I didn't knew the script nor the works of Shakespeare, nor should I need to know them to review and like a movie.
Being that this one comes from Shakespeare, it's understandable to have similarities with the original work but the language used here is way over the top for me. Reading a novel or watching a live play is one thing, watching a movie is another thing all by itself.
Director didn't care for us viewers as long as it can throw at us as many lines as possible that resemble the original play, problem is that they came out totally wrong, out of place, not believable and with awful acting, except for Helen Mirren who totally rocks and tried her best with the tools given to her, the rest of the cast sucks, CG is nice but the movie as a whole came out like being a tapestry of different ideas put out wrong. This is not a movie, this is a play pretending to be a movie and that sucks to be honest.
The worst parts of this little fiasco are Ariel, making incredible moves to try to hide his penis, which for me is awful, since I prefer to see a penis in an honest acting than trying myself to justify a good "moral" scene, totally unnecessary.
The other aspect of the movie that is totally without justification is the music and sound, since when rock and fantasy genres blend?... Bad sound editing and I mean really bad, some dialogs are really low, some FX are really high and they are not balanced.
Do not waste your time, if you want to know more about this story it is better to go see it in an actual play than try to watch is painful and extremely boring pretense of a movie.
Being that this one comes from Shakespeare, it's understandable to have similarities with the original work but the language used here is way over the top for me. Reading a novel or watching a live play is one thing, watching a movie is another thing all by itself.
Director didn't care for us viewers as long as it can throw at us as many lines as possible that resemble the original play, problem is that they came out totally wrong, out of place, not believable and with awful acting, except for Helen Mirren who totally rocks and tried her best with the tools given to her, the rest of the cast sucks, CG is nice but the movie as a whole came out like being a tapestry of different ideas put out wrong. This is not a movie, this is a play pretending to be a movie and that sucks to be honest.
The worst parts of this little fiasco are Ariel, making incredible moves to try to hide his penis, which for me is awful, since I prefer to see a penis in an honest acting than trying myself to justify a good "moral" scene, totally unnecessary.
The other aspect of the movie that is totally without justification is the music and sound, since when rock and fantasy genres blend?... Bad sound editing and I mean really bad, some dialogs are really low, some FX are really high and they are not balanced.
Do not waste your time, if you want to know more about this story it is better to go see it in an actual play than try to watch is painful and extremely boring pretense of a movie.