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MTV's Wuthering Heights

MTV's Wuthering Heights

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: just plain bad
Review: MTV turned this story into nothing more than your average teeny bopper drama, which is probably fine if you are a teeny bopper. Otherwise, get the REAL movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A truely great movie
Review: My daughter saw the movie on mtv the first time with us and enjoyed it. It's great seeing how an original piece of writing can be adapted into modern day life. My daughter is going crazy to receive the dvd as soon as it comes out because she thinks the movie is one which she and her friends can relate to. It's a great movie and the actors/ actresses are wonderful. The movie is made in a way that you will watch it from the begining until the end and not change the channel or movie. I belive this is a movie which everyone will enjoy: some remembering seeing the movie(s) and reading the book in highschool and others who have never heard of the book yet watch it and want to know what happens eventually. It's like pringles: when you start you get into it so much that you can't put it down.. you just want to watch it more and more.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not the best rendition of a book but...
Review: Ok, so it was probably one of the worst renditions of a book I've ever seen; it was inept in capturing the plot of the book, and in developing its characters. It was a pretty bad movie, but, on the flipside, the acting wasn't bad at all...the young woman who played Catherine was not a good actress by any means, but her co-stars--the father, Mike Vogel, and Christopher Masterson--did their parts well.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: If I Could Give No Stars, I Would
Review: Run, don't walk, as far away from any TV set showing this movie. I watched it the first time it was broadcast because I am a sucker for Jim Steinman's over-the-top music (he's the guy behind Meatloaf's and Bonnie Tyler's biggest hits). Steinman's bombastic, operatic rock-n-roll seemd like a perfect match to the epic love (and hate) story that is "Wuthering Heights." Unfortunately, the four Steinman songs (two recycled--as per usual; and two seemingly new--at least to me) were stripped down of the over production that makes Steinman the glory he is. I've never heard his work sound so anemic!

The performances were tooth-achingly bad (the leads had absolutely no chemistry, which made it hard to buy the whole obsessive/destructive love thing) with direction and editing to match. The story was choppy at best (I had trouble following the timeline as to when things were happening), bewildering mostly. If ever there was a movie that was pretentious while being completely vacuous, here it is. I kept questioning my skills at self-preservation as the movie dragged on, but as a dedicated Jim Steinman fan, I sat it out as I taped it for a fellow JS fan. After the movie was over, I called my friend and told him that because I valued his friendship, I could not in good conscience send him the tape. Our friendship is safe and the tape has been wiped, saving any who might have accidentally popped it into a machine.

Save your money and your mental health--avoid this DVD and, should MTV run the movie again, turn off the TV!

(c)2003 Joe Edkin

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: My reveiw
Review: This is a great movie but it is also sad. Your opinion on this movie could go either way so you might want to rent it before you buy it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: good movie
Review: This is a haunting tell of the trials and tests of love. If you are in the mood to be inspired...get this film. It will take your breathe away!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wuthering Heights
Review: This is a haunting tell of the trials and tests of love. If you are in the mood to be inspired...get this film. It will take your breathe away!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wuthering Heights
Review: This is one of the best versions of an old movie ever made. The music really adds to the whole picture and it creates a much better setting to watch it. I read the book a few years back in high school and had to watch the old version. I wish I could have seen this version then!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Why ?
Review: This is possibly...one of the worst movies that I have ever seen. Even if this was not a remake of Emily Bronte's classic story, my opinion whould remain the same. All that this movie consists of is attractive actors/actresses attempting to apear "deep". About the only thing they accomplished is realistic crying (that's what the star is for). I saw this movie on MTV, and during an interview with the cast, the three main actor's said that they had never even read the book! Also, some hot and sweaty beach in Puerto Rico (or wherever) can not take the place of the English moors. Please, unless you simply enjoy the mindlesss distruction of a beautiful book, don't buy this movie. Read the book, or watch the Lawrence Olivier version instead. (Of corse, I was not expecting much from MTV, and I was not at all expecting even a decent adaptation of the book. However as a movie, I would still give this 0-1 stars, based upon shallow acting by Mike Vogel and Erica Christiensen, and a script that is wanting in many areas.)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: good movie
Review: Well this movie didn't follow the book at all, but it was enjoyable. The actors and actresses are good, and I like how they incorperated music into the story. If you are looking for a modern young love movie, than than this is for you. If you are looking for an exact replica of the book, than stay away from this. Over all it was enjoyable, and beautifully done.


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