Eve I think exactly the same, this is the best film version of Jane Eyre, absolutely beautiful, I was in love with the characters, scenary and story from the very first time I watched it back then, and until this day is one of the most adorable, charming and romantic movies I've ever seen.
This movie was what introduced me to the book. I thought at first it was a horror story. Anna Paquin is excellent as the young Jane, and the contrast with the subdued & restrained 18 year old Jane as played by Charlotte is striking. Don't know if it's really supposed to be like that. Mia Wasikowska's Jane feels even more subdued. I wonder if Ruth's 2006 version is a more correct representation. And after having seen other versions, I think the most apt version or portrayal of Mr. Rochester is probably Toby in 2006 BBC production-the energy, athleticism as described in the book and his informality towards Jane was represented really well.
In the book, after the first wedding is called off, Rochester tells Jane that she intrigued him almost from the first moment that they met when she helped him after the accident with his horse -- and that as he became better acquainted with her, he also became more attached to her. I think this incident definitely cemented Rochester's attraction to her -- because the very next morning, he left Thornfield to pay a visit to Ingram Park which suggests that he was already determined to find out if Jane returned his feelings and speculating on the possibility that making her jealous might prompt her to acknowledge it.
i really thought this version was more like what i saw in my head when i read it. probably because i read it after i saw the movie. but liked the offish way jane and mr r acted. its not true to the book like others, but i like it.
I definitely like Charlotte’s version here, she always striked me as Jane embodied, I also seen the one with Michael and Mia in 2011, I found Mia less to my liking while Michael was good as Hurt in this version.
I agree. Hurt wasn't able to capture an important part of Rochester's character, which is his decidedly mercurial temperament. Rochester definitely has a tendency to brood -- and he certainly has a legitimate reason for being that way -- but he is by nature an emotional and passionate man and his frustrations over being saddled with a psychotic wife, even when she's right there at Thornfield, can't overcome that side of him completely. In my opinion, Ciaran Hinds unfortunately overplayed Rochester while William Hurt underplayed him. By far, the two best Rochesters in my book are Timothy Dalton and Toby Stephens.
I think it depends on what meaning one put into the words "quiet" and "shy". Jane might have been quiet and shy up to some point in time, but I come to think of a passage in Ch XVI where Jane tells us, the Readers: "I knew the pleasure of vexing and soothing him by turns; it was one I chiefly delighted in, and a sure instinct always prevented me from going too far; beyond the verge of provocation I never ventured; on the extreme brink I liked well to try my skill."
It's hard to say exactly why - it's just something I've always felt. Maybe because Charlotte actually looks closer to 18 than Zelah (who was really 29 when the 1983 version was made). Now, since I made that comment several months ago about preferring C. to Z., Z. has really grown on me since I've watched the 1983 version countless times. I do like her alot. Anyway, I can hardly stand to watch this version anymore after seeing the 1983 one, so I guess it doesn't matter if I like C. better. ; )
MARGARETREG. ZELAH CLARKE EN 1983 NO TENÍA 29 AÑOS, (TENÍA 26) PORQUE LA QUE ESCRIBE EN 1983 TENÍA LA MÍSMA EDAD QUE , ZELAH CLARKE 26 AÑOS ,SOMOS DE LA MISMA EDAD Y LA MÍSMA ESTATURA CLARO, ELLA ES MUY LINDA, PARA MÍ ES LA MÁS LINDA BONITA PRECIOSA, DE TODAS LAS DEMÁS "JANE EYRE." Y QUE VOY A DECIR DE TIMOTHY DALTON ES ADORABLE UN MAGNIFICO ACTOR, DE ESO NO HAY DUDA DE NINGUNA CLASE Y POR ENDE ES UN HOMBRE GUAPÍSIMO IRRESISTIBLE DONDE LOS HAYA . OTRA COSA NINGUNA PERO NINGUNA DE LAS DEMÁS ACTRICES, QUE HICIERON DE "JANE EYRE" TENÍAN 18 AÑOS. PORQUE NO ME DIRÁN ¿QUE SUSANA YORK? ¿TENÍA 18 AÑOS ? Y EN LIBRO CHARLOTTE BRONTE. EXPLICA COMO ES "JANE EYRE" MUCHO MÁS BAJA DE ESTATURA QUE "EL SEÑOR ROCHESTER". Y HAY ALGUNA ACTRIZ QUE HIZO DE "JANE EYREY" INSUFRIBLE DE PENA. VI VARIAS VERSIONES Y YO ME QUEDO CON TIMOTHY DALTON Y ZELAH CLARKE. ELLA COMO "JANE EYRE" Y EL COMO" EL SEÑOR ROCHESTER" PARA MÍ NO LOS HAY MEJORES PERO CON INMENSA DIFERENCIA HA TODOS LOS DEMÁS. ES UNA OPINIÓN MUY PERSONAL MÍA. NO QUIERO QUE LOS DEMÁS QUE TENGAN OTRA "JANE EYRE" FAVORITA SE ENFADEN CONMIGO. GRACIAS. MARI CARMEN.
i like this version's jane, not terribly crazy about this rochester but it's more important to me given a choice, to have a better jane than a better rochester. if they ever come out with a great jane and a great rochester, let me know. if we can cut and paste our favourite jane and favourite rochester, etc, we can make our own youtube "jane eyre". oh, and i like this version's music -- more grand and epic. here's my ultimate preference: charlotte gainsbourg - jane. orson welles - rochester
after seeing Dalton and Clarke, this typical superficial and only optical Zeffirelli (amd as opera Profi I know him since decades) isnt to suffer. Firstly after the 1983 Version, whose word by word and adaption in all casting has fidelity to the original book with an acting and subtilst emotional firework, I understood that Rochester is a complexe main character, and thats a love story, a story about a double character development and no ghost story o blank story of a governess. Like 2006 and 2011 here the characters are the same like on beginning. And all important scenes and dialoges are not rattled off like in the newer ones, or pathetical like 1997 or passed over like here. Rochester and Jane in the book were not such lethagical depressive. And both had at least some impulsivity and charisma. But this Version I saw in TV several times I forget after few hours. And I could not remember it review it now after some days, whereas at least 1983 and little bit 2011 don t let me go since months. And let me reread the novel several times, fantasy about other story solutions.
So true, 1983 is definitely the most wonderful version till date. But I like the actress here playing Jane, Charlotte Gainsborough, she looks the part. Zelah Clarke was bit older than Jane 's actual age.
@@cellowali2865 Gainsbourgh was also 26 and fornme looks older than Clarke. Clarke f. e. after the Mason scene looks like a child of 16. And Gainsbourgh for me is too sad and to handsome 😂. But thats taste.
I'm not all that impressed with this adaptation of "Jane Eyre" but I do rather like the way in which Hurt's Rochester softly repeats the word "cold" in this scene as if he doesn't really believe her. After all, this is not just the scene in which Rochester's curiosity about Jane begins to turn into attachment...it's also the scene in which Jane begins to become aware of Rochester not just as her employer but as a man. As an older and more experienced man, Rochester would be aware that women don't always tremble when they're cold or afraid...they sometimes also tremble when they're near someone they find attractive. When Casanova was looking for a new conquest, he reportedly kept his eye out for women whose hands shook when they were around him and who had difficulty meeting his eyes...because he knew that those women were the ones most affected by him.
@@sarahbrightmore3749 she is saying that her favourite version is the 1983 bbc miniseries with Timothy Dalton. He is the perfect Rochester, but she likes this version too 😊.
@@sarahbrightmore3749 same here, Sir Timothy Dalton has immortalized Edward Rochester. Some people are born to play specific roles. He even looked like king Philip II of France in lion in winter movie, i liked his acting in Mary Queen of Scots as well. 😄 Charlotte Gainsborough really resembles with my mental image of Jane. I liked this fire scene as well, even though it's different from the novel. But It's kind of sweet, the way he pressed handkerchief on her hand, aww!!
@@cellowali2865 Yes I always thought she looks the most right for Jane (her and Mia) and I do LOVE this part when he gives his handkerchief, it's more intimate slightly then just the taking of her hands in his. And when they are staring into each others eyes after their exchange of words, Charlotte profile is very striking, there is that youth and innocence there.
Laughter was coming from bertha when ever she was in his bed he said sound malice she hated him to extent her soul depart lived in attic stoop down holding it's head
people dont get me wrong charlotte is pretty good as jane but she doesnt have that spark that ruth wilson does... which is what jane has also neways ruth and tiby are better coupled then charlotte and william they look like their in love (even if they sometimes kiss weird)
Oh, he is just awful, awful, awful!!! What casting person actually thought he would make even a half-way believable Rochester?? I like this Jane alot, though. Too bad she wasn't around yet to be Jane in the Timothy Dalton verson...they would have been perfect together. Timothy Dalton IS Rochester to me. If those two had been Jane & Mr. R., we would have the perfect, definitive Jane Eyre, IMO.