WEEK 5 - Rave reviews

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This review is about the film "Wuthering Heights" which is a romantic novel, too. We could analyze the structure. The title is "Wuthering Heights". The reviewer gives his opinion since the first moment. Using the following words which I am going to write, he explains that the film will not captivate you: "Arnold’s Wuthering Heights is completely without charm, seemingly oblivious to its audience; it cannot be liked or disliked. The film may well frustrate and it may well absorb, but it will evoke neither revulsion nor delight." He is giving his opinion about the production of the film.

In the second paragraph, comment on the two adaptations of Brönte's novels. Then, he talks about other two films more which have been created by Arnold. He compares the three films. He discusses the different themes of the film, such as love, nature or violence, and finally, the style.

As we can see, he starts a new paragraph when he is saying something different or when he is talking about a different topic of the movie. The author uses comparisons and it makes it interesting, he also uses a specific vocabulary mentioning some sentences or words as "He is a laconic character" or "As Marcus Mumford's plaintive voice sings over flashbacks of Catherine and Heathcliff together, I fell for it instantly". At the end of the review, he gives an evaluation of the film, but he does not give us a recommendation for the movie.

About language and style, he applies some verbs, for instance, like or dislike. He talks about the characters, above all, the two main protagonists: Catherine and Heathcliff using the vocabulary of love and nature, which involve the whole film.

All in all, I can show opinion versus fact in this review, since the author is comparing the facts of the film with his opinion about it. One example of this is "Arnold's style has been called realistic, but in Wuthering Heights, it is more impressionistic; it is a dream-like film. It draws on distinction between inside and out- the weather is seemingly indiscriminate, the characters are quiet but without thought - (...) Arnold's landscape is not sublime and it is not beautiful".


I have improved my English this week doing some exercises about C1 and studying some structures of the book.