Although I do not understand Shakespeare, I enjoyed watching this movie. It was fun to try and figure out what was going on and what was being said. I loved the scenes with Beatrice and Benedick because it "felt" like they knew Shakespeare. They seemed passionate and had a "deep" understanding for what they were talking about. This film has spiked my interest in Shakespeare. I have always thought of Shakespeare as "boring" just like Sara Jade said in class. I would love to learn and see more of the plays and movies based on his work.
The beginning was hard to understand and I found my self wondering what was even going on for almost the first half of the film. I was in one of those middle school classes where my English teacher tried to thrust her wondrous knowledge of Shakespeare on her classes, so I had that working against me trying to not make the movie boring. It turned out to be a good movie. Just like mentioned in class I thought the scenes with Beatrice and Benedick easier to pick up on, which is a good thing they know their Shakespeare or their wit would have been lost. The continuous and high shot at the end was something we have seen but it was great to see how he used every bit of space in his shot the people were everywhere and they were all doing something. Not a bad movie, didn't make me want to go out and buy Shakespeare's complete works and jump right in but I enjoyed the film.
I actually enjoyed this movie. There, I said it. For the first ten minutes I was trying to get myself back into that Shakespearean language, but once I got settled in, the movie was quite humorous (except for Neo - I mean Keanu Reeves). Beatrice and Benedict were really pleasent to watch on screen because they had an obvious grasp of what they were saying, and it made it that much easier for the audience to understand. Denzel did a pretty good job too, he seemed to know what he was doing. Micheal Keaton brought a little bit of Betelgeuse to the screen which was okay because it was pretty funny to see him move.
I liked the camera work at the end, it's quite a feat to have one long continuous shot like that, and have it rise into the air at the end.
I didn't expect to like this movie at first, but it took me by surprise.
Much Ado About Nothing I was pleasantly surprised with this film. I liked the dramatic music leading into the film. It set the tone nicely. I knew who the villain was from the dark clothing and “bad” acting of Reeves. Even though the words were difficult to understand at first, I got use to the sentence structure towards the end. I did know what was going one throughout the movie. The masks at the first dance were amazing. I appreciated the work that went into them. The directing was amazing. I loved how Branagh went to the trouble of having the people move in the background while the others set their plot. Moving from brush to bush and then having the camera move to show different angles was brilliant. I know this was a comedy but it was very subtle. A few things went over some head while other laughed. I liked the singing in it. I think it was an early version of Robbie Williams. Who knows? At the end, it seemed like the villagers knew of John’s plot (maybe the bad acting) and made a plot of their own against the prince and Claudio. Over all I thought this was a great film.
I have not seen many shows in pig-latin, whoops I mean "Shakespearean" Is that a word?? Anyway, If I had found this film while channel surfing, I am pretty sure I would have just kept on clicking. After I watched for a bit and got over it, it was not so bad. I agree that I did not need to be able to understand everything said in order to understand the general jist of the film. I must say that if the movie had a very complex plot, it would have been more difficult. At least it was mostly English and there were no subtitles. It made me think of when "crouching tiger, hidden dragon' came out. I thought it was a good show, but it does make me wonder if I would have liked it as much in a foriegn language with no subtitles. I thought this movie made it very clear what good acting was. There is much more involved than just the words that are spoken. Rather than say that those who struck me as good actors were "overacting," I suppose I should say they were very passionate. Their expressions, inflection, and mannerisms made it much easier to understand what was going on. I did like the camera stuff at the end. It seemed to bring the auidence to "the end of the story" in a unique way. I will say that after thinking about it, Keanu Reeves is basicly the same character in everything he does. I will also say as a Matrix fan though, that only Neo can be Neo. :)
I actually really enjoyed this movie. I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I was able to grasp the language and catch on to the gist of the movie.
Despite of the fact I didn't think the acting was all that good (i.e. keanu reeves) I enjoyed the story line.
I realized after Sara Jade said something about the actors understanding Shakespeare that that's the reason it was probably easier for me to understand the movie. They did seem to grasp the story they were trying to get across, which makes it easier to understand yourself.
I did also like the last scene and the continous camera shot. That sense of excitement would probably not had been as present if they had kept cutting the scene, instead of continually showing everyone.
This movie made me want to consider watching more shakespear films. Not something I had considered previously.
I really had a hard time understanding this movie in the beginning. The language seemed foreign to me, until about the last part of the movie things they said were starting to make more sense. I didn't really care for this movie, although I really liked michael keaton in this movie I thought he added a lot to it, made it funnier and more enjoyable to watch. The only person who I thought did a bad job in the movie was keanu reeves, i didn't understand anything he said or was trying to portray, although i did understand that he was the bad guy. The lines between good and bad I thought were well defined in this movie.
I didn't think that I would enjoy this film but surprisingly I did. I have watched many plays before but never really enjoyed them. To me Shakespear was always something for the drama kids to aspire to, but I guess my opinion has changed. Although the plot was kind of transparent, I feel like the story was good. Throughout the movie the audience knows what is going to happen. I feel like the film could have been better if there would have been a twist where the guy didn't get the girl right away. It seemed to end very quickly. I think that more could have been done with the character that Keanu Reeves played. I think that the film could have shown what happened to him. In conclusion, much to my surprise I enjoyed this film and would watch it again. I feel like I gained a greater appreciation for Shakespear and his work. Next time, I would hope that I will be more open to watching his films.
I didn't really enjoy this film, parts of it where pretty funny, but a lot of it didn't really make any sense to me. What is the point of making the guy feel guilty and saying he killed his daughter? It seems like some kind of twisted mind set to convince someone that he wrongfully accused someone and because of that she was killed. Then, after that, they decided to make him think he would be marrying someone else and then surprise! She's not really dead, now be happy and lets go dance in circles while singing nonny nonny.
I may get cast into the depths of hell for this but I have never really liked shakespeare. And maybe its just because I have never paid all that much attention to it, it was discussed that we may not like it because we dont understand it either and maybe thats the case. It was really not AS unbearable as I thought it was going to be, partially due to the fact I am a big Denzel fan and Kate Beckinsale is hot. But it was ok, to understand what was going on was tough in the beginning but once you got going it flowed a lot better. Its a classic love story with a boring ending but was slightly entertaining, i would not say it was my favorite movie we have watched and would probably not watch it again.
Of all the Shakespeare I have read and seen I think much ado is my favorite. I thought the movie was very well done. The cast was brilliant (save a certain villain we all love to hate). It is really painful to watch Shakespeare when the actors are butchering every line. I also thought the costumes were fantastic, especially the masquerade. There were a lot of shots that we really haven’t seen a lot of in this class. First the slow motion as the dramatic music plays and the soldiers ride dramatically on their horses. And second, the overlapping scene with Beatrice and Benedict in the garden. I thought this film was very well rounded and really enjoyed watching it.
Wow! Can I say how much I was impressed with this film and really with shakespeare in general. Of course I did not really have an opinion concerning his work really only knowing it was old school stuff. But the music was great and the acting was well done with the exception to one individual which all of us know who that is. I would have to agree with the class discussion on how some actors try to hard with the shakespeare roles but really all one has to do is just act the part and it will come out fine versus trying way to hard and going overboard, shakespeare is already tough an actor does not have to make it that much worse. I liked the singing and dancing and overall the moral of the story and what is to be learned. And lastly who better than to write about love and put it to action than William Shakespeare!
now this was a big flash back to my senior year English class! ha ha where i first saw this movie. i actually really like this one, it was really funny and they did a great job acting to (minus keanu reeves) i have been really impressed with this film, i thought they did a great job taking Shakespeare from the stage and putting on the big screen. and this had to of definitely been a hard one to do, i have read the play and they did a great job with it in my opinion.i thought the cast was great and preformed very well!
Although I do not understand Shakespeare, I enjoyed watching this movie. It was fun to try and figure out what was going on and what was being said. I loved the scenes with Beatrice and Benedick because it "felt" like they knew Shakespeare. They seemed passionate and had a "deep" understanding for what they were talking about. This film has spiked my interest in Shakespeare. I have always thought of Shakespeare as "boring" just like Sara Jade said in class. I would love to learn and see more of the plays and movies based on his work.
ReplyDeleteThe beginning was hard to understand and I found my self wondering what was even going on for almost the first half of the film. I was in one of those middle school classes where my English teacher tried to thrust her wondrous knowledge of Shakespeare on her classes, so I had that working against me trying to not make the movie boring.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out to be a good movie. Just like mentioned in class I thought the scenes with Beatrice and Benedick easier to pick up on, which is a good thing they know their Shakespeare or their wit would have been lost.
The continuous and high shot at the end was something we have seen but it was great to see how he used every bit of space in his shot the people were everywhere and they were all doing something.
Not a bad movie, didn't make me want to go out and buy Shakespeare's complete works and jump right in but I enjoyed the film.
I actually enjoyed this movie. There, I said it. For the first ten minutes I was trying to get myself back into that Shakespearean language, but once I got settled in, the movie was quite humorous (except for Neo - I mean Keanu Reeves). Beatrice and Benedict were really pleasent to watch on screen because they had an obvious grasp of what they were saying, and it made it that much easier for the audience to understand. Denzel did a pretty good job too, he seemed to know what he was doing. Micheal Keaton brought a little bit of Betelgeuse to the screen which was okay because it was pretty funny to see him move.
ReplyDeleteI liked the camera work at the end, it's quite a feat to have one long continuous shot like that, and have it rise into the air at the end.
I didn't expect to like this movie at first, but it took me by surprise.
Much Ado About Nothing
ReplyDeleteI was pleasantly surprised with this film. I liked the dramatic music leading into the film. It set the tone nicely. I knew who the villain was from the dark clothing and “bad” acting of Reeves. Even though the words were difficult to understand at first, I got use to the sentence structure towards the end. I did know what was going one throughout the movie. The masks at the first dance were amazing. I appreciated the work that went into them. The directing was amazing. I loved how Branagh went to the trouble of having the people move in the background while the others set their plot. Moving from brush to bush and then having the camera move to show different angles was brilliant. I know this was a comedy but it was very subtle. A few things went over some head while other laughed. I liked the singing in it. I think it was an early version of Robbie Williams. Who knows? At the end, it seemed like the villagers knew of John’s plot (maybe the bad acting) and made a plot of their own against the prince and Claudio. Over all I thought this was a great film.
I have not seen many shows in pig-latin, whoops I mean "Shakespearean" Is that a word??
ReplyDeleteAnyway, If I had found this film while channel surfing, I am pretty sure I would have just kept on clicking. After I watched for a bit and got over it, it was not so bad. I agree that I did not need to be able to understand everything said in order to understand the general jist of the film. I must say that if the movie had a very complex plot, it would have been more difficult. At least it was mostly English and there were no subtitles. It made me think of when "crouching tiger, hidden dragon' came out. I thought it was a good show, but it does make me wonder if I would have liked it as much in a foriegn language with no subtitles.
I thought this movie made it very clear what good acting was. There is much more involved than just the words that are spoken. Rather than say that those who struck me as good actors were "overacting," I suppose I should say they were very passionate. Their expressions, inflection, and mannerisms made it much easier to understand what was going on. I did like the camera stuff at the end. It seemed to bring the auidence to "the end of the story" in a unique way.
I will say that after thinking about it, Keanu Reeves is basicly the same character in everything he does.
I will also say as a Matrix fan though, that only Neo can be Neo. :)
I actually really enjoyed this movie. I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I was able to grasp the language and catch on to the gist of the movie.
ReplyDeleteDespite of the fact I didn't think the acting was all that good (i.e. keanu reeves) I enjoyed the story line.
I realized after Sara Jade said something about the actors understanding Shakespeare that that's the reason it was probably easier for me to understand the movie. They did seem to grasp the story they were trying to get across, which makes it easier to understand yourself.
I did also like the last scene and the continous camera shot. That sense of excitement would probably not had been as present if they had kept cutting the scene, instead of continually showing everyone.
This movie made me want to consider watching more shakespear films. Not something I had considered previously.
I really had a hard time understanding this movie in the beginning. The language seemed foreign to me, until about the last part of the movie things they said were starting to make more sense. I didn't really care for this movie, although I really liked michael keaton in this movie I thought he added a lot to it, made it funnier and more enjoyable to watch. The only person who I thought did a bad job in the movie was keanu reeves, i didn't understand anything he said or was trying to portray, although i did understand that he was the bad guy. The lines between good and bad I thought were well defined in this movie.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think that I would enjoy this film but surprisingly I did. I have watched many plays before but never really enjoyed them. To me Shakespear was always something for the drama kids to aspire to, but I guess my opinion has changed.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the plot was kind of transparent, I feel like the story was good. Throughout the movie the audience knows what is going to happen. I feel like the film could have been better if there would have been a twist where the guy didn't get the girl right away. It seemed to end very quickly. I think that more could have been done with the character that Keanu Reeves played. I think that the film could have shown what happened to him.
In conclusion, much to my surprise I enjoyed this film and would watch it again. I feel like I gained a greater appreciation for Shakespear and his work. Next time, I would hope that I will be more open to watching his films.
I didn't really enjoy this film, parts of it where pretty funny, but a lot of it didn't really make any sense to me. What is the point of making the guy feel guilty and saying he killed his daughter? It seems like some kind of twisted mind set to convince someone that he wrongfully accused someone and because of that she was killed. Then, after that, they decided to make him think he would be marrying someone else and then surprise! She's not really dead, now be happy and lets go dance in circles while singing nonny nonny.
ReplyDeleteI may get cast into the depths of hell for this but I have never really liked shakespeare. And maybe its just because I have never paid all that much attention to it, it was discussed that we may not like it because we dont understand it either and maybe thats the case. It was really not AS unbearable as I thought it was going to be, partially due to the fact I am a big Denzel fan and Kate Beckinsale is hot. But it was ok, to understand what was going on was tough in the beginning but once you got going it flowed a lot better. Its a classic love story with a boring ending but was slightly entertaining, i would not say it was my favorite movie we have watched and would probably not watch it again.
ReplyDeleteOf all the Shakespeare I have read and seen I think much ado is my favorite. I thought the movie was very well done. The cast was brilliant (save a certain villain we all love to hate). It is really painful to watch Shakespeare when the actors are butchering every line.
ReplyDeleteI also thought the costumes were fantastic, especially the masquerade.
There were a lot of shots that we really haven’t seen a lot of in this class. First the slow motion as the dramatic music plays and the soldiers ride dramatically on their horses. And second, the overlapping scene with Beatrice and Benedict in the garden.
I thought this film was very well rounded and really enjoyed watching it.
Wow!
ReplyDeleteCan I say how much I was impressed with this film and really with shakespeare in general. Of course I did not really have an opinion concerning his work really only knowing it was old school stuff. But the music was great and the acting was well done with the exception to one individual which all of us know who that is. I would have to agree with the class discussion on how some actors try to hard with the shakespeare roles but really all one has to do is just act the part and it will come out fine versus trying way to hard and going overboard, shakespeare is already tough an actor does not have to make it that much worse. I liked the singing and dancing and overall the moral of the story and what is to be learned. And lastly who better than to write about love and put it to action than William Shakespeare!
now this was a big flash back to my senior year English class! ha ha where i first saw this movie. i actually really like this one, it was really funny and they did a great job acting to (minus keanu reeves) i have been really impressed with this film, i thought they did a great job taking Shakespeare from the stage and putting on the big screen. and this had to of definitely been a hard one to do, i have read the play and they did a great job with it in my opinion.i thought the cast was great and preformed very well!
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