Hey Shroudoffrost,
Thank you for the kind words.
I have posted about several movies, and this, without a doubt, has been the one people feel the most passionate about and respond to. I find that amazing, this movie really strikes a chord.
I just may have to go back and re-watch it-some movies takes 2 viewings to get.
My brother once took me to a movie a few years back, "The Thin Red Line", he loved it and wanted to see it again with me. When that movie was over, I turned to him and said,"what did I ever do to you that you made me watch this movie"
That is one flick that you could not PAY me to see twice.
Off topic, I did see a very good romantic movie recently that many people seemed to have missed when it was out just a year or 2 ago. "The Painted Veil", with Ed Norton and Naomi Watts. It was wonderful. If you have not seen it, check it out.
Take care.
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ShroudOfFrost
16 years ago
I was kind of curious about that flick, but I will definitely give it a try. Perhaps you will like Wuthering Heights if you watch it a second time or maybe you won't. There are just some movies that people don't like. For example, most people absolutely love The Dark Knight and I thought it was mediocre. More than that I did not like The Departed. Like I said, Wuthering Heights just might not be your thing, but honestly I enjoyed the book much more than the movie.
the ellipsis was a stupid idea
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petelato
16 years ago
I totally agree about Dark Knight being mediocre, and that was being kind.
And the Departed was awful, what a waste of talent. So we might appreciate the same quality in movies, good to see someone with taste in movies.
I really do love watching a good film, most men enjoy watching sports, I'd rather watch a good film anyday.
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enbilal
16 years ago
petelato, it seems you toned down the rhetoric (to use the presidential campaign terms) in comparison with the original post. So people are not sheep if they liked this movie, after all. I've seen it maybe a ten years ago when I was in high school, so I don't remember it that good. I didn't hate it, but I know I was disappointed with the film ending in the middle of the story. As an adaptation, I prefer the 1992 version.
Now to your favorite films list. It doesn't support your initial arrogance towards the other posters here. I know you've seen Wuthering Heights, but you should see more films older than 1990's. I am impressed that somehow you and the masterpiece that is The Thin Red Line crossed the paths, even though you hated it. I agree on Dark Knight and Departed, though.
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rstanfie
16 years ago
I loved this movie, I saw it before I read the novel... and preferred this more moving and tragic love story to the novel whose second half consisted of a tedious incestuous love triangle, and random behavior from Heathcliff.
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silcock-2
16 years ago
^^^ Saying this movie is better than the novel is one of the most ridiculous utterances i've ever heard in my life. This movie reduced two of the of most dark and emotionally complex characters in literature into nothing more than over sentimental goody two shoes.
The novel isn't a love story, it's a story of revenge of a man who can't let go of his past. Heathcliff's character development is brillaint. He supposed to be like an animal, not wide eyed romeo type, with a bit of dirt on his face. Don't even get me started with all the morality they tried to force down Cathy. She has no conception of right or wrong, that's the point of her.
There has to be the second generation, they are the first generations redemption. Hareton and Cathy Jnr are how Heathcliff and Cathy should have been. It is essentially the first half backwards so the balnce between the Earnshaw/Linton households is stable again.
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