and thou, the author of their obloquy, will have thy trespass cited up in rhymes

[angevin2]

So Roland Emmerich's feculent antistratfordian polemic Anonymous has been shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, and a couple of hardy souls in the Shakespeare blogiverse have been unfortunate enough to see it, but their misfortune is excellent for us, because out of it there have been a couple of fairly awesome blog posts. And, really,

Comments

[tekalynn]

Yeeeg. Sounds absolutely dreadful.

Mind you, I have absolutely no patience with anti-Stradfordian hypotheses to begin with.

[arcadiaego]

I thought I might enjoy this in a cracky way, the same sort of way I enjoy The Da Vinci code film (I tried to read the book but I couldn't get anywhere with it) i.e. it's complete rubbish but fun (apart from the rabid anti-Catholic bits.) But I was confused just reading the plot outline so I'm not sure I could follow the actual film!

[quietprofanity]

Meanwhile, what about the idiot actor Shakespeare? He’s enjoying such a popular triumph in Henry V that he goes crowdsurfing. Yes, Shakespeare may not have written his plays, but he invented crowdsurfing-take that, Courtney Love.

PFFFT! Oh God, that's amazing. XD I'm not done reading it all, but that needs to be pointed out.

[a_t_rain]

The whole post -- quoting doesn't really do it justice, because a lot of the entertainment is in the amount of wrongness pointed out -- is great, and if I miraculously have a hundred extra dollars in November I am so buying Syme's book (which to be honest looks like the sort of thing I ought to read anyway; there is a chapter on Richard II and historiography).

You might know about this already, but Sixteenth Century Journal usually has a long list of books awaiting reviewers, so you might be able to snag a review copy if it pops up.

Kinda cringing at the whole concept of Anonymous, but at least it sounds like Coriolanus was really good?

[angevin2]

I'll keep my eyes peeled!

Also, the Coriolanus trailer looked fantastic. I can't wait to see it. I hope I don't have to wait 10 months for the dvd like last time a Shakespeare movie came out...

[a_t_rain]

I know! I am so annoyed that it won't, apparently, be out by the time we actually read The Tempest in my Late Shakespeare class (but yay, I do have the new one with Christopher Plummer, so I'm pretty psyched about that).

Shakespeare movies coming out on DVD

[macmauve]

Hi you mentioned that you were hoping that you don't have to wait 10 months for the dvd like last time a Shakespeare movie came out...Well all the Globe DVDs from next yr are rumoured to be out next month - will keep you posted if they do!
Also have you heard Jamie Parker is playing Henry V at the Globe next year? Woo hoo!

[roguebelle]

Oh good. I was hoping it would be terrible. The worse the movie is, the less likely people will believe the nonsense it spouts.

[murasaki_1966]

On that logic, The Da Vinci Code should have sold only a few hundred copies.