In addition to book reviews, we've decided to start reviewing the movies that we watch too! And lets be honest, I don't think that I could ever get through the flowery language of Bronte. Kristie could, but I couldn't.
Point Number Two: I liked it! Actually we both liked it! I do have a question about it however:
Was England really that bad back then?
Dickens, Bronte, Austin, et al, they all seem to basically say that unless you had money, you were pretty much treated like crap! Its like living in Reagan's America in the 80's! ZING!
Anyway, the movie starred and was brilliantly acted by Mia Wasikowska, who also played the daughter of two lesbian parents in The Kids are All Right. The role of Rochester was played by Michael Fassbender. I thought that he came across quite well as a grumpy aristocrat. Rounding off the top roles was Judi Dench as Mrs Fairfax.
Without giving too much away to those who have never read the novel, or seen the BBC series, or watched this movie, or any other version...well, you get the point, there were a lot of adaptations of this novel. It is a rags to riches story (actually, riches to rags to riches) of a girl named (spoiler alert!) Jane Eyre. It follows her from her younger years where she is taken in by her aunt following the death of her parents (no, it isn't Batman). The Aunt, being the child hater you'd expect in any Dickensian/Bronte novel, cast Jane out into an orphanage where she is beaten, deprived of food, scorned and ridiculed; again, very much like the Reagan years. After leaving the orphanage, she takes a position as a governess for Rochester Fairfax, the romantic lead.
Not knowing anything about the story of Jane Eyre, I thought the story was, while depressing, very interesting. And as I said earlier, I thought it was very well acted.
We give Jane Eyre 4/5 stars.
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