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Thread #47700   Message #713440
Posted By: alanabit
19-May-02 - 11:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Is it me or is Shakespeare very strange..
Subject: RE: BS: Is it me or is Shakspeare very strange..
I sympathise Paul. Henry V is quite stirring and it shows the ruthlessness of the character (brought out more clearly in the Branagh version, I felt).The Olivier version has a softer focus, but it's still excellent in a different way. I particularly like the way in which the opening scene pokes fun at the absurdity of the English claims to France. Pistol and his gang are meant to be funny. As for "Midsummer NIght's Dream", I can watch it, but it's a long way short of my favourite. I also happen to think that there is no film so good that Mickey Rooney couldn't kill it stone dead...