There was a lot of wuthering in this adaptation. Really. Of course, it was necessary to set the scene. In the book, the atmosphere is heavily dependent upon weather and scenery. So true, some wuthering and a sense of height was due but... that many shots of moors and skies and birds made me wonder if I'd sat on the remote and changed the channel to Springwatch. And, unpopular as this view might be/ uncultured as I may seem... I would have preferred more dialogue.
Still- it was compelling. Quite beautiful. and convincingly acted. It was both original, and true to the novel. That can be difficult to achieve. Some disturbing, uncomfortable scenes showed what the novel evokes. I didn't like them; they were hard to watch, hard to stomach. But they took the unsettling underside of the story and brought it to the fore. So, the sparse dialogue left this: the bones of the original story fleshed out with its own dark essence. Despite my own preference, maybe more dialogue would have spoiled that. There was something quite pure about this adaptation.
Oh, and Heathcliff is black. Haven't read a review yet where someone hasn't mmmm, ahhhhd or wowed about that. Boooo-ring.
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