Rebecca vs Rebecca (1940 vs 2020)

One of the most exciting and talented new British directors of
the last decade, Ben Wheatley, was either an inspired or bizarre
choice to take on Alfred Hitchcock's celebrated only Best Picture
Oscar winner. Here both visions of the 1938 Daphne du Maurier
novel go head to head and it ain't pretty. After scratching my
head as to why he even did it, musing that Netflix were solely
appealing to the Downton Abbey/Fifty Shades of Grey country house
set, I find a whole new appreciation for the modern concerns of
the original - domestic violence, psychological abuse, emotional
trauma, toxic relationships and gas-lighting - all of which
Wheatley's bland, rote film seem oblivious to.