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Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
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"It’s not definite yet, but it looks like Oscar-nominated actor/director Kenneth Branagh will be taking the helm of Marvel Studios’ comic book adaptation Thor. Most young moviegoers know Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart (from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), but he’s otherwise better known for primarily directing films of Shakespeare’s works. He also tends to cast mostly trained Shakespearean actors, although he has been known to include an Alicia Silverstone or a Matthew Lillard in his ensembles. Additionally, he’s been known for odd casting choices, such as Robert De Niro for the Monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Who will he cast this time in the Asgardian ensemble that will make up the film? It might not actually be totally up to him, but if it is, it might look a little like this: Kenneth Branagh as Thor/Donald Blake I know what you’re thinking. He’s old. But he’s only five years older than
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"Love’s Labours Lost (2000) is Kenneth Branagh’s creative adaptation of one of William Shakespeare’s least successful plays. Branagh perspicaciously chooses to treat the troublesome play completely light-heartedly. He moves it to the 1930s and puts in wonderful show tunes (e.g., “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”) complete with good Broadway choreography. Also, cute black and white newsreels keep a modern audience abreast of a confusing play. I loved the goofiness. But I was conscious that some of the dancers couldn’t act very well, and some of the actors could not deliver Shakespeare flawlessly. I was bothered by how difficult the dialogue was to follow in some of the slapstick comedy scenes. And none of the cardboard characters amount to people we care about. Still, when we complain about formulaic Hollywood movies, here is one at the opposite end of the spectrum. Branagh understands Shakespeare so well that he left out 50% of the lines a ... "
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