童話課作業
Dec 10, 2013
Jane Eyre has been adapted into
different versions of movies and television shows. I haven’t seen many of them
except the 2011 version and maybe the first chapter of the book. After seeing
this movie, though, I’m now intending to read the whole thing through, and for
some very strange reason: I find it hard to enjoy the film wholeheartedly, and
can barely call myself a fan of their love story.
According to the story, Mr. Rochester
is supposed to be a brooding, somewhat unattractive man, and Jane Eyre a very
plain-looking girl. I get it that the actor must not be too obviously handsome,
but the problem is…I didn’t find his suffered soul attractive after quite some
time, either.
Perhaps it is because it’s just not
the kind of love I would appreciate. They were two people who both had nowhere
to go, who in this case felt the need to cling unto each other. Jane Eyre is
the girl who’s had a grim past, and the chances for her to get a decent job are
slim. There’s no family or anybody she could care about, before she met Mr.
Rochester, that is. I’m sure Jane Eyre is a woman with strong will, but I don’t
think she is old enough or nearly experienced enough to tell whether this man
is really what she wants. Maybe she just wanted to save him, but it could have
been any other man that came across. (It could also have been a result of the portrayal in
the movie, which is why I’m desperate to find out more details in the novel!) As
for Mr. Rochester, his life was fairly miserable, with nothing good happened to
him but a good fortune. This fact, after reading “Beauty and the Beast,” became
very intriguing to me, because the Beast also had no apparent merits except a
lot of money.
One other complaint is that I really don’t
see the point of hiding the secret about Mr. Rochester’s wife from Jane Eyre.
Surely he must anticipate that once he tries to remarry, the law will forbid
it, and things will get exposed. What was him thinking?
Still, the movie had some extremely
funny moments which made it less dark. For example, the scene where Mr.
Rochester said “Let’s shake hands.” was so quirky it cracked me up. Also how
similar to “Beauty and the Beast” it was for Jane to answer “No, (I don’t find
you attractive) sir.” to Mr. Rochester...
PS. Not really relevant to the
main topic but I personally adore Dr. Rivers.
