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petelato — 17 years ago(November 19, 2008 12:13 PM)
I just watched the recent UK version of this story, and I must say, I finally got a feel of the surreal love the story was trying to depict.
There was something hauntingly romantic about it, and hopefully everyone has experienced a relationship that echoes such strong emotions at some point in their life.
Maybe that is why people are so drawn to this, they either have had a relationship that was at least somewhat like this , or maybe they yearn for one.
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brivi77 — 16 years ago(August 12, 2009 01:22 PM)
Has ANYBODY on this board seen this movie when it came out in the 1939's or even grew up with it I read comments & its like you all just watched it recently . I rather watch a classic movie {BLACK & WHITE} than an updated version which I have seen all of them however for me my favorite will always be the 1939 version . regardless if its NOT BASED TRULY on the damn book If I don't feel the emotions of these characters I simply change the channel but with them I don't know something with Heathcliff's arrogances & Cathy's selfishness just drives me crazy making me love this movie to each is own to the movie for me I rather hear somebody who actually lived around the 1930's & saw this movie and not just people who just happen to switch to TMC to watch it. Give me a break. que pantalon!
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rachel70802002 — 16 years ago(August 12, 2009 02:02 PM)
I wish my grandfather was still living bc he saw this in 1939 I am sure since he worked in a theater. I do like this version as well as the new version since I like the acting in it by Tom Hardy who I feel is a very good choice to play a more modern Heathcliff. Olivier did a fine job as Heathcliff of course. I tend to like classics and new versions.
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g_dekok — 16 years ago(September 19, 2009 05:37 PM)
fr petelato:
Finally, after years hearing about the classic Wuthering Heights I got to see this movie. It is ridiculous. What a contrived story. Cathy and Heathcliff were both horrible people who made everyone miserable really. I think people who love this movie must be disillusion and disenchanted<
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TinorialPeredhil — 16 years ago(November 21, 2009 07:11 PM)
If you were told this story in the real world, in the here and now
I
was
told this story here and now. I didn't have the great opportunity of reading it when it was first published. That does not mean that Healthcliff is not a marvelous character - he is dark and disturbed, but frighteningly in control of his senses. You're supposed to hate Cathy - everyone does. But the novel is glorious, interesting, and timeless. No movie could do it justice. I suggest you treat yourself to reading the novel. This post would embarrass you.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Montmartre1 — 16 years ago(January 24, 2010 07:53 AM)
Life is often filled with sadness and tragedy for a great many people. We are not all the same, different things affect us differently.
Often people are their own worst enemy, as both Heathcliff and Cathy were.
Great fiction is filled with conflict. I write and the first thing I was told was i had to have conflicts for my characters. Understanding this and perhaps reading the novel might help many people to appreciate the power of this story.
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TalosIV — 16 years ago(January 31, 2010 03:39 AM)
OP claims to be 42 but all of his/her favorite films are from the 90s. Methinks we have a youngster hereand that's fine. Many younger people just don't click with older films. For many of them, it's like hearing a foreign language for the first time.
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thegreatgazoo-1 — 16 years ago(January 31, 2010 06:30 AM)
I wouldn't say laughable but having just seen WH for the first time yesterday I came away unimpressed.
Several posters here are projecting the brilliance of the book onto the movie which I think is flawed thinking because a great movie should stand on its own. BTW, I haven't nor do I plan on reading the book.
Other posters have mentioned the movie doesn't live up to the book.
I tend to agree with the concept of the movie being rushed with no real development of the characters. I didn't really care at the end if Cathy and Heathcliffe lived or died.
Al this is IMO and you're free to ignore it.
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So, a few days later after some research I learn the movie completely ignores the next generation aspect of the book. That explains the bizarre and rushed ending of the movie. In any event, I still think the movie is lame. -
ath-11 — 14 years ago(March 23, 2012 06:12 PM)
You may be confusing Heathcliff and Cathy from the newspaper comic strips by the same name. It's a common mistake: a fat, lazy housecat who has delusions of being a royal heir, and a ditzy, frantic girl whose boyfriend won't marry her and who makes all around her miserable.
"and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped."
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Greenteeth — 14 years ago(March 23, 2012 06:59 PM)
I read the book long before I saw the movie and I still prefer the book. I thought most of the movie was outstanding. The last third of it was way too melodramatic for my taste. To be fair, it would be hard to make a movie that exactly replicated the book.