Topic: Much Ado About Nothing review by Teague [No Spoilers]

I did not understand a god damned thing that was happening in this movie.

But my not-an-idiot friend dug it.

Nine stars!

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Ya, this is why I much prefer to read Shakespeare than to watch it performed or adapted. When you're reading it, you can take it slow and make sure you understand the meaning, and it also lets you appreciate the poetry of the language. If I'm watching it at movie-speed, I'm usually gonna spend the whole time just struggling to understand what everyone is saying instead of enjoying the story and the writing.

I'm also not generally a fan of these modernized adaptations with original text, it always feels like a lazy thing to try to modernize for today's audiences, all it does is pull you out of the story more because the dialogue doesn't fit. A proper adaptation set in the original time-period works better because it uses the language to it's benefit, it makes it feel more authentic.

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I actually feel the opposite way, bullet. I think that seeing it performed gives the opportunity to see the context and emotions behind the lines, which helps you to understand what's going on and what they're saying better.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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