Thursday 22 September 2011

Jane Eyre

Ahhhh my heart has been sad with the lack of film watching (especially at the cinema), but what with cinema tickets in Lincoln cost over 9 pounds (I KNOW), that mixed with the fact that I was getting married and moving house, well, it just wasn't happening.

   However, today i offically broke the cinema fast, by watching the classic remake Jane Eyre, starring the very lovely Michael Fassebender and the actually very talented Mia Wasikowska. The mood is set perfectly, the settings and countryside; beautiful, and the actors are all very well suited (even, the sometimes questionable Jamie Bell). I was a little dubious at first about Jane and Rochester's relationship, what with her looking barely 18, and he all rugged and old (er), however, they both managed to do it really well. Wasikowska was actually perfect as Jane, looking especially plain but not acting it at all. I also have to commend her english accent with aspects of quite a decent northern one. For an aussie that can't be easy, but it is actually very good.

   Fassbender seemed to warm into his role a bit more, suiting the flirty lingering moods, rather than the harsh abrupt ones. It was in these moments that the films stars truly tingled. I did feel like there wasn't enough of these moments, before leading to a quite anti-climactic finish. I feel (and this means a lot coming from me) that the reunion could have been more gushing, and die hard romantic, but, oh well.

Overall, this film is both stunning and disturbing at the same time (another pg film that i jumped at), the acting(especially Wasikowska) is very good, and it's about time we had another classic remake on the big screen. All I would ask for, is a bit more of Rochester, and his relationship with Jane, most especially at the end. Maybe next time eh?
3 and a half / 5

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