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[snowystingray]

It probably has not escaped your notice that I have been watching a ton of Lost lately. In the midst of this I also happened to check out the 1983 adaptation of Jane Eyre from the library. I've had it on request for ages and it finally came through a few weeks ago... so I picked it up, got distracted by Lost, meant to watch it, didn't have a chance

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[crumpeteer]

I think that's why I'm not even really interested in Rochester. It IS a human level bastardry, which is why I'm just sort of indifferent to it. He's like that guy your friend dates who you really hate being around and you can't believe she puts up with, but who you don't say anything about to humor her. That doesn't interest me very much. Barn burning crazy does. The minute he started banging his head against a tree, I realized that THIS was a trainwreck worth watching. That's the difference in the books too. Emily isn't asking you to understand the actions of her characters, she's just asking you to sit back and watch some people have a meltdown because they can't keep their crap together. Charlotte, I think, wants her readers to understand why Jane makes her choices and be happy for her. That's why I could understand an updated version of Jane Eyre being made, but I couldn't fathom a modern version of Wuthering Heights (yet there IS one). Unless they completely water down the character, there is NOTHING likable about Heathcliff other than that he loves Cathy, and THAT only causes him to destroy a crapload of people's lives.

I'd rather watch the flaming car wreck.

Also, Gisbourne is Heathcliff if Heathcliff had decided he needed to redeem himself after Catherine's death.