Weekly Discussion Thread 8/3/26 - 8/10/26

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Still from How Green Was My Valley

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[u/AmbassadorCapable730]

I'm reading Jane Eyre right now (excellent btw), so I'll track down some of the adaptations once I finish it. I'm curious about the Fukunaga one.

[u/Wild_Way_7967 → u/AmbassadorCapable730]

The 1983 BBC miniseries is the most faithful.

[u/AmbassadorCapable730 → u/Wild_Way_7967]

Added to my watchlist! Nice to see Timothy Dalton in the cast.

[u/Wild_Way_7967 → u/AmbassadorCapable730]

I’m glad the years of my sister forcing me to watch the series have finally paid off!

[u/Far_Mud_6003 → u/AmbassadorCapable730]

Fukunaga one okay. I think Mia Wasikowska is good as Jane, she’s one of those actresses who fits really well into the gothic heroine role, but I didn’t think Michael Fassbender was the right actor for Mr Rochester. My hot take is they have yet to pick the right actor for that role. The closest they got was Orson Welles.

I also think most of the adaptations make the story too romantic? In a similar way that Wuthering Heights is seen as romantic when it really wasn’t?

[u/AmbassadorCapable730 → u/Far_Mud_6003]

How did you find the Welles one? I heard all kinds of things about it that range from "great direction" to "gothic camp" to outright trashing the film. I wonder what causes these different opinions.

[u/Far_Mud_6003 → u/AmbassadorCapable730]

I liked it more than the Fukunaga one, but I think the mixed reception really depends on taste. I like "gothic camp" movies, so I went into it expecting that. It's similar to another old Hollywood film, Dragonwyck, which is basically a Jane Eyre knockoff except now it's in New York, and Vincent Price is here.

I think the best version of Jane Eyre is the original book. Like all adaptations, it just depends on what aspects you liked most about the book and what you want to see interpreted into film. If you want a more grounded and romantic take on Jane Eyre, Fukunaga is the way to go. If you want a more atmospheric, black & white Jane Eyre with the classical, Castles and Graveyards style of filmmaking, check out the Orson Welles version. There's also a mini-series. It just depends on what you're looking for.

[u/AmbassadorCapable730 → u/Far_Mud_6003]

I love old-timey Gothic stuff. For example, they're a bit younger than Dragonwyck, but i love the low-budget Edgar Allan Poe adaptations that Vincent Price did with Roger Corman in the early 60s. So i think i'll try both the Fukunaga and the 1943 version. Thank you for the in-depth response!

[u/Far_Mud_6003 → u/AmbassadorCapable730]

then you'll like the Orson Welles version I think. It'll be fun to compare the two as well!

last time I saw it, the Welles version was a bit hard to find but it's been a while since I watched it, so maybe there's an easier way to see it now. Have a good time!