The Branagh production of Love's Labour Lost frankly sucks. While it is not one of Shakespear's better plays, making it a Busby Berkley type musical was too over the top.
Much ado about nothing was quite good. I thought that Michael Keaton was brilliant as Dogberry - I still quote some of his lines. However Keanu Reeves sucked. There was more like in the statuary than he displayed. larry On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:08:26 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've actually really liked all of the Branagh productions (at least so far). > > His "Hamlet" was a masterwork (although, for what it's worth I also liked > the abbreviated Mel Gibson version). > > He just seems able to set the proper tone for the films as a whole and then > for the scenes within the films. I know that sounds simplistic but there's > no other way I can describe it... > > "Much Ado About Nothing" was permeated with a sense of whimsy (as is > appropriate for Shakespeare's "Three's Company" episode) while even the > humorous scenes in Hamlet were shadowed. > > I suppose it might just come out of the love he has for the work... but > whatever it is, he nails it. > > As an aside I find most Shakespeare rather annoying to read - pretty much > any play for that matter. I'm sometimes picked on for that but I always see > the script as something not for me to see - it's the performance that should > grab me (I think). > > People don't often read film scripts, after all. Those that do are seen as > geeks. But with plays (especially Shakespeare) there's this intellectual > elitism present (or seemingly so) that you must enjoy reading the plays. > > I'm not sure what I'm saying... but there it is. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151070 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
