Cinemascope Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 Probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Without all the background strings and other music, it might have been a more powerful film! I hadn't seen it in so long that I had forgotten about all that! Sometimes the music nearly covered what they were saying! But it was good to see again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otterhere Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 That Cathy was a real *female dog* to poor Heathcliffe, wasn't she??? Jeez!!! But I guess that's true love; you take it and take it... As a victim myself of star-crossing, I adore all these "doomed romance" films (GWTW, etc.), but nothing -- not even this -- holds a candle to "Brokeback"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 > I've seen the movie twice now and never thought to > read the book. the movie was so mawkish and whiney, > nothing in it moved me to read the book. Toward the > end, I kept talking to the TV saying "die already > so we can get to the hour and watch something > else." It was almost as bad as "Love means > never having to say you're sorry". I'll say the same thing I once said about another 1939 movie, Dark Victory, in another forum: This movie screams "chick flick", and won't shut the hell up! > Maybe I'll read the book and hope for a better > ending. Wait for the musical version, when Cathy survives, and Heathcliff, Cathy, Edgar, and Isabella get up at the end and do a Busby Berkely dance number. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otterhere Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 The book is definitely better although, as I recall, we had to construct a "family tree" while studying it in school to keep all the characters and their relationships straight. The book is GENERALLY better... At least to those of us who read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinemascope Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I enjoyed the book, too. But as far as adaptations go, I'd go with this one over any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julisbs Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I must admit that until I watched it last year, I never really got into this film. But after seeing and becoming smittem with TCM's fabulous promo for it, I decided to watch the actual film again. I guess for some of us, you just have to be in the right frame of mind to feel its impact. "To love is to endure!" I wish it'd be released on DVD along with the promo piece produced by TCM. Juli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinemascope Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 Glad you mentioned the promo -- I enjoyed that too, and it really made me look forward more to the actual showing of the movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 When I first saw the movie a few years ago, I just loved it! But watching it last night I didn't have the same feeling. I still liked it. Just for fun.....imagine Jennifer Jones playing Cathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinemascope Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I think I might like Merle a bit better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Thank you all for not teasing me about my triple post a few days ago. From all indications, it didn't go through. So I kept trying. Didn't realize it actually did register, only I didn't see it. Or something like that. Next time I'll take a deep breath and wait. A pleasure corresponding with you all. (You do see this. Right?) Red River Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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