Wuthering Heights -- A Concept

One of my favorite classics (and I have many) is the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. It's always fun to see how different people adapt this story to the silver screen.

I saw some of the film with Laurence Olivier

And the one with Timothy Dalton

But they were both lacking one very important thing: The Last half of the story!!! (which is my favorite part) Sure, they're both good, but I just hate it when the films leave out parts of the story!

Then there is, of course, the one with Ralph Fiennes

This one, I felt, was better. It included every part of the book (more or less) and Fiennes portrayed Heathcliff as he is supposed to be: brutal, cruel, sadistic, tortured, yet appealing. The actress who played Cathy wasn't as good as it could have been, but that was okay, because it had the last half of the book with Catherine and Hareton! Not to mention the good music this film had.

But then a newer version came out just this past year:

And I did not like it at all. Oh sure, the acting was very good, but it just wasn't Emily Bronte's story! It was like someone took it and made their own story out of the real thing! The whole thing about Heathcliff and Cathy's love is that it's beyond fleshly love, it's deeper. It's in the soul. It's as constant as nature, and they just brought it low. I just was so disappointed. It could have been better. And they rushed my favorite parts: the relationship of Catherine and Hareton. Major disappointment.

My favorite version by far is the Masterpiece Theater version made in 1998.

Such passionate acting! And who could hate Matthew McFayden's Hareton? Granted, I missed the music this film could have had, but everything else was great! The actor who portrayed Heathcliff brought out the sadistic tortured soul the character has after Cathy dies. And to my surprise and delight Crispin Bonham-Carter (BBC's Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Bingley!!!) was Edgar Linton! He was great!

This is by far my favorite one, with the Ralph Fiennes' one not far behind. The others were just not worthy to adapt to the book.

Now watch this vid I put up! I adapted my own ideas for each character in a new film for Wuthering Heights!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLESSy19fbw

My Cast:

Christian Bale: Heathcliff

Natalie Portman: Cathy

Toby Stephens: Hareton

Kate Winslet: Nelly Dean

Ewan McGregor: Edgar Linton

Rosamund Pike: Isabella Linton

Sophia Myles: Catherine Linton

Karl Urban: Hareton Earnshaw

Listen to the Wind ~ OTMA Series

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All walls have the lyrics from the song "Listen to the Wind" by Hayley Westenra from the soundtrack The New World by James Horner.

The New World Wall and Banner

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Three Things Meme

Was bored, so I decided to take this from Jaime's blog and do my own. ^__^

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Three things that scare me:

1. Out of control fire

2. Intruders

3. Speaking in public

Three people who make me laugh

1. My Dad

2. My brother

3. Bill Cosby

Three things I love

1. Books

2. My brother Nicholas! <3

3. babies ^__^

Three things I hate

1. Rudeness

2. The movie Titanic

3. Abortion

Three things I don't understand

1. Why smoking is so popular

2. Algebra

3. Why some people act dumb when they're really smart

Three things on my desk (well, not mine, but this desk)

1. A Cup

2. photographs

3. a planner

Three things I'm doing

1. writing this

2. listening to Scooby-Doo

3. thinking of things to write

Three things I want to do before I die

1. scuba diving

2. tour Europe

3. stay in New Zealand

Three things I can do

1. Sing tolerably well

2. Read a book in one day

3. write in ancient Runes

Three things to describe my personality

1. forgiving (and forgetful, sorry to say)

2. quiet

3. smart (or so my parents say :/ )

Three things I can't do

1. cart wheels

2. whistle a tune

3. splits

Three things I think you should listen to

1. Michael Crawford! (he was the original Phantom, after all!!!)

2. The soundtrack to the New World

3. Celtic Woman

Three things I don't think you should listen to

1. Gossip

2. Rumors

3. Superstitions

three of my absolute favorite foods

1. Pasta! PASTA! PASTA!!!!!

2. pancakes

3. soup

Three things I'd like to learn

1. Russian

2. Gaelic

3. how to make music videos

Beverages I drink regularly

1. Water

2. Mountain Dew

3. Grape juice

Three shows i watched as a kid

1. Scooby Doo Where are You? (and now my baby brother watches it!)

2. Wishbone! (that is LOVE)

3. The Kratt brothers

THE END :)

Walls: Period Dramas

01. Anna and the King 02. The Nativity Story

03./04. BBC's 2009 Tess of the d'Urbervilles

A Ladyhawke story...

I'm sure some of you know about the old 80s film Ladyhawke. It's probably one of my personal favorites (yeah, and I have, like, enough already! XDD). I just think the whole story is so interesting and original! I got around to thinking, "You know, we really should have another adaptation of the story!" I know that that idea might totally be a bad one, and if someone ever did do a new adaptation, they might botch the entire story, but hey! I can have my little fantasies, right? ;p

So, I got about to deciding who would be the new people for the new Ladyhawke. At first, I had Sophia Myles as Isabeau and Orlando Bloom as Navarre

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As you can see, I was very creative. But then I got to thinking, "Eh, I dunno, Orlando's acting doesn't really impress me...." That's when I watched King Arthur again... And saw Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot!

Now, here is my final wall for my own interpretation of Navarre and Isabeau.

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This is the pairing I'm sticking with. :) I quite like it (and personally like Ioan better than Orlando anyways... XDD)

I can only imagine how a new adaptation could really look.. *sigh* Though I have NO idea who Phillipe could be. *shrugs*

Walls: the OTMAA series

01. Olga Romanov 02. Tatiana Romanov

03. Maria Romanov 04. Anastasia Romanov

05. Alexei Romanov