotten. ((More often than not, movies based upon books end up disappointing me because Hollywood insists upon polishing the rough edges that initially made the story interesting.))

[mollyringwraith]

Indeed indeed. In this one, Jane was plain enough (though they gave her a little bit of "subtle" eye makeup, which was just weird), whereas Rochester was the rather too-handsome Timothy Dalton. I always pictured Tim Curry myself, when I first read the book...