Yeah...In my experience, Wuthering Heights is only considered an epic love story by people who haven't actually read the book. :/
It's gothic literature; it's supposed to be tragic to the point that it causes physical pain in its readers. In my mind, it's a classic example of the 19th century philosophy: "Life sucks, and then you die. (Probably in childbirth.)"
The one thing that I can't fault that book for is an unrealistic outlook on life. Pretty much everybody in that book is fucked up in some way, and goes around trying to make sure that everyone's as miserable as they are.
As for Heathcliff? Yeah, he's ultimately a monster. But you can see it coming. Beat someone down often enough, and they'll snap, happily spending the rest of their life obsessed with revenge. Not the smartest thing to do when you're a sickly upper-class nancy-boy, and the object of your bullying is a man who's built like a brick shithouse and has a positively volcanic temper.
As for the film adaptation, Tom Hardy does an amazing job, as usual. Like in Bronson, he really excels in portraying a hot-tempered, mentally-unstable bruiser (whose temper is actually a reaction to getting his feelings hurt).
But I digress. If anything, watch for Tom Hardy's lips. Damn, they should get their own billing by now...
In my experience, Wuthering Heights is only considered an epic love story by people who haven't actually read the book.
This is probably true! Although I do think some people have a tendency to idealize ruinous obsession as romantic instead of just disordered and repulsive, which is how I find it personally.
Anyway, I am curious to see what he does with the role, so I'm sure I will end up watching it. But I haven't seen Bronson, so I think I'll get that first.
If you'd like me to, I would be happy to upload Bronson for you!
It's definitely worth seeing. It hurts, but it hurts so good. (And the scenes which display Tom Hardy's junk swinging around- in all its glory- as he beats the ever-living daylights out of everyone to cross him do nothing to turn away viewers...)
I'm actually really interested what you'll think of it; it was the kind of dark, artistic film that usually takes me several days to feel like I've fully processed. As a whole, it sets out to be disturbing and hits its mark. But it also totally changed my view of Tom Hardy as an actor; hands down, he's absolutely brilliant in this film.
It's gothic literature; it's supposed to be tragic to the point that it causes physical pain in its readers. In my mind, it's a classic example of the 19th century philosophy: "Life sucks, and then you die. (Probably in childbirth.)"
The one thing that I can't fault that book for is an unrealistic outlook on life. Pretty much everybody in that book is fucked up in some way, and goes around trying to make sure that everyone's as miserable as they are.
As for Heathcliff? Yeah, he's ultimately a monster. But you can see it coming. Beat someone down often enough, and they'll snap, happily spending the rest of their life obsessed with revenge. Not the smartest thing to do when you're a sickly upper-class nancy-boy, and the object of your bullying is a man who's built like a brick shithouse and has a positively volcanic temper.
As for the film adaptation, Tom Hardy does an amazing job, as usual. Like in Bronson, he really excels in portraying a hot-tempered, mentally-unstable bruiser (whose temper is actually a reaction to getting his feelings hurt).
But I digress. If anything, watch for Tom Hardy's lips. Damn, they should get their own billing by now...
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This is probably true! Although I do think some people have a tendency to idealize ruinous obsession as romantic instead of just disordered and repulsive, which is how I find it personally.
Anyway, I am curious to see what he does with the role, so I'm sure I will end up watching it. But I haven't seen Bronson, so I think I'll get that first.
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It's definitely worth seeing. It hurts, but it hurts so good. (And the scenes which display Tom Hardy's junk swinging around- in all its glory- as he beats the ever-living daylights out of everyone to cross him do nothing to turn away viewers...)
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I'm actually really interested what you'll think of it; it was the kind of dark, artistic film that usually takes me several days to feel like I've fully processed. As a whole, it sets out to be disturbing and hits its mark. But it also totally changed my view of Tom Hardy as an actor; hands down, he's absolutely brilliant in this film.
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