"Keep backing up, camera person. You'll fit Branagh's ego in the frame eventually."
::snicker::
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'Conviction (1)'
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Kathy A - Apr 08, 2009 4:43:03 am PDT #8748 of 28420
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Barb - Apr 08, 2009 4:45:03 am PDT #8749 of 28420
“Not dead yet!”
I think with Hamlet, he was on the cusp of no longer being the young arrogant lion who'd taken the theatre and film worlds by storm. It was kind of a defining moment before he became old guard. At least, that was always my interpretation of it.
Sue - Apr 08, 2009 4:46:00 am PDT #8750 of 28420
hip deep in pie
I sat there thinking, "Keep backing up, camera person. You'll fit Branagh's ego in the frame eventually."
I left at intermission. Only the 3rd movie I've ever walked out on. My thoughts were similar, but more along the lines of "If he just wanked for the camera, it would have taken up a lot less of my time."
Barb - Apr 08, 2009 4:48:31 am PDT #8751 of 28420
“Not dead yet!”
"If he just wanked for the camera, it would have taken up a lot less of my time."
Or this.
Fred Pete - Apr 08, 2009 4:57:49 am PDT #8752 of 28420
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oh, dear. And here I am with the Branagh Hamlet waiting on the TiVo.
I'd also recommend a decent background in English history before tackling English Lit, especially English novels.
le nubian - Apr 08, 2009 5:07:00 am PDT #8753 of 28420
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh man! I wanted to watch Hamlet too. Maybe I'll skip it.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 08, 2009 5:18:27 am PDT #8754 of 28420
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Achilles has problems.
Didn't so many of the Greeks. I mean really - think about Oedipus. What a motherfucker!
Connie Neil - Apr 08, 2009 6:52:30 am PDT #8755 of 28420
brillig
I adored Branagh's Hamlet. There are some over the top bits, but for the first time the whole thing made sense. And you owe yourself to see Billy Crystal as the First Gravedigger. "Because, my lord, she's dead."
edit: And Charlton Heston really could act, not just rant about guns.
Kathy A - Apr 08, 2009 6:59:13 am PDT #8756 of 28420
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Billy Crystal is much better as the Gravedigger than Michael Keaton is as the guard in Much Ado, although the worst of all was Keanu as Don Juan.
Fred Pete - Apr 08, 2009 7:01:44 am PDT #8757 of 28420
Ann, that's a ferret.
although the worst of all was Keanu as Don Juan.
But Beatrice and Benedick were well cast. If you get that right, it's hard to get Much Ado too wrong.