In Which There's a Significant Amount of Sniffling

[crumpeteer]

Best scene from the 2009 Wuthering Heights, with Heathcliff spitting a poisonously venomous speech, then roaring like a wounded animal after Cathy dies. THAT'S the Heathcliff I remember from the book.

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[elvensapphire]

I need to see this.

[crumpeteer]

Tom Hardy pretty much owns the movie. He morphs from handsome to ugly to pitiful to nasty in seconds. His Heathcliff was pretty much spot on.

[geeky_ginger]

Damn...that scream made me hurt inside. :-( It's right up there with the "Christian Cry" from Moulin Rouge....those screams of grief that just hits you at your core!

[crumpeteer]

I've seen plenty of Heathcliff's played with varied reactions to Cathy's death, but I think that one was the most spot on. The roar like his soul was being ripped out, in spite of his hateful speech beforehand, was perfect. And then the switch to broken, half nutty grief right after. Hardy was excellent.

[goodtimenation]

Holy shit.

[crumpeteer]

Was that good or bad?

[goodtimenation]

VERY good. That was some outstanding acting I just witness in under 5 minutes.

[crumpeteer]

He was the best Heathcliff I've ever watched. He was never quite likable, but he was imposing and sadomasochistic and nasty. He was a wild animal on a leash that only Cathy controlled. They both got a sick thrill out of tormenting each other, and his is the first Heathcliff I've ever seen who didn't have some romanticism attached to him. Hardy is a surprisingly excellent actor.

[tigger_01]

Oh, wow.
I read the book last year, and I agree with you about Heathcliff - especially that animal roar/wail thing somewhere in the middle of that video. But I've never seen any adaptation of the book before - and reading about this... animal of a man in the book is so different to being confronted with his presence on my screen. *shivers*

[crumpeteer]

This is one of the few film versions that keeps most of the animal of the man firmly intact. Pity the Lintons for stumbling into the path of his and Cathy's raging, destructive passion.