One of the best films of the year thus far.
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Review: Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing
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I’ve read that Joss has had Shakespeare-reading parties at his home for many years. The Buffy cast commented on it several times.
And over at IMDB I see that RDJ has signed to play Iron Man in The Avengers 2 and 3. Maybe Joss can talk him into putting on a fat suit and playing Falstaff for Henry IV 1/2.
He’d be a great Falstaff!
I really loved it – was totally transported. Went into it not expecting much, frankly. It was magic!
They must have had so much fun filming it (and also it must have been insane – they shot it in 12 days). Love it!
I’m hoping it makes its way to my tiny island’s theater. If not, that’s why God gave us Netflix.
I’m glad to read that Alexis has such a prominent role. His character Wesley had such a great arc on Buffy/Angel. He spent much time mooning for Amy Acker’s character (and some kinky time with another character pretending to be her). I bet the two of them are wonderful together.
Alexis is dynamite! There’s one scene where he does pushups in front of Beatrice, obviously trying to impress her, only making a fool of himself – and it was hilarious. The two are great together – of course it is hinted at in the script that Beatrice and Benedick have “history”, so to speak – so there is all of this past between them. I loved them in the roles, their scenes were incredible – her famous line “kill Claudio” was breathtaking.
Excited to hear what you think!
How great it would be if Whedon just kept going? Filming various Shakespearean plays on his down-time? You know, the 12 days in between his other major projects? He’s got a great repertory company all built in. I’d love to see him do more.
From your mouth to Joss’ ear.
I’m glad to hear your enthusiastic take on this. I was waffling and now I’ll definitely see it!
I’m in love with it!
I liked it better than the Branagh. Wasn’t crazy about Michael Keaton as Dogberry – who is one of my favorite characters in all of Shakespeare. Nathan Fillion is perfect. He is the Dogberry that is in my mind, if that makes sense.
I think the atmosphere of the Branagh, and the royal couple, were great. But a lot of the rest of the cast were second rate. I’m excited to see this one.
Yes – I did like the Branagh and the atmosphere, the glory of that sparring love language!
But here there isn’t a weak link, nothing second-rate. Even the bumbling cops who have one line manage to get a laugh out of them and create full 3-dimensional characters!