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JediJohnnie

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Favorite Shakespearean Movie
« on: March 05, 2012, 03:30:17 pm »
What's your favorite movie based on the works of Shakespeare?I have a few...

1.Hamlet (Mel Gibson)

2.Henry V (Kenneth Branagh)

3.Othello (Laurence Olivier)

4.Macbeth (Orson Welles)

5.Romeo & Juliet (Norma Shearer & Leslie Howard)

and I'll thow in an honorary mention of Ian McKellen in King Lear (which was technically filmed on stage)
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Re: Favorite Shakespearean Movie
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2012, 03:32:42 pm »
Does 10 Things I Hate About You count?

I also really loved #1 and 4 on your list.  5, too.
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Re: Favorite Shakespearean Movie
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2012, 03:51:27 pm »
a midsummer night's dream :D
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Re: Favorite Shakespearean Movie
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2012, 09:09:17 pm »
No contest--Taming of the Shrew. It holds up even today, and one need not be schooled in Shakespeare to understand the clever barbs and jabs that translate to modern-day relationships. Me thinks.
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Re: Favorite Shakespearean Movie
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2012, 03:52:20 pm »
Romeo & Juliet (Clare Danes & Leonardo DiCaprio)
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Re: Favorite Shakespearean Movie
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2012, 03:29:51 pm »
Quote from: hempick on March 05, 2012, 03:32:42 pm
Does 10 Things I Hate About You count?

I also really loved #1 and 4 on your list.  5, too.


Yeah,Mel Gibson was perfect in that role.It was that film that really sparked my interest in the Bard when I was a kid.
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