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Wuthering Heights (2003)

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I feel generous giving it simply one star...

This MTV interpretation focuses mostly on bland, mediocre romance and doesn't even hint at the original, dark themes of the book. The characters have been malformed into stereotypes, especially Heathcliff. Instead of a dark, unkempt boy, "Heath" is a Californian blonde who likes wearing dirty shirts but remains good-looking at the same time. Also note that he's not shown as violent or callous at all; they save all of that for Hindley, erm, "Hendrix." I wasn't impressed by the score, which amounted to about three or four unremarkable songs being played over and over.

In my opinion, it's not even worth renting. Watching a few pop videos will give you a pretty good idea of what it was like, without wasting as much time as the movie does.

I don't know what Emily Bronte, one of the best literary minds of all times, would have made of MTV's adaptation of her classic Wuthering Heights! Almost everything would have appeared alien to her, and imaginative guess work can only offer a very modest speculation about what she would have thought of fancy cars and rock music.But one thing is for sure, she would have certainly known the difference between mediocrity and creativity! And alas this newest and loosest of interpretations of her classic masterpiece of love, passion and betrayal would have made her wish she never wrote it in the first place.
Modern interpretations of classics are by no means a bad venture, as the examples of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo+Juliet and Alfonso Cuaron's Great Expectations clearly demonstrate,but the problem with the MTV's version of Bronte's classic is its mediocrity..just a plain, lifeless and average direction and acting. Had the film had a different title, and had MTV did not market it in an 'in your face hip, cool, trendy and young' way, then maybe it would have been much more bearable.
MTV's venture into the world of movie making has not been a glorious success so far, and simply because they are following the same approach and mental frame that they take in their musical and reality TV productions, and this is a big mistake.
Anyway, the overbearing and passionate Victorian world of Bronte and her dramatic but sadly short life were very much part of her work, yet her stories with their universal themes do indeed belong to all the ages, and make good movie material, if only the script, direction and acting are good enough to retain the spirit of the book, while infusing it with a modern outlook. The only success of MTV's Wuthering Heights was probably to turn one of the best writers of all time in her grave. Avoid!

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!

Does not follow the book in the least. If it's supposed to be made from a classic story the least that could have been going on is trying to follow the book at least a little bit closer. Don't buy this. If I could give it zero stars, I would.

I bet Emily Bronte is rolling over in her grave! Poor thing. I would too.

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.

MTV I feel can generate great movies, but all they need to do is just get the help from the Major Film Makers from Hollywood USA.
I can just imagine if this Re-Make of Wuthering Heights was done by Steven Spielberg, Mel Gibson, or even Steven Soderbergh; i think that the results were going to be something else.

Erika Christensen is talented but she alone can't do it, she needs the Fine Director Starship in order to take the projects that she is in to new Heights. I would not mind watching this even though it is still not available where i am from.

It be nice if Swimfan 2 were made by MTV Films, i wonder how that would end; the conclusion to Madison Bell, and her pursuit for Benjamin Cronin.

As for this, i am going to go get it(wuthering heights CA) and see it, and i do hope it is good. If it is good, great if not well i am not going to bash it, but just accept it, besides Erika is in it.

Mike Vogel is on here too[on wuthering heights CA], he is a good actor, And he is also in Texas ChainSaw Massacre(the re-make 2003). A movie that did so well at the box office, i believe 80 million dollars.

Others movies that i recommend to all who read this review are the following: blue car[agnes bruckner-one beautiful voloptuous blonde], in hell[van damme], open range[kevin costner], dr schivago[remake with hans matheson and the beautiful slender keira knightley], reanimator[jeffrey combs], beyond reanimator[jeffrey combs], and home room[with the beautiful erika christensen].

great day from odessa.

don't waste your money on this atrocity. it was okay on television, but why anyone would want to watch it again . . . i think they could have made a decent movie with the actors and some of the storyline if they had not tried to make it "wuthering heights." the ending? i'm not quite sure what happened there. aside from the ending, i could tolerate the movie as long as i didn't think about what it was supposed to be.

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.

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.

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