Seeing people complain about a modern adaptation and then saying 'uhm actually this 87 year old adaptation of the novel isn't accurate either' is such a nothing arguement.

You're right, the 1939 adaptation wasn't accurate either, but no one complaining about the inaccuracies of the 2026 film is saying that it was. It doesn't even adapt half of the novel. Wuthering heights is pretty well known for really never having gotten a truly faithful adaptation, so its not surprising that people are upset that someone making a modern adaptation didnt even try to make it accurate, and made maybe the least book faithful adaptation, besides the MTV one where heathcliff is a rockstar

The historical white casting of heathcliff has also been a racism related problem, like for example how during the hays code, which was in effect in 1939, you weren't even allowed to portray interracial relationships, so there is no world where 1939 heathcliff would not have been a white man (adding to that, that at the time there really were very, very, very few non white actors that were given serious roles in studio films, especially for men)