Title: I'll Take My Shaksespeare Straight
Product review: If you admire Shakespearean plays AS THEY WERE WRITTEN, then don't watch this film. The neo-classical approach of mixing modern day conveniences with antiquity just doesn't work, at least not for me. It's a little unsettling when you see guys shooting pool, people driving caddy's, and soldiers carrying handguns - while at the same time carrying swords and speaking in ye olde english.This movie is very graphic in it's violence and sexual content and should NOT be viewed by young children, incest and cannibalism being among the more disturbing themes that run their course in this film.The acting of course is impeccable, but then again what do you expect from Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange. That being said I have to profess my bias for the traditional approach to Shakespeare and would have loved to see them in something a little closer to what the Bard had in mind when he penned his famous prose. Call me close-minded but I'll take my Shakespeare straight.
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