thanks, Corwood, for the image of two of my favorite literary characters running around the moors like Paulie and Christopher in "Pine Barrens"
My work here is done.
Damn you, Bridget! Damn you to Hades! You broke my heart in a million pieces! You made me love you, and then you-- I SHAVED MY BEARD FOR YOU, DEVIL WOMAN!
Monty ,'Trash'
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Hayden - Mar 01, 2006 9:15:54 am PST #733 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Strega - Mar 01, 2006 9:28:44 am PST #734 of 10001
That's true, but I don't think the writer of that particular article meant the term in the broader "Romance" sense.
I don't know how you can possibly tell either way. It read to me like the writer (or maybe the editor) was totally unfamiliar with the book, looked it up somewhere, and saw the word "romantic" in the entry.
The comments here didn't seem to be specifically about the article; I thought they were more general. If I've misunderstood the entire conversation, never mind, but... using capitals to distinguish the literature from the emotion only works if everyone shares that convention.
Vonnie K - Mar 01, 2006 9:32:49 am PST #735 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Who is your ideal casting for it? Feel free to roam back in time since you don't think it's been done definitively.
Alan Rickman from about 20 years ago as Rochester. He can do snarly, broody, passionate and idiosyncratic, and he's not conventionally handsome (those terrible teeth!) but is awfully charismatic.
I have a tougher time with casting Jane. Maybe Kelly McDonald? She's got that small frame with a stubborn chin; she's of course far too pretty, but at least not in a showy way.
Dana - Mar 01, 2006 1:31:19 pm PST #736 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There was also a version with Samantha Morton and Ciaran Hinds.
Samantha Morton, right? There's another Samantha I get her confused with.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 01, 2006 1:38:21 pm PST #737 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Mathis?
Sean K - Mar 01, 2006 1:39:32 pm PST #738 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Samantha Morton, right? There's another Samantha I get her confused with.
Possibly you confuse her with Samantha Mathis, who has a similar name, but that Jane Eyre was indeed with Ms. Morton.
Dana - Mar 01, 2006 1:42:19 pm PST #739 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yes, Mathis is the other Samantha. The one who doesn't star in nearly so many interesting movies.
Vonnie K - Mar 01, 2006 1:47:30 pm PST #740 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
There was also a version with Samantha Morton and Ciaran Hinds.
That was not bad, but I felt like it should have been better, you know? I love Samantha Morton and Hinds was so great as Captain Wentworth in Persuasion. They were both very fine in it, but I didn't really feel the chemistry.
I'm very fond of the "young Jane" part of the 40's version with Joan Fontaine and Orson Wells. Peggy Ann Garner played the kid-Jane and she was just terrific (and a very young, but already stunning Elizabeth Taylor played the poor doomed Helen, IIRC.) The first part of the movie was moody and harsh and the young Jane had such a spine, then she grew up into Fontaine and turned into a shy little mouse, like, WTF? Wells is interesting to watch, as always, but it's like he's acting in a totally different movie from the one Fontaine is in.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2006 2:06:27 pm PST #741 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(and a very young, but already stunning Elizabeth Taylor played the poor doomed Helen, IIRC.)
You recall correctly. Poor, doomed, gets-her-hair-whacked-off Helen.
Atropa - Mar 01, 2006 3:11:34 pm PST #742 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It's like "you might be a redneck", only in scarlet and midnight black!!
I need to build a little shrine for this sentence.
(Oh, and for the record: I couldn't stand Wuthering Heights.)