This Is The REAL "Wuthering Heights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                          Well, actually, darlings, Emily Brontes' novel, the greatest in the English language, is the REAL thing.  But when it comes to adaptations, the 1939 one was the best--in cinematography, casting, and fidelity to the story--to a point.  Not to mention Alfred Newman's magnificent music score.

                             But, as perfect as this adaptation is, it still does not get it right.  Because the film stops at the hallway mark of the novel, which is what everyone remembers.  It does not go into the second and third generations, like the story should.

                                I say all this in light of the approaching Emerald Fennell film version of "Wuthering Heights."  Now, I just loved her first film, "Promising Young Woman," and when I heard she was going to do this, I had high hopes for it.  To the point that I was considering seeing it.

                                    Alas, the casting is awful.  Only Heathcliff has dark hair, and all the leads are supposed to have it.  There have been hints that purists who love the book will be upset by the changes.

                                       Emily Bronte created a perfectly realized story.  Why must it be constantly tampered with?????????????  Do filmmakers think they can improve on it?  Not a chance.

                                          The 1939 film, though flawed, remains definitive.  By the way, did you know it was named "Best Film Of The Year--"over "Gone With The Wind!!!!!!!!!!!!--by "The New York Film Critics???????????? "

                                              May filmmakers stop trying to get "Wuthering Heights right, because they never will.

                                               To paraphrase Emily Bronte, "Let Heathcliff and Cathy and the rest sleep quietly in the slumber of the printed page."

                                                See the current film at your own risk!  I warned you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!