hmm. Branagh criticism

[burntcopper]

Much ado about nothing : dammit. I love this film. Really I do. The Benedick/Beatrice banter is a joy to behold, and Denzel... oh, Denzel. Not just *mrowr*, but ♥.

But argh, I'd forgotten how much I hate Claudio as a character. STABBY.

That and Keanu's acting. :winces:

Well, and the fact that Branagh can't handle any 'Fool' scenes. I've seen those done well. Michael Keaton and Ben Elton look like gurning idiots.

So I fast-forwarded through the bad stuff and rewinded the Benedick/Beatrice, then swooned over Denzel a bit more. It's the only thing you can do, really.

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[juleskicks.livejournal.com]

Hee. Just rewatched last night myself. *high-fives* And oh, Denzel. I'm right there with you on the swooning, because, yay.

Claudio needs to be eaten by a bear. Which is of course not unknown to happen in Shakespeare.

Also, on the reread which prompted the rewatch, I found myself going 'and I haven't pictured Benedick/Pedro/Beatrice until now WHY, exactly?' because oh goodness. Benedick grabbing Pedro's hand with his free one during the dance at the end of the film didn't do anything to make this notion go away, either.

I suppose Hero can join them too, as her husband is going to be eaten by a bear.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

Sadly, eaten by a bear is in A Winter's Tale, which is not one of his best. Dammit. But nice image. Only now I also have the image of House coming up, poking the bear witha cane and telling him he's not allowed to savage Wilson too much, his patients need him to look sympathetically at them.