movie: jane eyre

[seperis]

You know, and I say this with deep romantic love, Rochester is a creepy creepster who is creeping creepily. Just. For the record. Oh my God his creeping over Jane. How did I forget how unearthly unsubtle Rochester is? He's not even goddamn trying not to be creepy.

Christ, man, just get a fucking sign that says "I HAVE A CREEPY SECRET WHILE I CREEP OVER YOU, JANE."

"Poor and obscure as you are", how did I completely block out this?

Jane Eyre version with Michael Fassbender, which just makes it weirdly appropriate. It's like, Magneto in the nineteenth century whose mutant power is Creepiness. Creepneto. IDK. And also, not genocidal. I mean, I assume, but I've forgotten a lot of the book, so maybe he leads some kind of--yeah, no idea.

Suffice to say, Creepneto is freaking me out badly.

Oh, strangulation in the church. That's--what the hell.

Wait, I'm about to meet the wife. This is terribly, terribly disturbing.

Comments

[alwayswondered]

I'm laughing at Creepneto, but WTF is with Michael Fassbender? I recently watched Fish Tank for the first (and probably only) time—was it you who was watching that and talking about it recently? Because it's like Magneto on a council estate in Essex WHOSE MUTANT POWER IS CREEPINESS. AGAIN. I'm seeing a pattern emerging, and actual Magneto is looking like the odd one out.

[aivilo_18]

Yeeeah, this is why I haven't watched the Fassbender Jane Eyre. I have a feeling it is going to be deeply problematic for me.

I love the Zeffirelli version because a) Charlotte Gainsborough is a total babe and b) I don't like William Hurt all that much which makes him the perfect Rochester for me because I can happily continue on my merry little way with my giant "Rochester is a creepy d-bag" neon sign and enthusiastic chanting and not even think twice about it.

But Fassbender as Rochester is going to give me issues. Like "I want you to domesticate me and make me make you sandwiches and have your babies and eventually live in your attic when you drive me fucking insane" issues.

[wrenlet]

Try A Bear Named Winnie, it's a bit tear-jerk-y in parts but Fassbender is ridic. adorable with the bear. (Also, in the behind-the-scenes stuff he spent a lot of time feeding the cubs so they'd be all bond-y and such. ADORABLE.)

It's actually a shame he gets cast for creepy so much, he's so good in other roles, too. But he does give excellent creep.

(Also, Fish Tank is an Andrea Arnold film, she is quite good at showing the audience damaged people smashing their damage against each other who will absolutely not explain themselves. Which makes her films hard to watch but I still like them.)

[paintedmaypole]

I was reading Marianne Noble's The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature when I went to this version of Jane Eyre in the movie theater. Which, heh. Kinda added to the creep factor a bit. But yeah, Rochester's kinda a creeper in the book too. I felt like this film did a pretty good job of letting elements from the book stand, rather than trying too hard to soften or smooth them out.

(The other thing I really liked about this version was the way they emphasized Jane's sexual desire. I always feel like the movie versions of Jane Eyre tone that down a bit, focusing more on the caretaking and conversation aspects of the partnership.)

[litotease]

I've never seen a filmed version of Jane Eyre, at first just because I rarely like movie adaptations of books I've loved, and later because I was afraid of how godawful the romance would be without all of the gorgeous language for distraction. (I fell in love with the book when I was--13? 14?--and it took me way longer than it should have to see just how deeply problematic that entire situation is).

Your description, however, makes me want to see this movie desperately! LOL.

[seperis]

Eh, problematic situation is the entirety of history to date. I'm a huge fan of teh gothics, but somehow watching live action text really brings home CREEPER IS CREEPY.

[seperis]

But Fassbender as Rochester is going to give me issues. Like "I want you to domesticate me and make me make you sandwiches and have your babies and eventually live in your attic when you drive me fucking insane" issues.

Hello, my reaction. This.

[seperis]

Fassbender must have a gift.

Now I want him in Wuthering Heights where he can truly come into his own and exercise that pure creepiness for good. Please God.

[seperis]

They do hit the intense sexual attraction very nicely, true.

[elaran]

Rochester is creepy in the book but that tbh, never registers for me because the story is an integral part of my childhood and myself and it's all just a big nostalgia high so I am pretty much incapabe of seeing* the NUMEROUS things wrong with the story and I get irrational about it too :S

This is a good post about why I love Jane Eyre and why it's important to me

*ok I can see them but I don't want to deal with them. If that makes sense. But that just sounds like I am all WOO RACISM AND ABLISM AND SEXISM etc. :S It's... important to me in a way that means I can't handle the other stuff?

[elaran]

Also I think I like the '06 miniseries more. But holy shit Fassbender is gorgeous :O

[petronia]

Odd one out in the sense that Magneto wasn't skulking around a mansion making sexually suggestive comments at teenagers?

('Cos he totally was)

[seperis]

FT the fucking W.

[seperis]

HE MAKES CREEPING HOT.

[petronia]

I watched 300 for the first time a couple of days ago and cannot claimed to be surprised that Fassbender (in his role as Most Disturbingly Energetic Spartan) made a beeline for the one Teenaged Spartan they had with them and engaged banter. Like, really? In between building walls out of dead Persians and shiz? Even King Spartan Gerard Butler was like, dude, your enthusiasm is at eleven, we want you at seven. Maybe eight.

[seperis]

Holy God, Fassbender is in 300? NO WAY.

[petronia]

Oh yeah! I knew he was in it but you see much more of him than you'd expect**. Forget the Persians, those teeth were wigging out the other Greeks.

P.S. I wrote up a review of the 2011 Jane Eyre here, though it is mostly about how when I was 11 I was made to write Jane Eyre fanfic in English class.


** I mean this in several senses DO YOU SEE

[alwayswondered]

OMG I HAD ERASED THAT FROM MY MIND.

Totally unrelated hijack.

[hollyberries]

Miss Taddeo? As in, Villa's Miss Taddeo?

If not, sorry, there's another teacher wandering around with the same name in my high school. It happens.

[domarzione]

Fassbender's thisclose to getting typecast as either That Sexy Creepy Guy or The Magnetic Pervert. (So, basically, Christian Bale with better teeth.) It's like his agent's got standing instructions to sign him up for anything with an inappropriate sexual (or almost-sexual) relationship. With bonus points for stalking/grooming his prey.

He's got two movies debuting at the Venice Film Festival in a few months: A Dangerous Method, wherein he has inappropriate (and kinky) sexual relations with his patient, and then Shame, wherein he has sexual relations with everyone, including up against the window in a room at The Standard (i.e., public sex for all of Manhattan to view). They've posted those stills already...

And, of course, he's giving everyone the stirrups-at-the-GYN view on the one-sheet for Haywire....

[seperis]

I am laughing so hard I can't see through the tears. Holy God, Fassbender.

[alwayswondered]

Imagine him in Lolita when he gets to the right age!

[alwayswondered]

It's my first Andrea Arnold. I didn't really know what to expect, but I was impressed! And I will keep an eye out for Adorable Fassbender. That is something I feel I should see at least once before I die. :D

[seperis]

*has hysterics*

[out_there]

Jane Eyre version with Michael Fassbender, which just makes it weirdly appropriate. It's like, Magneto in the nineteenth century whose mutant power is Creepiness. Creepneto.

BWAH! I have to say, Michael Fassbender is the only reason I'm thinking about seeing it, but if it's super creepy, I might wait for DVD and comfort-of-my-own-home.