First of all I'd like to say I thought this movie was a wonderful piece of art. Beautiful images, beautiful music and good actors.
However I do feel that the use of "Shakespearean English" in a movie is somewhat problematic. I'm sure you can get used to it with it's extremely long sentences, strange grammar (at least for modern standards) and at times extra-terrestrial word order, but for someone who hasn't read a Lot of Shakespeare's work, it was quite exhausting at times to keep up with the dialogue and understand what they're exactly saying. Especially since the dialogue density is quite high throughout the movie (and in my opinion, much too high for a movie).
Film is a modern medium and I think the makers should have kept that in mind a little bit more. Everything has to be squeezed in around 2 hours, so hey, you need to trim down certain things a bit. When you're watching a movie you need a little space to breathe every now and then, a few seconds to think about things. When you're reading a book you can take that time yourself, whereas a movie needs to have that space built in. I don't know, maybe making a movie and keeping up all the characteristics and virtues of Shakespearean dialogue are just two things that don't mix that well. And... oh well, maybe just keeping the dialogue density just a little lower would have done the trick altogether. But right now I feel like I've been running a mile or two, while all I wanted was to watch a piece of art.
Still, as I said, it was a beautiful piece of art, so a grade 7 out of 10 is justified.
However I do feel that the use of "Shakespearean English" in a movie is somewhat problematic. I'm sure you can get used to it with it's extremely long sentences, strange grammar (at least for modern standards) and at times extra-terrestrial word order, but for someone who hasn't read a Lot of Shakespeare's work, it was quite exhausting at times to keep up with the dialogue and understand what they're exactly saying. Especially since the dialogue density is quite high throughout the movie (and in my opinion, much too high for a movie).
Film is a modern medium and I think the makers should have kept that in mind a little bit more. Everything has to be squeezed in around 2 hours, so hey, you need to trim down certain things a bit. When you're watching a movie you need a little space to breathe every now and then, a few seconds to think about things. When you're reading a book you can take that time yourself, whereas a movie needs to have that space built in. I don't know, maybe making a movie and keeping up all the characteristics and virtues of Shakespearean dialogue are just two things that don't mix that well. And... oh well, maybe just keeping the dialogue density just a little lower would have done the trick altogether. But right now I feel like I've been running a mile or two, while all I wanted was to watch a piece of art.
Still, as I said, it was a beautiful piece of art, so a grade 7 out of 10 is justified.