I have been looking forward to this film for months, Jane Eyre is one of my fave books and I have enjoyed other adaptations, so I had high expectations, maybe that was was I was disappointed.
The actors are fantastic, Michael Fassbender as Mr Rochester and Mia Wasikowska as Jane Eyre, both put on fantastic performances, but I never got the sense that they were one of literatures great romantic couples. This may have been down to the way the makers of the film chose to show it, with the film starting two thirds of the way into the book and then having flashbacks, which was a new way of doing things but didn't add anything IMHO.
Half way through the film I started to wonder how much longer it was going to be, never a good sign and I left the film vaguely depressed which necessitated Green Day to be played loudly on the drive home.
