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It’s such a beautiful movie too, the first time I wasn’t actively hating that something was shot on video.
Yes, it’s gorgeous. The handheld stuff (which so often bugs me) was perfect and added to the eavesdroppy feeling of the whole thing.
And the ACTING. Forget it, everyone is just great!
I want Whedon to keep going with this repertory company and do more Shakespearean stories. I liked this one better than the Branagh. I’d love to see them do As You Like It, or Hamlet, or any of the rest. Great company of actors.
Seriously, I hope it’s a deal where we get one after every Marvel movie. I especially love how Clark Gregg has become a Whedon regular, he was wonderful.
Oh I love him! I mean, what, they filmed this over a long weekend and it came out like THIS?
Seriously: More!!
Hear, hear! Maybe he can shoot the next Shakespeare in the same place — his home. It would be fascinating to see how one setting can be made to evoke a completely different mood, depending on the play and the framing.
I totally agree.
It’s a cliche to say this but Amy Acker was a revelation. She just killed this.
Killed it. She’s awesome.
“Much Ado . . . ” is also one of MY favorite movies of the year. Thank you for the stills, which deserve — each one — to be lingered over. It’s the quality of the light that Joss (or his cinematographer, or were they one and the same?) captured so well. The way it hovers over people’s faces and glints through glasses — this movie was just absolutely perfect, in every way.
I loved that he made it feel so intimate. It’s Shakespeare and yet we (the audience) feel, while watching, almost like voyeurs.