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Subject: Re: Jamaica Inn, a comparison between the different versions Author: Sue G. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:20:01 10/13/06 Fri In reply to: Eva Danø 's message, "Jamaica Inn, a comparison between the different versions" on 12:33:12 09/12/06 Tue Something bothers me about the most romantic scene in the whole Jamaica Inn film. That is the scene where Jem and Mary escape and end up in the seaside cave. First of all, that scene didn't even exist in the book, so it was just created for the movie. Then there is no explanation as to what happened during that night. Mary wakes up and, all of a sudden, discovers Jem sound asleep, bleeding from a head wound, with one arm around her and the other one near a knife. She wasn't hit on the head, was she? She acted as though she didn't know how she got there or what happened to Jem's head or why he had a knife with him! And apparently she didn't remember falling asleep next to him either. Then she is suddenly terrified of him after saving his live, escaping with him, and then sleeping with him all night!!! It just appeared to be thrown in the movie to create some romance. Or some scenes have been cut out that would have expanded on it a little more. Am I missing something about that part of the movie? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Jamaica Inn, a comparison between the different versions Author: Eva Danø [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:57:49 10/13/06 Fri Hmmmm . . . First, the movie isn't much like the original story to begin with. Wasn't Jem supposed to be Joss' brother? I haven't read the book, but I saw the miniseries once a long time ago, and it was supposed to be much closer to the original story. Also, even the longest version of the movie we have seen (the Miracle DVD, at 98 minutes) is about 10 minutes short of the original release, at least according to my notes, gleaned from various reference volumes over the years. Those 10 minutes probably don't exist anymore :-( but maybe some of that lost footage explain HOW they got from the inn to the cave. Moreover, our heroine seems a bit of a silly twit to me, or at least not very wise to the world. When she saved Jem and they fled from Jamaica Inn together, she was functioning on pure adrenalin, not doing much thinking at all. Jem took everything in hand, including the flight from the inn and finding a hiding place. When she woke up, she was probably a bit confused as to exactly WHAT had happened, and finding herself in a strange place next to a strange man must have been pretty scary, especially since the man was beeding and had a knife. The blood was probably from the fight and/or the fall the night before, and I assume that the knife was the one she had used to cut him down. Pretty smart of Jem to take it along! She seemed to accept the situation pretty well once she was fully awake and had a chance to collect herself. Dunno about you, but I have been known to be a bit confused too for the first few minutes when I wake up in an unusual situation. Eva [ Post a Reply to This Message ]