tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131033013843569736.post1103379120848434855..comments2011-07-21T13:50:50.297-07:00Comments on English 263: Wuthering Heights Part 2: The Movie and The BookLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06529316419243964825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131033013843569736.post-58142184129547427212010-09-24T18:35:09.390-07:002010-09-24T18:35:09.390-07:00I too watched one of the Wuthering Heights movies ...I too watched one of the Wuthering Heights movies but I watched the one made in 1992 called "Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights". Just like the one you saw, Nelly and Lockwood did not narrate this one. In fact, Emily Bronte did. I think this is why the movie was closer to the book. The bigger details stayed the same but some of the smaller ones were changed.Sara Nesbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11154006883598454758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131033013843569736.post-8469982668633787402010-09-24T11:58:01.196-07:002010-09-24T11:58:01.196-07:00Artistic license was definitely used in this movie...Artistic license was definitely used in this movie. Quite a lot of things were changed, the characters, the flow of the movie, the timeline of the movie, even some of the events and relationships were changed. This version of the book seems to focus wholly on Heathcliff’s and Cathy’s relationship. There isn’t nearly the detail and story behind the other characters as we see in the book. And, while their relationship is important (and it is the reason most people remember the book) it isn’t the entire story. They are a part of a whole, and their story continues in the children Young Cathy, Linton, even Hareton after both Cathy and Heathcliff have passed on. We don’t see the love between some of the characters (Isabella’s infatuation with Heathcliff, Linton and young Cathy’s relationship) as we read about it in the book. I feel like quite a bit is missing in this movie though it would be interesting to see other versions.Emily Zettlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04165555311475924986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131033013843569736.post-90845880080232431172010-09-22T20:27:23.998-07:002010-09-22T20:27:23.998-07:00Hi Lindsey,
I have never watched the movie Wuther...Hi Lindsey,<br /><br />I have never watched the movie Wuthering Heights before but your description of it makes it sound like is very different from the book. Colleen mentioned before that the fact that Nelly and Mr. Lockwood are the narrators of the book makes the reader see to the main characters, Heathcliff and Catherine, in a different light than we might have had it been either of them telling the story. It perhaps makes us look at them a little less biased, but we might also be misunderstanding them.<br />I do understand why they had to change things in the movie though. Sometimes it is impossible to portray certain things in a movie that are described in writing. There is no way to get it across. When books are made into movies they have to be understandable to people who may not have read the book, but this sometimes puts people who have read the book at a disadvantage, because they will probably be more critical. They'll know what is left out, they'll know what's changed, and since the book was there first that would make the movie wrong.JenStickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170425050511418135noreply@blogger.com