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.

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[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.

[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.)

[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]

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.

[alwayswondered]

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

[seperis]

*has hysterics*

[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.

[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

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.

Re: Totally unrelated hijack.

[petronia]

YES, VILLA'S MISS TADDEO. Ahaha omg. Is she still teaching?

Re: Totally unrelated hijack.

[hollyberries]

:D

I graduated a few years ago, but yeah, she's still teaching - at a reduced load. I had her for religion, not English, though. Sounds like I missed out. :P

(Have you been back to see the renovated bits? Everything's so shiny now.)

Re: Totally unrelated hijack.

[petronia]

I was last on the grounds a couple of years ago, so I saw the stuff that was done up til then. I've never been back for a reunion or anything like that, though.

[alwayswondered]

OMG I HAD ERASED THAT FROM MY MIND.