Best Shakespeare film?

[LoomisFan]

My personal favorite is Kenneth Brannagh's Hamlet. Sure, it takes some patience to sit through it (it's four hours long), but it's definitely worth it.
My runner-ups for best Shakespeare film are A Midsummer Night's Dream with Kevin Kline and Twelfth Night with Ben Kingsley.
Your thoughts?

[zeppelin]

Throne of Blood is my favorite, closely followed by Ran. Both Kurosawa movies. Besides them, Branagh's Hamlet and Henry V are great as well.

[Savage Henry]

Ran

[Deckard]

Best Literal adaption-(3 way tie for me)
Mary Harron's ultra stylized and brutal TITUS (9/10) with Alan Cummings or
Roman Polanski working out his issues through celluloid with MACBETH (9/10)
or
Richard Loncraine's RICHARD III (9/10) starring Ian McKellam

Honorable mention to Joseph L Mankewick's JULIUS CEASAR with marlon Brando and ofcourse Olivier's HAMLET



Best Reworking-
Akira Kurosawas RAN (9/10)
Akira kurosawa's KAGEMUSHA: THRONE OF BLOOD (9/10)

Honorable mention to Coppola's THE GODFATHER III (8/10) and
Disney's THE LION KING (8/10)



Best Comedy Rethinking-
Tom Stoppards ROZENCRANTZ AND GUILDERSTERN ARE DEAD(9/10) starring gary oldman and Tim Roth

Honorable mention Al pacino's LOOKING FOR RICHARD (8/10)

[bigred760]

I'll go with Ran, that movie just kicks ass.

I also like Much Ado About Nothing too, that flick always makes me laugh - especially Michael Keaton.

[Cronos]

Kagemusha

[Lazy Boy]

I have to say Branagh's Hamlet is my favorite Shakespeare adaptation.

Titus would be second place -- what a kickass visual creation.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Laurence Olivier's HAMLET.

[Gordon]

Originally posted by Brando @$$ Fat
Laurence Olivier's HAMLET.

No doubt.

[Woad9]

Originally posted by zeppelin
Throne of Blood is my favorite, closely followed by Ran. Both Kurosawa movies. Besides them, Branagh's Hamlet and Henry V are great as well.


Have to second Branagh's Henry V, it manages to convey that one is watching a stage play on film without all the static camera angles and other restrictions. Really a remarkable achievment. Also the very hard to watch Macbeth by Polanski is excellent, it's just hard to say a movie that disturbed is a favorite.

I'll have to disagree about Olivier's Hamlet though. I know it's a sin to say this but I just don't think it's held up as well as some of his other Shakespeare adaptations. It showcases a distinctly British Style of acting Shakespeare (some would call it overacting), one that you don't see alot anymore and was pretty much gone by the 60's, that Olivier toned down a great deal for many of his other Shakespearean characters. I know I'm gonna get shot for saying this though...

[MrCouch]

Kenneth Branagh's Henry V.

i also enjoyed the DiCaprio rendition of R&J

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Originally posted by Woad9
Have to second Branagh's Henry V, it manages to convey that one is watching a stage play on film without all the static camera angles and other restrictions. Really a remarkable achievment. Also the very hard to watch Macbeth by Polanski is excellent, it's just hard to say a movie that disturbed is a favorite.

I'll have to disagree about Olivier's Hamlet though. I know it's a sin to say this but I just don't think it's held up as well as some of his other Shakespeare adaptations. It showcases a distinctly British Style of acting Shakespeare (some would call it overacting), one that you don't see alot anymore and was pretty much gone by the 60's, that Olivier toned down a great deal for many of his other Shakespearean characters. I know I'm gonna get shot for saying this though...

It's fine, Olivier does overact, but then again, most of Shakespeare's plays require overacting.