that's right everyone! Jane Eyre comes out today! and as a MAJOR Janiac, I'm thrilled. I've read the book eleventy hundred times and seen many different productions of it. I also read the super awesome Jane Slayre
this was an AWESOME version with all the passion of the original with some kick ass paranormal slaying action. LOVED it!
I plan on going to see this newest version. I hope Michael Fassbender lives up to my high expectations of how Mr. Rochester should be portrayed. I keep picturing him in Inglourious Basterds and that might work against me. I love two productions of the film. they run neck and neck in their awesomeness. the first is the version with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. he was awesome and she was soo beautiful.and Mr Brocklehurst was creepy. he was played by contract bad guy player Henry Daniell. Agnes Morehead (Endora on Bewitched) play Aunt Reed. but Orson Welles' plaintive "Jane" when she is wandering the moors just clenches it for me. man, more people need to wander the moors.
but my all time fave(an I've even mentioned it before) is the A and E version with the uber sexy Ciaran Hinds. basically it's a yum fest. he is a perfect Mr Rochester. and the super cool Samantha Morton is Jane. it's an all around win.
so take advantage of another incarnation of this timeless story of Jane and Mr. Rochester. I know I will and I'll be rereading Jane Eyre. and I'm gonna find my damn copy of JE with Ciaran Hinds.
ooooh, fassbender was also the hot, crazy guy in 300 AND voices a major character in the game Fable 3 :D i like him. he should be awesome in this.
ReplyDeleteAgh! I love Jane too, and have been meaning to read Jane Slayer. Glad to hear it's good, I'll have to give it a go.
ReplyDeleteThough you disappoint me... :) The 1997 Jane Eyre with Ciaran and Samantha?... really?... Sorry, but that's one of my least favorites. All he does is yell, and she come off as stuck up and snobby - which is not the same as confident. But o-well, to each his own. In any case, I am with you in holding high hopes for the new one. Going to see it tomorrow actually, can't wait! :)
My least is the William Hurt version. I truly think if I examine it objectively(ha!)my fave is the Orson Welles Joan Fontaine version. He was a great Mr. Rochester.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm a sucker for Mr. Hinds. :) I hope you like the new version!!