Today, I'll be reviewing a Shakespeare romantic comedy drama adapted to film by the same guy who directed the Avengers. Interesting combination.
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of Shakespeare's famous stories are known for being dark and tragic, but this one ends with something good happening. The story had it's ups and downs, but over the course of time it stayed relatively happy. I really liked the Kenneth Branagh adaptations of "Much Ado" and "Henry V" but I also loved this version because of it's modern day take on the story. I didn't mind or really care at all that it was all in black and white, because if it was in color, it wouldn't have had that same feel to it that's impossible to describe, but whatever, I'll try anyway: It felt calm and relaxing, because there was no bright lights or colors, or something like that. I think that it was also a bit funnier than any other version that I've seen. So far, I'd say that the director of this movie, Joss Whedon is a good match for William
Shakespeare. The one thing I loved the most about this story was all that Claudio went through to get together with Hero. All these bad things happened, but in the end they were in undisturbed love. The downside is that the plot doesn't base mainly on one story, it's two stories in the the same place with the same people, and you'd think that would be good, but the stories didn't connect in any interesting way, so it would have been better if they had just been connected better. Still, that was Shakespeare's fault, not Joss Whedon's. This movie will be given a B+ by me. Help me decide in the comments whether I should review This is the End, or World War Z next time.
THIS IS THE END!!!! You haven't even seen THIS IS THE END yet.
ReplyDeleteI love this review. I love how you blame Shakespeare for the problems with the movie not Joss Whedon. Good job, Owen.
It would help me decide whether to see a movie if you told me who some of the actors in it are. Were the actors in this British? Where did it take place?
ReplyDeleteit took place in modern america
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