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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies  Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:45 pm |
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Here they is -- 10. Forbidden Planet (based on The Tempest) 9. Henry V (Olivier, 1944) 8. The Lion King (Hamlet) 7. Romeo & Juliet (1968) 6. Richard III (1993) 5. West Side Story (Romeo & Juliet) 4. Throne of Blood (Macbeth) 3. Hamlet (Branagh, 1996) 2. Ran (King Lear) 1. Henry V (Branagh, 1989) To see all 30: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/gr ... re_movies/
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 2:01 pm |
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:30 pm |
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Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V" was certainly a fantastic movie. It made me finally realize that Shakespeare really does deserve his reputation. Reading his plays in class just doesn't cut it. You've got to see a good performance or adaptation to make them come alive.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:34 pm |
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No Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead? Yeah, it's Hamlet from their point of view, but it's definitely worth the time to watch.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:42 pm |
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I assume #6 is Ian McKellen's Richard III, which was from 1995, not 1993 (unless it was released 2 years earlier in the UK or something). Great movie.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:51 pm |
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Wasn't Keanu Reeves in some version of A Midsummer's Night's Dream?
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:51 pm |
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And I see Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing ranked #11. It's a right jolly romp. Branagh and Emma Thompson (who were married at the time) have great chemistry, and Michael Keaton gives a grandly hammy performance.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:52 pm |
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Judge WAN wrote: Wasn't Keanu Reeves in some version of A Midsummer's Night's Dream? He was in Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing too.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:53 pm |
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MILFbait wrote: No Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead? Yeah, it's Hamlet from their point of view, but it's definitely worth the time to watch. It seemed to only be movies that follow the story of a Shakespeare play pretty closely. R&G lifts scenes from Hamlet, but the story follows a totally different set of beats.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:53 pm |
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Jimbo wrote: Judge WAN wrote: Wasn't Keanu Reeves in some version of A Midsummer's Night's Dream? He was in Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing too. No, I think that was it. I was mixed up.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:53 pm |
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Judge WAN wrote: Jimbo wrote: Judge WAN wrote: Wasn't Keanu Reeves in some version of A Midsummer's Night's Dream? He was in Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing too. No, I think that was it. I was mixed up. You idiot.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:55 pm |
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Ocean Doot wrote: Judge WAN wrote: Jimbo wrote: Judge WAN wrote: Wasn't Keanu Reeves in some version of A Midsummer's Night's Dream? He was in Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing too. No, I think that was it. I was mixed up. You idiot. Interesting, thanks.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:02 pm |
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:06 pm |
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Keanu Reeves, Frank. In tights. On the big movie screen at the theater. Thanks.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:08 pm |
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:28 pm |
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As dull and repetitive as they are
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:50 pm |
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Al Pacino's performance in the 2004 Merchant of venice was terrific, and the fil deserving of a much higher place, as is Baz Luhrmann's kinetic Romeo + Juliet (even if Leonardo and Claire Danes did seem a bit unsure what their lines actually meant) Interesting list, though.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:53 pm |
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MILFbait wrote: No Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead? Yeah, it's Hamlet from their point of view, but it's definitely worth the time to watch. Never had a chance to see it, but I've been curious about it.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:03 pm |
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When I first met my ex-wife, she managed a video store and I happened to rent that very film from her.
Thirteen years later, BAM! Face tattoo.
Make of that what you will.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:04 pm |
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(The movie's awesome, by the way. Based on the Tom Stoppard play during his whole "are-we-all-just-characters-in-someone-else's-play" phase around the same time as The Real Inspector Hound.)
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:57 pm |
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Throne of Blood is by far my favorite of them.
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Post subject: Bestest Shakespeare Movies Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:15 pm |
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