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Wuthering Heights Heathcliff is a horrible person. I don’t really like/dislike this adaptation, but it’s shown very evidently that he’s ruthless and a cruel person all around. I even forgot to feel sorry for him because his childhood was bad after Mr. Earnshaw died. I find it ridiculous that Bella in the Twilight books would ever draw parallels between her and Cathy and Edward and Heathcliff’s lives.  You know that boy that plays Linton, the son of Isabella Linton and Heathcliff? That’s Jonathan Firth, the brother of Colin Firth! I didn’t know until I looked up the cast, but when he appeared on screen, I was captivated by his contant hair flicking LOL. The hair flicking was really distracting actually, and I didn’t register that he was supposed to be sickly until a lot later, when he said outright that Heathcliff wanted him and Catherine Linton to marry. I’ve actually read Wuthering Heights (I know, what a surprise, I read! but I read it a long time ago, in fall of 2009) and in my opinion, this adaptation is a bit too haphazard. I don’t really remember the details of the story, but I could’ve sworn one of the main-ish characters is Joseph, the servant(?) with the unintelligible dialect. And Lockwood was supposed to have a bigger part…. Well, what I mean is, it all seems very disorganized storytelling to me.  Also, I found the casting really really lazy. I really like Juliette Binoche, but is it really necessary to have her play (deep breath) teenaged Cathy/married Cathy/Catherine Linton? The first two would be okay, but while she doesn’t look particularly old here, she doesn’t look like a teenager either. Couldn’t they have spent a little bit more money to find another actress to play Catherine Linton? I’m just gonna talk about Cathy here, but this goes for Heathcliff, Edgar Linton, and Ellen/Nelly too. No one ever ages in here!  Although this is one of the few works of classic literature I’ve actually read, I still don’t understand why Cathy would love Heathcliff. My mom says it’s because they’re similar, and this is also said many times by Cathy and Heathcliff, but I don’t see it. Cathy isn’t cruel and ruthless and bent on revenge. The only similarity I can see is that they’re both wild and free-spirited. Anyway, the thing I wonder about the most is, if Cathy and Heathcliff did marry, would Heathcliff still be as horrible of a person? Would he still bother to have his revenge on Hindley Earnshaw? And the Lintons whom Cathy spent a few months with? Or would he just leave them be and enjoy his joy? Because he’s already shown his cruel streak when he indirectly killed the baby chicks that hatched….

Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff is a horrible person. I don’t really like/dislike this adaptation, but it’s shown very evidently that he’s ruthless and a cruel person all around. I even forgot to feel sorry for him because his childhood was bad after Mr. Earnshaw died. I find it ridiculous that Bella in the Twilight books would ever draw parallels between her and Cathy and Edward and Heathcliff’s lives. 

You know that boy that plays Linton, the son of Isabella Linton and Heathcliff? That’s Jonathan Firth, the brother of Colin Firth! I didn’t know until I looked up the cast, but when he appeared on screen, I was captivated by his contant hair flicking LOL. The hair flicking was really distracting actually, and I didn’t register that he was supposed to be sickly until a lot later, when he said outright that Heathcliff wanted him and Catherine Linton to marry.

I’ve actually read Wuthering Heights (I know, what a surprise, I read! but I read it a long time ago, in fall of 2009) and in my opinion, this adaptation is a bit too haphazard. I don’t really remember the details of the story, but I could’ve sworn one of the main-ish characters is Joseph, the servant(?) with the unintelligible dialect. And Lockwood was supposed to have a bigger part…. Well, what I mean is, it all seems very disorganized storytelling to me. 

Also, I found the casting really really lazy. I really like Juliette Binoche, but is it really necessary to have her play (deep breath) teenaged Cathy/married Cathy/Catherine Linton? The first two would be okay, but while she doesn’t look particularly old here, she doesn’t look like a teenager either. Couldn’t they have spent a little bit more money to find another actress to play Catherine Linton? I’m just gonna talk about Cathy here, but this goes for Heathcliff, Edgar Linton, and Ellen/Nelly too. No one ever ages in here! 

Although this is one of the few works of classic literature I’ve actually read, I still don’t understand why Cathy would love Heathcliff. My mom says it’s because they’re similar, and this is also said many times by Cathy and Heathcliff, but I don’t see it. Cathy isn’t cruel and ruthless and bent on revenge. The only similarity I can see is that they’re both wild and free-spirited. Anyway, the thing I wonder about the most is, if Cathy and Heathcliff did marry, would Heathcliff still be as horrible of a person? Would he still bother to have his revenge on Hindley Earnshaw? And the Lintons whom Cathy spent a few months with? Or would he just leave them be and enjoy his joy? Because he’s already shown his cruel streak when he indirectly killed the baby chicks that hatched….

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