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00:00The first screening I saw this of, when he was like, would you like me to show you, or whatever,
00:04that was a terrible version of his accent, but whatever, he says, would you like me to show you, two
00:07of the women in the audience were like, yes, it was good, it was good.
00:11Alright, Wuthering Heights is a completely baffling movie to me, it's not a movie I hate, I want to say
00:16that from the jump, but it's a movie I'm really struggling to wrap my head around.
00:20First I saw it, I gave it a 5 out of 10, I was like, what the hell is going
00:24on, what is this, how can a movie be so simultaneously gorgeous and beautiful and moving, but also totally baffling
00:31and perplexing and simultaneously deep, yet paper thin.
00:34I then saw it again the next day with my expectations adjusted, and I did appreciate it a lot more,
00:39but again, it's a total anomaly, it's a very strange movie.
00:43First off, if you're going into this movie expecting a good adaptation of Wuthering Heights, like a good adaptation, it's
00:50not that at all.
00:51This is a terrible adaptation of Wuthering Heights, it's not even trying to be an adaptation of Wuthering Heights, in
00:56my opinion.
00:57The Heathcliff casting, I mean, has had some comments around if that should be a person of colour, and, you
01:01know, casting Jacob in it, what do you kind of think about that commentary?
01:03I think the thing is, is everyone who loves this book has such a personal connection to it,
01:07and so you can only ever kind of make the movie that you sort of imagined yourself.
01:13I don't know, I think I was sort of focusing on kind of sadomasochistic elements of it.
01:17And the funny thing is, right, Emerald Fennell has gone on about how, you know, the title is in inverted
01:22commas,
01:23it's her version of Wuthering Heights, and how she remembers Wuthering Heights after reading it when she was 14,
01:28and what she took from the story, which implies a sense of, like, romanticising some parts and ignoring other parts,
01:34which is essentially what she's done by making this adaptation, which is probably a skin-crawling concept to some of
01:40the book loyalists out there,
01:41and I totally understand, but if you can leave that at the door, you are still treated with kind of
01:47a mess of a movie, you know?
01:48Like, I went into this movie going, okay, they've abandoned Heathcliff and Kathy's brother, he's not in this movie,
01:54they've changed all this stuff, they've ignored the fact that Heathcliff was a person of colour,
01:58they've completely rearranged this movie, they've gutted the story of Wuthering Heights, essentially.
02:03So, I went into this movie just going, as long as this is a good Emerald Fennell movie, you know,
02:08I actually really am a big fan of Promising Young Woman and Saltburn, I really like those films,
02:14I think they're fascinating and fun and pulpy and well-crafted, so I was like, you know what,
02:19maybe this isn't going to be a good adaptation of Wuthering Heights, but maybe this will be a pretty solid
02:24Emerald Fennell movie.
02:26And as it stands, this is comfortably her weakest film, it has a lot of problems,
02:30despite some genuine moments of awe and beauty found throughout.
02:34I am not going to say that this movie is not worth your time.
02:37If you've been seeing the trailers and it kind of interests you, I mean, it'll probably deliver on that, to
02:43be honest.
02:43The movie is a longer version of the trailers, all right?
02:47Like, multiple sequences are style over substance and just very interpretive and very sort of like,
02:53oh, okay, we're doing that, you need to take big jumps and big swings with this script.
02:58And it's a really strange film, because simultaneously it's forcing you to forget anything you knew from the book,
03:03but at the same time, there's so many holes in the script where you're like,
03:07wait, I wish I knew more about this character and that character, and why is that character doing that?
03:11Where you need to fill in these gaps with knowledge you have from the book.
03:14So it's this movie where it's simultaneously abandoning the book, but also relying on the book.
03:19And similarly, Emerald Fennell is abandoning the book in this adaptation a fair chunk.
03:24It's only adapting the first, like, 30-40% of the book.
03:27But at the same time, she's obviously trying to get bums in seats by calling it Wuthering Heights.
03:32What I would have thought was a good idea is just calling this movie Kathy and Heathcliff.
03:36You know, it implies a sense of, like, we're just focusing on this part of the story,
03:40and we're doing something different, you know?
03:42Now, I will say there are plenty of movies that are strange and not loyal adaptations of books.
03:48One Bell after another is borderline nothing like Vineland, right?
03:52It's very different.
03:53So much has changed, but still a fantastic movie.
03:55And going into this movie, I just wanted a really sweeping, wonderful film.
04:00And I will say, whenever Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff is on screen,
04:04if you can get over the obtuseness of casting a white man in that role,
04:08if you can get past that, he is fantastic.
04:10He is magnetic.
04:11He is elevating a script that grossly underserves his character.
04:15Heathcliff is one of the great characters of fiction.
04:19And here, despite missing a lot of his motivation,
04:22I spent a lot of this movie wishing I got more time with younger Heathcliff,
04:25wishing I got to see what abuse he suffered at the hands of his father,
04:29what turned him into such a cruel and callous man at times that we get towards the end of this
04:33film.
04:34But in saying that, Jacob Elordi is such a wonderful actor and brings so much screen presence
04:39and so many wonderful facial expressions and simultaneous expressions of joy and pain and hurt
04:45when he's reveling in other people's suffering that I found,
04:48despite some holes in the script, he was really elevating the material.
04:51Where I think the material is not elevated, unfortunately, is Margot Robbie's performance.
04:56Now, I just want to say, I think Margot Robbie is a wonderful actress.
05:00I think she's incredible in Wolf of Wall Street.
05:01She's wonderful in I, Tonya.
05:03She was even a really good version of Harley Quinn,
05:05but lately, between this and Big Bold Beautiful Journey,
05:08I don't know what she's doing.
05:10I thought she was absolutely baffling in this movie.
05:12There's moments where she's playing a younger version of Kathy when she's about 18 or 19.
05:16Now, I don't know if they're actually sticking to the timeline or the age,
05:20but when she's playing the younger version of Kathy, I thought she was god-awful.
05:23Wife? What wife?
05:24The landlord's daughter.
05:25She's quite the plainest girl I ever laid eyes on, and dull too.
05:29Shockingly dull.
05:30Occasionally, she starts portraying a sense of mania
05:32that I actually really appreciated.
05:34But aside from that, I was sort of sitting there like,
05:36this is baffling casting,
05:38and Jacob Elordi, frankly, is running circles around her.
05:41I think he's absolutely magnetic,
05:43and when he is asked to play dangerous and scary and cruel,
05:47he meets it with such intensity that I was really, really drawn to it.
05:51But yeah, Margot Robbie, I'm just not sure about it.
05:53I cannot sit here all day talking nonsense with you.
05:55After all, the Lintons may call on me at any moment.
05:58I also think this movie kind of pulls its punches, weirdly enough.
06:01I think Salt Burn was such an explosive movie,
06:03and a movie that was actually playing with some pretty juicy material
06:07in terms of its sensuality and its violence and the blurring of those two things.
06:11This film, Wuthering Heights, opens with a shot of someone being hung,
06:15someone being executed while gaining an erection, right?
06:18And I found that a really interesting, like,
06:19okay, we're going to talk about the line between love and death
06:23and love and pain and torture and anguish and eroticism,
06:26and I find occasionally this movie really gets to something like that,
06:30but very few and far between.
06:32This movie is rated M in Australia here,
06:35which is Australia's version of America's PG-13.
06:37I think this movie really would have benefited from an MA rating here,
06:41which is America's version of R.
06:42If it's rated R in America,
06:43I think they could have gone a lot harder and a lot further
06:45in engaging in the sexuality, the sensuality,
06:48and also the cruelty and the violence.
06:50There were some moments that moved the needle,
06:52but there were also some moments that felt quite pedestrian.
06:55You know, someone's molding dough with some sexual undertones
06:58the way Donut Daddy would,
06:59which I found particularly pedestrian.
07:01In saying that, though,
07:02there is a beautifully orchestrated, wonderful,
07:05like, sex montage in the middle of this
07:07that I did find was really beautifully shot,
07:09but at the same time, I was seeing there being like,
07:11yeah, Bridgerton season one did this
07:13and went further with it and steamier with it.
07:16I was kind of expecting a bit more smut,
07:18frankly, given the marketing leading up to this movie,
07:21you know, really being around fingers in mouths
07:23and fingers in eggs and all this stuff,
07:25I was like really excited.
07:26And then watch it, I was like,
07:27okay, like, you know, okay.
07:29There's a scene where Heathcliff sucks on Cathy's fingers,
07:31which I thought kind of moved the needle,
07:33but for the most part,
07:34this movie is surprisingly tame
07:36given Emerald Fennell's previous filmography
07:39and also just the way the marketing was hyped it up.
07:41The seats in the theater might be a little damp,
07:43but I don't think they're going to be fully soaked.
07:45Ultimately, my struggle with this movie
07:46is there are so many sequences
07:48that I was actually pretty emotionally struck by.
07:50I was in awe of.
07:51There's a moment where Heathcliff is riding on a horse
07:54to get to Cathy that I found really striking
07:56and moving just in how well it was filmed
07:59and also just like how powerful of a performance
08:01Jacob Elordi was given.
08:02But kind of the more you think about the movie,
08:04the more you're like,
08:05oh, I wish that motivation was built up a bit more.
08:07I wish we got more time with Heathcliff.
08:10And I wish we got more time really exploring
08:12what made Heathcliff and Cathy,
08:14you know, so keen on relishing in anger and anguish
08:18and like this mean sense of humor they share between them.
08:21And frankly, you have to keep reminding yourself
08:23throughout the movie
08:24that there are actually siblings growing up,
08:26you know, and I wish this movie examined this a little more.
08:29One of my favorite movies of last year was Twinless.
08:31And Twinless explores the idea
08:33that if you grow up with a twin,
08:34that is a level of closeness,
08:36a bond you share with one another
08:37that literally no one else on the planet can understand.
08:40And I actually wish this movie lent into a bit more of like,
08:43what are you doing, Stepbro?
08:44I know that sounds like really horny of me,
08:46but kind of my point is,
08:47there's a really interesting angle
08:49if you're actually going to make this
08:50a romantic take on Wuthering Heights,
08:53you know, to really explore the level of closeness
08:55you would have with a romantic partner
08:57if you were literally raised under the same household.
09:00The taboo nature of that,
09:01the way society would shun you for that.
09:03I actually think if you're going to make a romance about that,
09:06you really could have explored the way that
09:07even if they want to be together,
09:09society would have shamed them and shunned them for this.
09:11Or alternatively, just really lean into the uncomfortable intimacy
09:15they had with one another as they were growing up.
09:17It kind of like skips this whole really interesting,
09:20juicy backstory that I think could have been there.
09:22Not only to deliver on some weird taboo smut,
09:25but also to give us more depth and insight into the characters.
09:28There is this wonderful match cut
09:30in the final moments of the movie,
09:31which I won't spoil.
09:32We'll have a spoiler section later
09:34and I'll get into what it is.
09:35But towards the end of the movie,
09:37there's this wonderful match cut
09:39juxtaposing where they are at the end of the film
09:41to where they are at the start of the film,
09:42which I thought was absolutely gorgeous and striking.
09:45It's hard not to kind of tear up,
09:47but you realize these tears are built on a foundation of shallowness.
09:51I don't know enough about what these characters were
09:54when they were younger
09:54to understand why they are the way they are now,
09:58other than the fact that there's some weird,
10:00fucked up yearning going on for one another.
10:02And again, I'm trying not to compare it to the book.
10:04If you compare it to the book,
10:05this movie will completely fall apart.
10:07So I'm trying to meet the movie on its own terms.
10:09But I think most cinema goers are going to be seen there
10:12being like, wait, why did he do that?
10:13Okay, I guess he did it because of that.
10:14Why did she do that?
10:15Okay, I guess she did it because of that.
10:17It's stuff that you can piece together well enough.
10:19You know, you can understand
10:20by talking it through with other people,
10:21but it's not entirely felt in the moment.
10:23And again, I think Kathy is an ultimately underused,
10:27underwritten and baffling character to me in this film.
10:30I think she was really wasted.
10:31I didn't get a real great sense of mad desperation
10:34or, you know, oftentimes she was doing something
10:37and instead of being like,
10:38oh, that's so interesting that she did that.
10:40I was just kind of like,
10:41okay, I guess she's doing that now
10:42because I didn't really ever have a great grip
10:44on her character.
10:46Heathcliff in comparison
10:47is a much more responsive character.
10:49You understand that he is all about Kathy
10:51and will do whatever he can to be with Kathy.
10:54So he's just going off whatever Kathy is doing.
10:56You kind of get him.
10:57But Kathy, on the other hand,
10:58I was kind of baffled by.
10:59And again, Hong Chao's Nelly
11:01plays a really important part of the narrative.
11:02She's one of the main reasons Kathy
11:05and Heathcliff can't actually be together.
11:07But these moments are kind of blink
11:08and you'll miss it.
11:09I found her character quite underwritten.
11:11I could piece together a decent amount of it.
11:14But again, I wish this movie was a bit crueler.
11:16You know, there are some occasional lines
11:18that the dad makes
11:19where he references a hatred
11:21and a disdain towards women.
11:23There's also a moment where the dad talks
11:25about a hatred and disdain towards minorities.
11:27And I think this movie is still trying to be
11:30a Valentine's, Galentine's crowd pleaser.
11:33And I think that's a bit of a mistake.
11:34I think this movie could have been more bold,
11:37more striking, more confrontational,
11:39and also hornier.
11:41And as a result, more satisfying for that direction.
11:43Does that make sense?
11:44It almost reminds me of the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels
11:47where it's like,
11:47oh, you actually kind of played it a bit too tame.
11:50You should have gone further with all of this.
11:51You know, this movie still could have operated
11:53as a Valentine success
11:54and gone a bit harder in the paint thematically
11:56and almost sexually.
11:57There's this massive gap between them as children
11:59and them being older
12:00where you just have to go,
12:01okay, I guess that's our characters now.
12:03And I think that was the biggest struggle for me.
12:04But in saying this,
12:05so many sequences in this film
12:07are also absolutely wonderful.
12:08The set design,
12:10like, yes, the costumes aren't accurate,
12:12whatever, honestly.
12:13I think the music is wonderful.
12:15The film looks really good.
12:16I can have fun with this sort of movie, you know?
12:19The character of Edgar Linton
12:20is one of the biggest wasted potential moments
12:23in this movie
12:24because, honestly,
12:24I don't mind if they're going to change stuff from the book.
12:27But I wasn't sure
12:28whether I was meant to hate Edgar Linton,
12:29whether I was meant to like Edgar Linton,
12:31whether I was meant to feel bad for him.
12:33I didn't really feel anything about him
12:34one way or the other, you know?
12:36Barely any of his lines moved the needle at all.
12:38He often felt like he was just kind of doing
12:40whatever the script wanted him to do.
12:41And I think that's my biggest struggle with this movie.
12:44I'm currently at about a 6 or a 7 out of 10,
12:46which is still not bad,
12:47but I want to love it, you know?
12:49I really want to be able to sit there and be like,
12:51God, I was completely swept up in the romance
12:53and I hated this character
12:54and I loved this character
12:55and I wanted to punch this character
12:56and, oh my God,
12:57these characters were steamy
12:59and this and that.
13:00But ultimately,
13:00it's a movie where you're kind of swept up
13:02with the visual language of it,
13:04the music of it,
13:05the beauty of it,
13:05and occasionally,
13:06Jacob Lordy's fantastic performance.
13:08But you're also wrestling with the fact
13:09that a lot of these characters
13:10are underwritten and underserved by the script.
13:13I think a lot of people seem to like this movie.
13:15A lot of people walking out the theater
13:17were like,
13:17yeah, that was fun,
13:18but I am yet to hear someone
13:19in my own personal life
13:20who's pretty blown away
13:22by the story and mood.
13:23I think that's this movie's
13:24biggest wasted potential,
13:26you know?
13:26If you're going to completely abandon
13:27the source material
13:28and make some, like,
13:29fun, smutty, horny,
13:31romantic fan fiction,
13:33really go for it, you know?
13:34Make me yearn with these characters.
13:36Make me hate some of these characters.
13:38Make me want to cry and cheer
13:39when these people get together.
13:40But I felt like I was kind of at arm's length
13:42with these characters, you know?
13:44And I think this is in big contrast
13:46to Emerald Fennell's previous movies.
13:48Say what you will about them.
13:48I know she has a lot of detractors,
13:50but you always leave those films
13:52with visceral, strong feelings
13:53about the characters
13:54and some of the stuff that was done.
13:56And I think for the most part,
13:57aside from the people
13:58that are not going to get on board
13:59with this movie at all
13:59because it's not a good adaptation
14:01or they're mad about the race swapping,
14:03most general audiences
14:05are probably just going to go,
14:06oh, yeah, like,
14:06that was fine, yeah, you know?
14:09And I think a lot of this
14:10has to do with the fact
14:11that Margot Robbie's main character
14:12is totally underserved
14:14and poorly written.
14:15And I genuinely think
14:16that the actress playing Isabella
14:18should have been the lead,
14:20should have been playing Kathy,
14:21whatever she was bringing
14:22to this role, all right?
14:23The woman that was playing Isabella
14:24was absolutely fantastic.
14:26She was wonderful
14:27every time she was on screen.
14:29That's where the movie
14:30really moved the needle for me, right?
14:31Jacob Lordy and Isabella
14:33I thought were absolutely wonderful
14:34and the stuff they do
14:35with her character was incredible.
14:37So, yeah, to summarize,
14:38I left this movie initially
14:39being pretty underwhelmed
14:40and mad at it.
14:41I was like, five out of ten,
14:43that's the best I can do.
14:44But then after watching it
14:45the second time,
14:45I was meeting it on its level
14:46a bit more.
14:47I kind of understood
14:48some of the beats a bit more.
14:49There were some things
14:50I was picking up on
14:50more a second time,
14:52which, yes, you can debate
14:53whether it's a good movie
14:54if you need to watch it
14:55a second time
14:55to appreciate it a little more.
14:57But yes, watch it a second time,
14:58I did appreciate it a bit more.
15:00Right now, if you're really interested
15:02in Wuthering Heights
15:03by Emerald Fennell,
15:04I do think it's worth your time.
15:06But maybe on a cheap Tuesday
15:07or maybe if you're really,
15:09really keen on seeing it, all right?
15:10I can't confidently recommend it
15:11because I think it could go
15:12either way for most people.
15:14You might really love it,
15:15you might really hate it,
15:16I'm about in between,
15:17so I can't give it
15:18a fully strong recommendation.
15:20But if you're really interested,
15:22it's probably worth your time.
15:23If you do not like
15:24the vibe of the trailer,
15:25if you're hurt by the changes
15:26you've heard about
15:27from the book,
15:28don't even bother.
15:29Like, do not even bother, all right?
15:31Do not see this movie.
15:32If you are upset
15:33about changes of the book already,
15:35the movie's not going
15:35to win you over, all right?
15:37Like, it's not a good adaptation.
15:38All right, so now
15:39we're going to get into spoilers.
15:40I'm going to talk about things I liked,
15:41things I didn't like,
15:42just go through it, A to B.
15:43I took a good amount of notes,
15:45so hopefully it sparks
15:45an interesting conversation
15:46when we're going to get
15:47into full spoilers.
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16:13All right, so I'm going to go
16:14through a loose collection
16:15of things I liked
16:16and things I didn't like.
16:17First off,
16:17I think the movie was just missing
16:19the whole core motivation
16:20of why Heathcliff
16:22became Heathcliff.
16:23You really need to do
16:24some heavy lifting.
16:25All right, you get the vibe
16:26that like, okay,
16:27I couldn't have Kathy.
16:28Kathy wouldn't be with me.
16:30You don't really get a sense
16:31of like, okay,
16:32Kathy wasn't with me
16:33because of my class,
16:34so I'm going to become
16:35an upper-class gentleman
16:36and come back like a baller
16:38and then she'll love me again.
16:39Like, it isn't quite that.
16:40He overhears her
16:42talking to Nellie's character
16:44where she says,
16:44I simply can't be with him.
16:46Something along those lines, right?
16:47And he rides off
16:48into the sunset.
16:49So there was some
16:50motivation stuff
16:51that I think needed
16:51to be ironed out a little,
16:53but I guess he was just
16:53drowning his feelings
16:54by becoming a rich man
16:56and wanting to stunt
16:56and flex on Kathy
16:57for rejecting him.
16:58But I will say,
16:59this is my thing
17:00with this movie.
17:00I wish we had more
17:02in line with him
17:03wanting to get revenge
17:04on his father,
17:05get revenge on society,
17:06you know,
17:06go up against people
17:08that mistreated him
17:09so we understand
17:09where this hatred
17:10and anger comes from.
17:11As it stands,
17:12we didn't have enough
17:13characterization of him
17:14prior to to understand
17:15whether he was
17:16really emotionally
17:17immature or juvenile.
17:18He comes back
17:18seeming quite smart
17:19and quite cunning,
17:21but then later in the movie
17:22he comes off kind of dumb
17:23and brash
17:24and it was consistently,
17:25I felt like he was just going
17:27with what the script
17:28wanted him to be.
17:29But in saying that,
17:30I do think Elordi's performance
17:32elevated that
17:33and brought in some level
17:34of consistency
17:34and almost like this
17:36lucid manic nature
17:37to the character.
17:38A moment that I did really like
17:39and I wish we got more of
17:40that spoke to their position
17:42was when Margot Robbie
17:43was sitting there cold.
17:44You know,
17:45dad won't like if we use
17:46some of the firewoods
17:47so he breaks the chair
17:48in anger after hearing
17:49that she's going to marry Edgar.
17:51Literally smashing his own chair
17:52so she can be warm
17:53and also it's obviously
17:54a response to the fact
17:55that she wants to be with Edgar
17:56to improve her social standing.
17:57I think this added
17:58a level of motivation
17:59and insight into
18:00Elordi's character
18:01that I really did appreciate.
18:02But it was just too few
18:04and far in between,
18:05you know,
18:05like I just wish
18:06we got a little more
18:07into what made him tick
18:08and why.
18:09Again,
18:09I can put the pieces together.
18:10I understand that he feels
18:12rejected by Kathy
18:13and rejected by society
18:14for not being rich.
18:15Like I do get it.
18:16I wish I just felt it more.
18:17I wish it was more explored,
18:18you know.
18:18You know,
18:19they bring up this parallel
18:20in these lines occasionally
18:21about Heathcliff
18:22being Kathy's pet.
18:24This is an idea
18:24that I wish
18:25we got more of,
18:26you know,
18:26later in the movie
18:27Heathcliff starts
18:29treating Isabella
18:30as his pet
18:31and it's like
18:31I wish we actually
18:32explored that more
18:33with Heathcliff and Kathy.
18:34Similarly,
18:35there's a moment
18:36where it's blinking
18:36you'll miss it
18:37and this is why
18:37I think the movie
18:38needed a stronger
18:39classification
18:39at least here in Australia
18:40or just to go further
18:42with its content
18:43because there's this moment
18:45where they are bashing
18:46a barrel at the start
18:47of the movie
18:48and it sounds like
18:48they're trying to crush mice
18:50and again,
18:50like this is a moment
18:51where you're like,
18:52okay,
18:52Kathy is cruel.
18:53Heathcliff can be cruel.
18:54Like let's explore that more
18:55but that moment
18:56is like total blink
18:58and you'll miss it,
18:58you know.
18:59I will say
18:59I absolutely loved
19:00the hair title drop
19:02or like the hair
19:02turning into Wuthering Heights.
19:04Like it was
19:04a really beautiful
19:05visual moment.
19:06Again,
19:06I like the moment
19:07where the father
19:07is utterly cruel
19:09to women
19:09and implies that
19:10Kathy internalized that
19:11and then spat it
19:12back outwards.
19:13I think that's a really
19:14good moment
19:14but again,
19:15but again,
19:15I wish we got way more
19:16with the father
19:17and way more of them
19:19uniting and being there
19:20for each other
19:20in this awful household.
19:21Yes,
19:22you get the one scene
19:22where he gets whipped
19:23and then they're in bed
19:24and then it cuts to the future
19:25but I really would have
19:26taken a lot more
19:27of that
19:28to really understand
19:29why these characters
19:30are the way they are
19:31and what they want
19:31because as it stands,
19:32I don't know if the father
19:33is exceptionally more cruel
19:35than most fathers back then.
19:37Like I really wanted
19:38to feel like,
19:38God,
19:38they are going to die
19:39in this house.
19:40You know,
19:40you have these Charlie XCX songs
19:42throughout the movie
19:42talking about like,
19:43I feel like I'm going to die
19:44in this house.
19:45We're prisoners.
19:45Like really make me feel
19:47the sense of dread
19:47but I think this movie
19:48didn't want to go quite as hard
19:50because it still wanted to be
19:51an easy Valentine's watch
19:52and dare I say,
19:53I think you could have done both.
19:55I think you could have
19:56really got into
19:56a dark,
19:57twisted movie
19:58and also had some
19:59really hot smut.
20:00You know,
20:01I think both sides
20:02would have been better for it.
20:02I will say,
20:03I did really love the scene
20:04where Kathy is told off
20:05for missing her father's birthday
20:07at the start
20:07and Heathcliff,
20:08and Heathcliff played
20:09by the boy from Adolescence
20:11who does a wonderful job here
20:12minus one scene
20:13which we'll get to later,
20:14stands up towards his dad.
20:16I thought that was
20:16a really good moment.
20:17Steps up
20:18and cops the punishment
20:19from the dad,
20:19says it was him
20:20and you know,
20:21the dad is like,
20:22oh you dare to tremble
20:23in front of me.
20:23A really good moment,
20:24all right?
20:24And again,
20:25I wish we got more.
20:25We then flash forward,
20:26this is where Margot Robbie's
20:28performance in my opinion
20:29was just pretty bad,
20:30maybe bad casting,
20:31maybe bad writing,
20:33but bad overacting.
20:34Like there's a moment
20:35where she's meant
20:35to be frustrated with him,
20:36she's like,
20:36I will not marry him.
20:39Like it was just,
20:40it was a lot
20:41and you're juxtaposing
20:42that to Jacob Lorty,
20:43really good at these
20:44micro facial expressions
20:45and you're cutting back to,
20:46you're cutting back to Margot Robbie
20:47just going really big
20:49and I was just wondering
20:50if it was a direction thing
20:51or if her,
20:52or if she was trying
20:53to act manic and crazy
20:54but just something
20:55about this performance
20:55initially was not working,
20:56especially when she's up
20:58on the tree.
20:58I think Jacob Lorty
20:59had like lofted her
21:00up on the tree
21:01and then she's like,
21:02oh my God,
21:02put me down.
21:04Like it was,
21:04it was a lot, man.
21:05Another moment
21:05where I wish I had
21:06a better grip
21:07on these characters
21:08in hindsight
21:09is when Heathcliff
21:10is talking to Kathy
21:11about like,
21:11if I was a rich man,
21:12I'd, you know,
21:13have a big house,
21:14be a bit cruel
21:15to my servants.
21:16I found that
21:16an interesting moment
21:17but I was wondering
21:18at this point,
21:19like is that earnest?
21:20Are they actually cruel people?
21:21Like I would have loved
21:22to see more of this cruelty,
21:24more of what makes them tick
21:25before this moment
21:26to understand
21:26whether that was a joke,
21:27whether it was playful.
21:28As it wasn't a joke
21:29given what we see
21:30later in the movie
21:31but yeah,
21:31just would have loved
21:32a little more connection
21:33to these characters,
21:34you know,
21:34like a line like that
21:35is good.
21:36More of it, please.
21:37I will say
21:38there was a beautiful
21:39shot composition,
21:40some wonderful framing
21:41throughout this movie.
21:41I really love the moment
21:42where Heathcliff
21:43is towering over Kathy
21:45in the rain
21:45and his like big hairy forearms
21:48like holding her.
21:49I thought it was wonderful framing
21:51and really gave you
21:51a sense of scale
21:52between the height difference
21:53of the both of them.
21:54I thought the egg scene
21:55was fine.
21:56Like I do love
21:56that the egg moment
21:57comes back later
21:58in kind of a cute,
21:59endearing,
22:00interesting way
22:00but I actually thought
22:01we were going to get
22:01into some weird
22:02fucked up sex games here.
22:03Like I thought,
22:04like I'd heard
22:05going into this movie
22:05that it was all about
22:06like BDSM
22:07and all this stuff
22:08and it didn't end up being
22:09like there was that
22:10famous poster
22:11where it looked like
22:11Margot Robbie
22:12was getting back shots
22:13while touching
22:14like a skin wall
22:15but as,
22:16no,
22:17you don't get any of that
22:18but I did like
22:19in this moment
22:20he comes down
22:20kind of pissed
22:21that she'd put the eggs
22:22in the bed.
22:23I was like,
22:24okay,
22:24here we go
22:25but not quite.
22:26I will say
22:26I did really like
22:27the scene
22:28where she was watching
22:28the two people
22:29through the floorboards
22:30banging with the like
22:31pony play scene
22:32and Jacob comes up
22:34behind her.
22:35That feels very like,
22:36what are you doing
22:36step bro?
22:37In like a way I found
22:38interesting.
22:39It was moving the needle
22:40I was like,
22:41okay,
22:41I like what we're doing here.
22:43It feels like a level
22:43of intimacy
22:45and protectiveness
22:45that these two
22:47would have for one another.
22:48It's well done.
22:49I like that scene a bit.
22:50Have my curiosity,
22:51you know?
22:52But I do really like
22:52that chair scene.
22:53I like it for a couple reasons.
22:54It tells us a lot
22:55about their financial position,
22:57how much they're scared
22:57by their,
22:58how much they're scared
22:59about their father.
23:00Also that Heathcliff
23:00has some rage in him,
23:02doesn't know how
23:02to express himself well,
23:04breaks the chair
23:05in a moment of anger
23:06but also a moment
23:07of genuine expression
23:08of love and care.
23:10For Kathy
23:11and on top of that,
23:12Kathy is kind of turned on
23:13by him breaking the chair.
23:14I wish we got more
23:14into this taboo
23:15sort of stuff
23:16to be honest.
23:17I will say
23:17I absolutely love
23:18the introduction
23:19of Isabella in this movie.
23:20The moment where
23:21she's talking to her brother
23:22about Romeo and Juliet.
23:24It's a hilarious scene.
23:25She's just over sharing,
23:27over explaining.
23:27He's like,
23:27damn,
23:28that's crazy.
23:30Really funny scene
23:31which I felt like again
23:32was interrupted
23:32by Margot Robbie
23:34like falling into the scene.
23:36This moment,
23:37this facial expression,
23:37this acting,
23:38something about
23:39this performance
23:40or the character
23:40just felt totally
23:41out of place
23:42in this world to me
23:42and this was a moment
23:43of that where I'm like,
23:44this feels strangely American
23:46and it's funny
23:47because she's a very,
23:47she's an Australian actress,
23:49right?
23:49Everyone else felt British.
23:51Jacob Lord is an Australian actor.
23:53Everyone else felt British
23:53but I found Margot Robbie
23:55really like,
23:56and even the way
23:56she was framed and shot
23:58and how she was acting
23:59felt very big
24:00over the top American.
24:01I wish we saw a bit more
24:02of the transformation
24:03from Margot Robbie
24:04going from her initial
24:05financial position
24:06to the relationship
24:07she was in with Edgar.
24:08I know it was only six weeks
24:09but I would have loved
24:10a little bit of insight
24:11into what made her tick,
24:12how that was like
24:13going through it.
24:14I will say,
24:15I really like the shot
24:16of the snail on the glass.
24:17I'm not sure
24:18it is particularly symbolic
24:20of anything
24:20but I mean,
24:21it's pretty good.
24:22It's pretty good.
24:23It's a cool shot.
24:24In saying that though,
24:24then we cut to the shot
24:25of the bread being done
24:26and it just reminded me
24:27way too much of
24:28Donut Daddy
24:29for me to enjoy.
24:29I will say,
24:30I do love the scene
24:31where Kathy was out
24:32in the middle of the nowhere
24:32touching herself.
24:33It actually reminded me
24:34of that scene from Antichrist
24:36if any of you have seen that
24:37but I do,
24:37I will say what moved
24:38the needle for me.
24:39Her being caught
24:40and being embarrassed
24:41and then being like,
24:42this is your doing,
24:43who are you to make fun of me?
24:44He's like,
24:44and then him being like,
24:45how is it my doing?
24:46And then like sucking
24:47on her fingers.
24:47That was good, man.
24:48That was good.
24:48Then we have this scene
24:49between Kathy and Nellie
24:50where Kathy is saying to Nellie
24:51that would degrade her
24:52to marry Heathcliff
24:53and Heathcliff overhears.
24:54Brings me to one of my
24:55favorite subtle things
24:56in this movie.
24:57I absolutely love
24:57the way characters
24:58would look through glass
24:59of one another
25:00and whenever they had
25:01bad intentions,
25:02impure intentions,
25:03their faces would be morphed.
25:05There's a moment
25:05where Heathcliff
25:06is trying to look at Isabella.
25:07He's planning and scheming
25:08and her face is all morphed
25:10because it's showing
25:10that he has morphed
25:12intentions with her.
25:13I thought that was
25:13really well done.
25:14Maybe not the most subtle
25:15thing in the world
25:15but I thought it was well done
25:16and similarly,
25:17there's a moment
25:18where Hong Chao's Nellie
25:19is looking at Heathcliff
25:21through the glass
25:22and does a similar thing.
25:23I will say,
25:23in this moment
25:24where Kathy is saying
25:25that it would degrade her
25:26to marry Heathcliff,
25:27it's an interesting moment
25:28because instead of it
25:28feeling like a class thing,
25:30at this point in the narrative
25:31I've sort of seen there
25:32being like,
25:32is that because you were
25:33raised on the same house
25:34or because it wouldn't
25:35help your social standing?
25:36Like, what is it?
25:36Or is it just because
25:37of his nature?
25:38We then cut to her
25:39getting ready to get
25:39married to Linton
25:41and I love this moment
25:42where she's asking
25:42her corset to be tighter.
25:44It's like,
25:44I've done the wrong thing.
25:45I'm not with who I want to be.
25:46I want to be punished for that.
25:48I thought that was
25:48really, really well done scene.
25:50Now, everything with Isabella,
25:51I absolutely adore.
25:52I love the moment
25:53where we are introduced
25:54to the dollhouse
25:55within the dollhouse
25:56and it almost looks like
25:57there's another layer
25:58of people in the dollhouse.
26:00Like, it just keeps going
26:01and going and going.
26:01I really love that moment.
26:03I loved all the stuff
26:04about her taking Cathy's hair
26:06and I love that they set up
26:07the idea that Isabella
26:07really admires Cathy
26:09and Cathy kind of likes Isabella.
26:11Again, I wish we just
26:12got more of this.
26:13Like, so many moments,
26:15especially on rewatch
26:15where I was like,
26:16oh, that's really interesting.
26:17They set up that Isabella
26:18actually kind of likes Cathy
26:19and Cathy kind of appreciates
26:20and respects her.
26:21But then these moments
26:22where these characters
26:23start turning cruel
26:24and angry towards
26:25these other characters,
26:26I was seeing them being like,
26:26okay, if I hadn't read the book,
26:28I'd be genuinely kind of
26:29baffled and lost in moments here.
26:30And this is the weird thing
26:31about this movie
26:32is it's not a particularly
26:33good adaptation,
26:34but it's still to be
26:36properly enjoyed
26:37and like appreciated.
26:38It requires you
26:39to understand certain beats.
26:40And again, like you can
26:41leave the movie
26:42and go like,
26:43oh yeah, Cathy was really
26:44mean to Isabella,
26:44but it's like,
26:45I wish we just got more
26:46of them being normal
26:47people together,
26:48being friendly together
26:49and then watching Cathy
26:50slowly turn
26:51and slowly start being mean.
26:53Again, I would have loved
26:54to have watched Heathcliff
26:55and Cathy grow up together
26:57and see the way
26:58the dad treated them
26:59and then as they get older
27:00and more powerful,
27:01they start treating
27:02other people that way.
27:03But it feels like we're robbed
27:04of all this character context
27:05and background info.
27:07It's just kind of,
27:07you just kind of have to go
27:08with the vibe
27:09and admittedly,
27:10the vibes can be
27:10absolutely wonderful,
27:11but like,
27:12please give me more
27:13to chew on,
27:13you know?
27:13It's like,
27:14I can see that like,
27:15okay, Cathy and Isabella
27:16used to be friends
27:17and now they're not anymore,
27:18but it's like,
27:19we get 40 seconds
27:20of their relationship.
27:21Give me more,
27:22please!
27:22Because there's so many
27:23great scenes where,
27:24like the moment Cathy
27:25calls in Isabella
27:26to be cruel
27:27and they both start
27:28playing with her,
27:29Heathcliff and Cathy,
27:30but it's like,
27:30but I'm sitting there
27:31also being like,
27:32how much do I really
27:33know about you guys?
27:33Now, I will say,
27:34I absolutely love
27:35the set of The Skin Room.
27:37It's such a weird idea.
27:38Like, why am I being reminded
27:39of House that Jack built
27:40in this moment?
27:41Like, they have walls
27:43made to look like Cathy's skin
27:45with replicas of freckles.
27:47It's wild,
27:48but I loved it.
27:48I will say,
27:49I really loved the montage
27:50with Edgar and Cathy,
27:52just like,
27:53Elevane in society.
27:54There's a moment
27:54where Cathy is getting Isabella
27:56to walk around
27:57and act like a dog.
27:58Give me more of this.
27:59What made her do that?
28:00She seems to be laughing
28:01while Isabella is crying.
28:03Why is Isabella crying
28:04in this moment?
28:04But later in the movie,
28:05she somewhat seems to be
28:07almost hypnotized by it.
28:08Like, please,
28:09inside, please.
28:10Despite it being on the nose,
28:11I even didn't mind
28:12the scene where Cathy
28:12is kind of like,
28:14finger poking the fish
28:15in the little dried ice,
28:17whatever it was.
28:18That was a cool moment.
28:19In the jelly
28:20or whatever it was.
28:21That was cool.
28:21We catch up with the father again
28:22with Heathcliff
28:23being in the house
28:24with his father.
28:24I just wish we hated
28:25the father more.
28:26As it stands,
28:27it was just kind of like,
28:27okay, similarly,
28:28when the father dies
28:29and Cathy kicks his teeth out,
28:31that's a great moment on paper.
28:32I wish I felt
28:34what she was feeling.
28:35I wish I was like,
28:35fuck yeah, do that.
28:36Or alternatively,
28:37I wish I was like,
28:38okay, like Cathy, chill,
28:39you know?
28:39But as it stands,
28:40I was just kind of like,
28:40okay, that was a cool visual.
28:41Similarly to all the bottles
28:43in the background, right?
28:44Like pretty striking visual,
28:46but I wish it registered emotionally
28:48just a little bit more.
28:49I will say when Heathcliff
28:50is back
28:51and he's hot
28:52and he's rich
28:53and the music is playing,
28:55this really sweeping,
28:55beautiful song
28:57and zooms in on Jacob Oloy,
28:59like dude,
28:59come on.
28:59It's pretty good.
29:00It's pretty good.
29:00Again, I wish we felt
29:01the separation
29:02that siblings would have had
29:03at this point,
29:04but regardless, it's fine.
29:05I will say Margot's performance
29:06notably improves
29:07when she starts being nasty
29:09to Isabella.
29:09This, I feel like,
29:10is more Margot Robbie's lane,
29:11this kind of manic
29:12Harley Quinn sort of vibe.
29:14I really liked it,
29:14but again,
29:15we only get like
29:16a couple minutes of it.
29:17All right, now I will say
29:17maybe one of my favorite scenes
29:19in the movie
29:19is when Cathy and Heathcliff
29:21are just like talking
29:22mad shit to each other
29:23and Cathy calls in Isabella
29:26and they're just kind of
29:27toying with her
29:28and it's just like
29:29mogging off one another.
29:30It's a great scene.
29:31Great scene.
29:32Awesome scene.
29:33Awesome scene.
29:33I really love the scene
29:34where Heathcliff says,
29:35if I can't be with you,
29:36I'll slit my throat
29:37and she's like,
29:37do it,
29:38just not on this carpet.
29:39It's Edgar's favorite.
29:40Good moment.
29:40I wish we understood
29:41how Cathy felt about Edgar
29:43a little more,
29:44but it's fine.
29:44A lot of this stuff
29:45is just done through montage
29:46and I think I would have taken
29:47a three-hour cut of this movie
29:49where I really connected
29:50with the characters more,
29:51you know?
29:51I can deal with the fact
29:53you've abandoned
29:53the source material,
29:54but now you need to do the work
29:56of actually getting me
29:57to understand your version
29:58of these characters,
29:59you know?
29:59I will say,
30:00when the father dies
30:00and at the funeral
30:01and I think that's when
30:02they have their first proper kiss,
30:04hot, good stuff,
30:05naughty, taboo, nice,
30:07very good, liked it.
30:08The skin room sex
30:09is really good.
30:10I like the whole sex montage
30:11we get, you know,
30:12Jacob Lordi munching down
30:13on Margot Robbie.
30:14It's a good scene.
30:15I will say there's this moment
30:16where they're in their skin room
30:17and they're about to have sex
30:19and Jacob Lordi briefly
30:21licks the skin wall.
30:23Now, in the trailer,
30:23you see that and you're like,
30:24God, can't wait to see the movie.
30:26Can't wait to see how horny
30:27and freaky this is.
30:29And then when you watch the movie,
30:30it lasts as long
30:31as the trailer does.
30:32I was genuinely seeing there
30:33being like,
30:33in America, this got an R rating,
30:36did it not?
30:36Like, did it not get
30:37a decently adult rating?
30:38Like, why is it so tame?
30:40Why are we cutting away so much?
30:41Could we not have him lick the wall
30:43from bottom to top
30:45or do something crazy?
30:46Like, I was just kind of sitting there
30:47being like,
30:47please, more.
30:48I did like the shot of Heathcliff
30:50licking Kathy's tear off her face.
30:52That was pretty cool.
30:53Now, I will say a moment
30:54that really moved the needle for me
30:55where I was like,
30:56yes, some character depth
30:57and a well-earned moment.
30:58There's this moment
30:59where we don't know it,
31:00but Heathcliff has actually
31:01thrown something at the window.
31:03We don't know what it is.
31:04She says,
31:04oh, it's a bird.
31:05I need to put it out of its misery
31:06and it actually tricked me
31:07for a second.
31:08I was like,
31:08oh, that's weird.
31:09Kathy wouldn't care about that,
31:10would she?
31:10She was shown crushing mice earlier
31:12and I was like,
31:13oh, it's Heathcliff.
31:14Oh, she knew that.
31:15Nice.
31:15Just a little moment.
31:16Maybe I'm dumb,
31:17but I was like,
31:17oh, nice, you got me.
31:18And also,
31:19you had me questioning the character
31:20and then actually got me, you know?
31:22I love the moment
31:23where Heathcliff and Kathy
31:24are kind of flirty arguing
31:25and Heathcliff says
31:27that he's amazed
31:27that Edgar had it in him
31:28to get Kathy pregnant.
31:30Good moment.
31:30It felt modern
31:31and a bit anachronistic,
31:32but in a way
31:33I actually really appreciated.
31:34And there's this moment
31:34where Heathcliff is like
31:36banging Kathy, right?
31:37And he's saying like,
31:38oh, I'll fucking kill him.
31:39I'll fucking kill him.
31:40Oh.
31:40And I'm like,
31:41oh, can you imagine
31:42how interesting and hot
31:43and disturbing this would be
31:45if we knew more about Edgar?
31:46We knew why Heathcliff,
31:47like obviously Heathcliff hates him
31:49because he wants to be with Kathy.
31:50That's about it.
31:51But I just wish we got more
31:52into these characters,
31:53more into how Kathy felt.
31:55More, more, more, more, more,
31:56you know?
31:56Like it's a good moment
31:57and it's hot enough,
31:58but like you really
31:59could have turned it up to 11
32:00if we just understood
32:01all these characters more.
32:02Like that scene
32:03where they're at the table
32:04and he was like,
32:05I fucking everyone
32:06and kind of like
32:06messing with all their heads.
32:07I'm like,
32:08more of that please.
32:09That was cool.
32:10And then that way
32:11when we got this sex scene
32:13it would have been like,
32:13whoa,
32:14we're like really moving
32:15the needle here.
32:15I will say,
32:16maybe my favorite moment
32:17in the movie,
32:18maybe my favorite stuff
32:19in this movie
32:19is everything to do
32:20with Isabella
32:21and Heathcliff's
32:23BDSM dog thing
32:24that I have going on.
32:25Oh my God.
32:26When he enters the room,
32:28and he's like,
32:28do you know how this works
32:29to Isabella?
32:31And she's like,
32:32and he's like,
32:33do you want me to show you?
32:34Whatever.
32:35I thought that was like,
32:36bro,
32:36that was moving the needle.
32:37I also thought
32:38Isabella's character
32:39was really well done,
32:41incredible performance,
32:42but also just well written.
32:44You understand everything
32:45you need to know.
32:45This is an example
32:46of showing not telling.
32:47This is an example
32:48of a character
32:48that I think
32:49all the performances
32:50doing all the heavy lifting,
32:52you're getting context clues,
32:53you know she's ignored
32:54by everyone around her,
32:55you know she's like
32:55the weird art girl
32:56and she's looking
32:57at this absolute heartthrob
32:59and I will say,
32:59like I thought Isabella
33:00was good looking,
33:02like I didn't think
33:03she was some fucking loser,
33:04but like in the context
33:05of this world,
33:06we understand fully
33:07that you know
33:08he's this like made guy,
33:10she's looking up to him,
33:11she'll take whatever version
33:12of him he's offering
33:13and he's sitting there
33:14being like,
33:14I'm going to abuse you,
33:16I'm just going to use you
33:16to get back at Kathy
33:17and she's like,
33:17mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
33:19All of that was wonderful,
33:20the first screening
33:21I saw this of
33:22when he was like,
33:23would you like me to show you
33:24or whatever,
33:25that was a terrible version
33:26of his accent,
33:26but whatever,
33:27he says,
33:27would you like me to show you,
33:28two of the women
33:29in the audience were like,
33:29yes,
33:31it was good,
33:31it was good.
33:32And then we get to
33:32the most interesting stuff
33:33in the movie,
33:34which is scary Heathcliff,
33:35I just think it's way
33:36too late in the game
33:37and again,
33:37I wish I understood
33:38what really turned him,
33:40if we watched him
33:40go down this dark descent,
33:42if, you know,
33:43when Nellie shows up
33:44and sees what he's turned into,
33:45we get this contrast of,
33:46oh, he used to be
33:47such a sweet young boy,
33:48look at what he's turned into
33:49or look how Kathy
33:50has rubbed off on him.
33:51Again,
33:51I don't know if they were
33:52both cruel growing up
33:54or if Kathy was cruel
33:55and that rubbed off on him
33:56or like,
33:57you get what I mean,
33:58you're just kind of
33:59seeing that being like,
33:59oh, okay,
34:01like, yes,
34:02it's fine enough
34:02to understand
34:03that he's turning mean
34:04and cruel
34:04because he can't be
34:05with Kathy,
34:06I get that,
34:06but I would have loved
34:08to really be seen,
34:08like in a masterpiece
34:09of a movie,
34:10I would have been seen
34:10there being like,
34:12holy shit,
34:12you know,
34:13like kind of in
34:14a weird comparison
34:15but in There Will Be Blood
34:17when you catch up
34:18with the main character
34:19in his mansion
34:20towards the end of the movie
34:21and he's fully off his Rocky,
34:22like holy shit,
34:23I wanted that feeling.
34:24As it stands,
34:25I was like,
34:25damn,
34:26I really like the reveal of him.
34:27I love that scene
34:28where Nellie's at the door
34:29and Isabella is barking
34:30but we don't know
34:30it's Isabella barking
34:31and they go,
34:32shush,
34:32we assume it's a dog
34:33and then we see
34:34that's Isabella barking at Nellie,
34:35just an incredible moment
34:36but yeah,
34:37I wish we got more of that.
34:38I will say
34:39one of my favorite moments
34:40of visual storytelling
34:41is when Heathcliff
34:42is under his bed
34:44reaching out
34:44like he used to
34:45as a young child
34:46and Margot Robbie
34:47is on her bed
34:48all the way,
34:49ages away,
34:50imagining him reaching out
34:52and they juxtapose it
34:54and they put them together
34:55and they're not together
34:56and then the moment
34:57where her husband
34:58is whispering to her
35:00as she's passing away
35:01and dying
35:02and she's imagining
35:03it's Heathcliff
35:03but he's on the horse
35:05coming to get her
35:05like,
35:05come on,
35:06so good,
35:07I wish the journey here
35:08was less clunky
35:09because this is wonderful,
35:11wonderful,
35:11wonderful,
35:11wonderful.
35:12and I love the moment
35:12where she's about
35:13to go full death mode
35:15and she looks out
35:16and sees a young Heathcliff
35:17out in the garden
35:19like,
35:19dude,
35:20can you imagine
35:20if we got more of this stuff
35:21building up to this ending
35:23how earth-shatteringly sad
35:24and weird
35:25and confusing
35:26this could have been,
35:27you know?
35:27And then the ending montage
35:28of are we doomed
35:29to never probably be lovers
35:31and all this stuff
35:32is all working for me
35:33and the shot of him
35:35telling her
35:36that he loved her
35:36and her pretending
35:37she was asleep
35:38and smiling
35:39meanwhile we cut
35:40to present day
35:41and she's dead
35:41and he's doing the same
35:42like,
35:43all of that was so good
35:44but it was built
35:45on a journey
35:46that was kind of
35:47up,
35:47down,
35:48sideways,
35:48occasionally good,
35:49occasionally bad
35:50and you're like,
35:51ah!
35:52You're like,
35:53ah!
35:54Like,
35:54come on,
35:55you were so,
35:55so close
35:56so as it stands
35:57the film looks wonderful
35:59it sounds wonderful
36:00I think it's good enough
36:01it's good enough
36:02but I actually think
36:04it's Emerald Fennell's
36:05weakest movie
36:06and even though
36:07I can probably give it
36:08a six
36:08or maybe a seven
36:09if I'm feeling
36:10really generous
36:10it could have been
36:12like an 11 out of 10
36:12even with the fact
36:14that it's doing
36:15some real outrageous
36:17book abandonment
36:18and you know
36:19the whitewashing thing
36:20is a valid critique
36:21leaving all that
36:22at the door
36:22this could have been
36:24a really wonderful
36:25original romance
36:26that was inspired
36:28by Wuthering Heights
36:29or it could have
36:31just been a really good
36:32like Heathcliff
36:33and Kathy
36:33sort of weird
36:34alternate take on it
36:35but as it stands
36:36it's almost there
36:38you know
36:38and again
36:38like there were
36:39elements of saltburn
36:40that I think got
36:41some of this right
36:42a bit better
36:42like that moment
36:43where Barry Keegan
36:44is fucking the grave
36:45I was kind of
36:45waiting for this movie
36:46to get that freaky
36:47and if you've read
36:48the book for Wuthering Heights
36:49you know it kind of
36:50gets that level of freaky
36:52and that level of mean
36:53I mean if you know
36:54what happens to Isabella's dog
36:55and all this other stuff
36:56like come on
36:57you know
36:58so I was actually surprised
37:00there was some stuff
37:01that moved the needle
37:02and for like a mainstream movie
37:04that everyone's gonna see
37:04on Valentine's Day
37:05yes it was pretty freaky
37:07but considering
37:08Emerald Fennell's
37:09previous filmography
37:10I was surprised
37:11how safe this was
37:12I really wanted it to go
37:13more in its freak mode bag
37:15and also just
37:16hit me in the emotional
37:18feels more
37:18the ending did work on me
37:20but that was almost
37:21despite the movie
37:22up until that point
37:22rather because of the movie
37:24up until that point
37:24does that make any sense
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