Buffy the Vampire Slayer: a Jane Eyre predecessor

IndieWire takes a look at the mid-year box office results and finds Jane Eyre among the top 5 indie films:

This year, the top five - “Midnight in Paris,” “The Conspirator,” “Jane Eyre,” “Win Win,” and “Cedar Rapids” - have taken in $68.1 million. (Peter Knegt)

So after that we find it quite funny that Film.com has included the film among 'the most overlooked films of 2011 (so far)':

5. Jane Eyre (on DVD/Blu-ray August 16th)
This umpteenth adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel is the leading contender for 2011’s most understated romance, as the much put-upon Jane (Mia Wasikowska) and the secretive Rochester (Michael Fassbender) hit it off at his English manor. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that those two work wonders together, nor that Adriano Goldman’s cinematography is effortlessly gorgeous throughout. (William Goss)

Incidentally, Ultimate Clear Lake reports that the film will be screened as part of this year's Film & Speaker Series:

This PG-13 rated film will be shown at 7 p.m. on July 9 in the Bayou Building, Room 2515, 2700 Bay Area Blvd.
Admission is free for UH-Clear Lake ID holders. For other viewers, tickets cost $3.75. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 281-283-2560, email movies@uhcl.edu or visit www.uhcl.edu/movies. (Glenna Herald)

Michael Humphrey's blog on Forbes highlights the 'woman power' in the movie:

Think of the young female characters in “Winters Bone,” “True Grit” and even the latest version of “Jane Eyre.” Those young women are not just nice or virtuous. They are badasses. They are smart. And they are especially not silly. If they had a recent predecessor, it would be “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” who remained all woman while kicking the lights out of vampires and monsters.[...]
So where does “State of Georgia” fit in this? I was struck by what the lead actress, Raven-Symoné, told Zap2It about her new character.

She is a strong-willed individual, she could be flighty at times, but at the same time she is very gallant … Georgia and Jo have been friends since they were four years old and they were inseparable, they always were chilling together and they went to school together. Georgia became one of the popular girls but kept Jo close because she knew that that was her best friend for life.

It’s not exactly Jane Eyre, but it’s a lot more substantive than the back-stabbing, stupid-is-fun attitude that dominated the conversation when my two oldest nieces were coming of age. As the next two come of age, I greatly prefer the thought of them checking-in to “Georgia” rather than posting to “Paris.”

It's all very well except for the fact that... seriously? We know that technically, Buffy was released years  before Jane Eyre 2011 but... Buffy the Vampire Slayer being Jane Eyre's predecessor?!

While on the subject of Jane Eyre adaptations, we recommend an article on Open Letters Monthly by Miriam Elizabeth Burstein, also known as The Little Professor.

Shia La Beouf  'praises' actress Rosie Huntington-Whitey in the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a rather unconvincing way:

Unlike Megan [Fox], who was reportedly uncomfortable about her sexy role in the earlier movies, Rosie is at ease being “the girl” in a Michael Bay movie, according to Shia. “This is like a sex-driven role so for her to have that Victoria’s Secret background really gives her a spine and roots her in a comfortable zone, like having to wear a certain type of outfit that isn’t Jane Eyre,” he said. (Ruben V. Nepales)

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review recommends revisiting the classics during the summer: 'anything by the Brontë sisters' among others. And Flavorwire has included Wide Sargasso Sea among 10 Great Literary Spin-offs.

The Irish Times features English comedian Josie Long who will be performing in Dublin next Friday:

At her upcoming Dublin show, she’ll be talking politics, when she’s not pretending to be the Brontë or Mitford sisters. (Sinéad Gleeson)

The Brontë Sisters posts about the first stop of Charlotte and Arthur Bell Nicholls's honeymoon. Suite101 has an 'introduction to Charlotte Brontë' while Carmen y amig@s has posted about Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë. On Writing has written her final post on Jane Eyre and Skinny Sofa Spud reviews the 2011 adaptation. A Tapestry of Words has readers pick who they'd kiss, marry and kill in Jane Eyre (Mr Rochester, Richard Mason and St John Rivers). Improvement of Mind writes in Portuguese about Wuthering Heights.

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