Comments | angevin2: impending Branagh alert!

angevin2

impending Branagh alert!

Aug 11, 2007 23:39

From News on the Rialto:

HBO Films presents director Kenneth Branagh's imaginative adaptation of Shakespeare's classic AS YOU LIKE IT, celebrating the enduring power of love in all its many disguises. Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out ( Read more... )

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Comments 18

amea August 12 2007, 04:53:00 UTC

Gragh! I've been waiting to see it FOR EVAH, and actually have a post prepared to put up when my B&N gift card starts working again and I pre-order it. :) _As You Like It_ is the play I've been in the most, so it has a special place in my heart - glad to hear that it's pretty decent - the cast looked pretty good, although the trailer looked a bit cheesy.

Anything in particular? I'll squee over all the details. Is Bryce Dallas Howard good?

angevin2 August 12 2007, 05:03:39 UTC

Bryce Dallas Howard is excellent, and whoever it was who played Celia (I can't remember her name, alas) is adorable, as is David Oyelowo (whom I met and who is also adorable in person) as Orlando. Most of the problems I had with it involved not taking advantage of the potential the setting had for a more complex interpretation...

fantome14 August 12 2007, 05:03:22 UTC

I am pleased, especially since I just know it can't be anywhere near as bad as Love's Labour's Lost was.

angevin2 August 12 2007, 05:04:10 UTC

Oh, I really enjoyed Love's Labour's Lost! It's silly and completely on crack, but I thought it was fun. ;)

fantome14 August 12 2007, 05:07:19 UTC

I love Branagh, and I love musicals, so it's not like I am one of those people who was appalled at the very concept (I have friends who would be). It just didn't work for me for whatever reason. It had moments, but overall--meh.

sienamystic August 12 2007, 05:14:49 UTC

Damnation, no HBO in the house. Will have to wait for the DVD, I guess. *shakes fist*

Count me in as another one who inexplicably loves LLL. But then, I'm a sucker for people in masks, so there's a big plus...

sadcypress August 12 2007, 05:34:00 UTC

Oo, I am wildly jealous that you've seen it! I was hoping that he could make me love the play, but I'll settle for charming. :)

taelle August 12 2007, 06:43:44 UTC

Am definitely jealous. Of you and of anyone who'll be able to see it on 21th.