Best Screen Shakespeare

[sanshodayu]

My favourites;
Throne of Blood(Kurosawa,Japan-adaptation)
Titus(Taymor)
King Lear(Kozintsev,Russia)
Othello(Welles)
Ran(Kurosawa,Japan-adaptation)
Henry V (Olivier)
Henry V(Branagh)
Hamlet(Zeffirelli)
Romeo + Juliet(Luhrmann)
Shakespeare in Love(Madden)

[Ghostface 2000]

Romeo & Juliet are my faves i haven't seen any other Shakesphere movies.

[ColinM]

It's probably the "easy answer" to say Shakespeare in Love, but I'm gonna have to say it anyway. I loved that movie.

[Vega]

I would go with Branagh's Henry V and Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. The recent version of A Midsummer Night's Dream is pretty good, too.

[Cyclonus]

Romeo and Juliet (1968) -- 7/10

Macbeth (1971) -- 7/10

Hamlet (1990) -- 7/10

Romeo and Juliet (1996) -- 7/10

Titus (1999) -- 6/10

[Jasonite]

I'd say Henry V, Hamlet, Richard III, Othello and King Lear all by Olivier were just a blast to watch.

Branagh's Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, and Hamlet were excellent.

I haven't seen Kurosawa's Throne of Blood, but Ran was a visual masterpiece.

J

[Hannibal21]

Hamlet (10/10) Olivier version

[notchreturns]

For me, Branagh's Hamlet towers above everything else. Brillant filmmaking.

[VicVega]

Roman Polanski's Macbeth.

Very good movie. Wasn't dull like I was expecting.

[MickeyKnox]

Originally posted by VicVega
Roman Polanski's Macbeth.

Very good movie. Wasn't dull like I was expecting.
The same with me, we had to watch this in British Literature, I thought it was gonna be boring, but it was Shakespeare on a different level.

[Tagia_Romero]

Titus (with Hopkins)
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Othello (with Fishburne)
Hamlet (Olivier)
Romeo + Juliet (Di Caprio. Surprisingly good)
Much Ado About Nothing (Brannagh)

[Slim]

Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996) is the best Shakespeare film adaptation. The worst movie is that piece of trash Shakespeare in Love (1998). Best Picture my ass! Fucking Miramax.

[Deckard]

Best of bigscreen Shakespeare adaptions:

Kurosawa's RAN and THRONE OF BLOOD.

Roman Polanski's MACBETH

Julie Taymor's TITUS- with Anthony Hopkins

Richard Loncraine's RICHARD III- with Ian McKellam

Stuart Burge's OTHELLO- With Lawrence Fishburne

Orson Welles OTHELLO

Joseph L Mankeiwicz JULIUS CEASAR starring Marlon Brando


Honorable mentions to Al Pacino's LOOKING FOR RICHARD, awesome fun.

Woody Allen's A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS SEX COMEDY is funny too..


ROZENCRANTZ and GUILDRSTERN ARE DEAD is one of my all time fave comedies. ultra intelligent and with one of the slyest wits around, a true masterpice.Roth and Oldman are one of the greatest comedy duo's ever.


For the record I cant stand ANY of Branaugh's interpretations, all seem hollow to me, and the casts are shocking most of the time.

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[Jedi]

William Shakespeare's Hamlet by Kenneth Branagh is an astonishing achievement. And I'm talking about the 4-hours long version. Now, that's how Shakespeare should be presented. Brilliant!

Other films:
Shakespeare in Love (10/10)
Othello -with Fishburne and Branagh (8/10)
Hamlet -with Ethan Hawke (5/10)
O (3/10)
Hamlet- with Mel Gibson (8/10)
A Midsummer Night Dream -1998 (6/10)

[zeppelin]

I agree with everyone who said Kenneth Branagh's version of Hamlet. The best film adaptation of Shakespeare ever, in my opinion (and apparently in several other peoples' opinions too). Not just that, but I think it is one of the best films of the 90's also.

[ANavissi500]

Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet
Branagh's Hamlet
Hamlet w/ Ethan Hawke
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[artguylarry]

Originally posted by ColinM
It's probably the "easy answer" to say Shakespeare in Love, but I'm gonna have to say it anyway. I loved that movie.

Well as far as the flick goes, it's one of the best, but it's not Shakespeare. Only a parody on his life.

My vote goes for Romeo & Juliet (96). What an original idea. Awesome film