No one expected this movie to be good, at all. Were people right, it's kind of a mixed bag in my humble opinion. Starring Barbie and the recently Oscar-nominated Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights is based on the Emily Brontë novel of the same name and centers on the "complicated" and "tragic" love life of Catherine and Heathcliff.
This movie was weird on so many levels. It's not as terrible as most people believed it would be, but it definitely had more issues than highlights. One of the biggest issues being the overuse of BDSM. I've never read the original book, so I might not be the right person to be judging this. But it is to my understanding that BDSM wasn't even in the original book. Hell, even if Bronte wanted to go down that road, she most likely couldn't given the century she was living in. So I'm not really sure what was even the point of including it in this film in the first place aside from profiting off the attractive leads. The film was severely over-sexualized for no reason at all.
Was Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship THIS problematic in the original story? Because if it is, then this is the worst relationship EVER! I'm also aware that the film is not super faithful to the book as well and this is part of the reason why I'm asking. From my perspective, I thought both of these 2 had a habit of making their own lives difficult for the sake of one-upping the other. Cathy in particular likes playing the victim a lot, and those type characters always piss me off. The sad part about Heathcliff is that I actually liked him at the start of the movie, then he got rich and became a total douchebag. I'm not gonna lie, their relationship did have some romantic moments, Elordi and Robbie did have very good chemistry. But overall most of their relationship was just sex, one-upping each other, and toxic decisions. It was very Euphoria-ish (I'm Looking At You Jacob Elordi!😡).
And they weren't the only characters that rubbed me the wrong way. I have very mixed feelings about Nelly. Sometimes she had a point, but other times I found her to be petty and her intentions are very unclear. No one likes Cathy's dad, Edgar was meh, and Isabella.........pray for her.
Not everything about the movie was a problem. The production design and costuming were amazing and I actually liked Charli XCX's work in the film. One the songs she does for this movie I actually really like.
Regardless, this is a very good example of style over substance. This film did not give off the vibes it was aiming for. The fact that I heard a group of people in my theatre laughing after this movie ended says a lot. Not a thumbs down, but not a thumbs up either. Thanks For Reading.
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