Much ado about nothing review
Sergio Marroquin 06.22.2013
Professor Anthony Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
2013 brought us a new take on the Play “Much Ado about Nothing” by William Shakespeare. The new film was adapted, produced and directed by Joss Whedon who also created the Buffy the Vampire movie along with it’s series. “Much Ado” unlike the Kenneth Branagh Version is set in Modern Day along with a black and white indie film look to it. The film sticks to the language of William Shakespeare respectively and follows the plot to it as well. The play is pretty much a story about a bunch of rumors that get mixed up with one another leading to very confused characters accidentally falling in love with one another or out of it. I generally was impressed with the way Whedon portrayed the movie and set it into modern day. I think the plot and themes of the play can definitely be related to today unlike many other Shakespeare plays which seem to have pretty unique storylines “Much Ado” seems to be a pretty general romantic comedy plot for a film. The only thing that was pretty confusing was the roles of Benedick with his men and Leonato. Whedon fails to really inform us what their significance are in the play. In the play Benedick is a soldier who is coming from battle to stay at the estate of Leonato. In this film, it seems that Benedick and Claudio might be working for the FBI or maybe undercover cops and that Leonato is some political figure but that was kind of unclear from the beginning of the movie. However, once you get past that initial confusion you get to the sarcastic duo that is Benedick and Beatrice. In all honesty, my favorite part of the whole film was the performances of Alexis Denison and Amy Acker who respectively play the roles of Beatrice and Benedick. They both have taken the language of William Shakespeare and found ways to make it like everyday language that we have today. They said it very clear and made it easy to
Professor Anthony Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
2013 brought us a new take on the Play “Much Ado about Nothing” by William Shakespeare. The new film was adapted, produced and directed by Joss Whedon who also created the Buffy the Vampire movie along with it’s series. “Much Ado” unlike the Kenneth Branagh Version is set in Modern Day along with a black and white indie film look to it. The film sticks to the language of William Shakespeare respectively and follows the plot to it as well. The play is pretty much a story about a bunch of rumors that get mixed up with one another leading to very confused characters accidentally falling in love with one another or out of it. I generally was impressed with the way Whedon portrayed the movie and set it into modern day. I think the plot and themes of the play can definitely be related to today unlike many other Shakespeare plays which seem to have pretty unique storylines “Much Ado” seems to be a pretty general romantic comedy plot for a film. The only thing that was pretty confusing was the roles of Benedick with his men and Leonato. Whedon fails to really inform us what their significance are in the play. In the play Benedick is a soldier who is coming from battle to stay at the estate of Leonato. In this film, it seems that Benedick and Claudio might be working for the FBI or maybe undercover cops and that Leonato is some political figure but that was kind of unclear from the beginning of the movie. However, once you get past that initial confusion you get to the sarcastic duo that is Benedick and Beatrice. In all honesty, my favorite part of the whole film was the performances of Alexis Denison and Amy Acker who respectively play the roles of Beatrice and Benedick. They both have taken the language of William Shakespeare and found ways to make it like everyday language that we have today. They said it very clear and made it easy to