Jane Eyre Adaptation set for 2011
I don't know if anyone's heard much about this yet (It's only in its very early stages of production according to imdb.com, so it's okay), but a new adaptation of Jane Eyre is going to be made this year. The Director will be Cary Fukunaga, the director of "Sin Nombre", which I hear is excellent. Something you also may have seen of his are the Levi's commercials with the Walt Whitman recitations. Personally, I think those are probably the best commercials I've seen in a while.
While I might not agree entirely with the casting, I think both of the primary actors are very good at their craft. Michael Fassbender will be playing Rochester. (You may have seen him as Lt. Archie Hicox in "Inglourious Basterds") And Mia Wasikowska will play Jane. (She will be playing Alice in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland". A better representation of how she may appear as Jane Eyre may be her performance in "Defiance")
They're both too attractive for the roles, but Michael Fassbender is a wonderful actor, and I think he will be able to hold the role of Rochester significantly better than Toby Stephens. Stephens seemed too weak an actor and played the character too week for it to seem an accurate portrayal. I am actuallly very excited about this adaptation. In general, the level of skill of the filmmakers and actors seems above what it has been for past versions. Never, much to my dismay, will there be a perfect film version of Jane Eyre. It is sad, but the book is too (wonderfully) complex and intraverted for it to be successfully translated to the screen.
Anyway, I guess the point of this was that I wanted to ask all of you what you think of this recent development, and what you hope to see in the movie?
Jane Eyre: different adaptions, different opinions!
[QUOTE=Lumiere;836601]Funny thing is, plain characters are fine on the page (and usually easier to relate to), but I'd rather watch an attractive actor any day of the week, even if it's not an accurate depiction of the character they portray. This is human nature, I suppose. I wish it wasn't so, but that's the ugly reality of it (pun unintentional and not particularly funny, but accepted), for me anyway.
Back to the original post: I did see that Levi's commercial and remember being struck with a sudden desperation to own a pair of Levi's. The add was remarkable. I'm eager to see more of his work based on that commercial alone.[/QUOTE
I can confess that I really adore the 2006 BBC adaption of 'Jane Eyre'! It was the most romantic I've ever seen! And Toby did a great job (I cannot say the same thing when he kisses for the first time Jane, after the proposal).
Back in time, the 1997 was pretty good! I liked Rochester's plea to Jane to stay with him, after the wedding, where he brings her to the chestnut tree and so on. I really despise the part where Jane kisses Rochester like a damn virgin!
The 1996 version was a very good, and I don't say that because of the actors, but the adaption itself: a very good script and location! I liked it 80°% I really didn't like the differences between the ages: I know some will say the ages were exactely the same as the book says (Rochester was 20 years old her master), but here, William Hurt looks like 60, not 40 :confused:
The 1983 version was perfect: Timothy Dalton rocks! I liked it very, very much. It was complete, romantic, no missed mouth kissing, no fake scenes! I didn't like the height between them =)) she was 2 heads smaller than him!!!
And, finally, the last 2 70' adaptions, which were awful!