Joss Whedon does the Bard, and why not? The elegantly droll trailer caught my attention, and the film delivers - on the insubstantial side perhaps, but charming and witty and all round a nice way to spend 100 minutes or so. Also, a neat way to be introduced to Much Ado..., as I hadn't otherwise been familiar with it via stage, screen or page.
I enjoyed the quasi-country house setting and the way everyone goes around in nice dresses and suits; also the way that all of the above was put to good use in framing - literally and otherwise - of scenes and characters (the black and white worked well too). Nice looking cast, several of them faintly familiar; actually familiar were Alexis Denisof (enjoyable, though a bit distracting as Benedick, given that I so strongly associate him with HIMYM's sleazy Sandy Rivers) and Nathan Fillion in a very funny turn as the blatheringly incompetent constable Dogberry.
(w/ Mehnaz)
I enjoyed the quasi-country house setting and the way everyone goes around in nice dresses and suits; also the way that all of the above was put to good use in framing - literally and otherwise - of scenes and characters (the black and white worked well too). Nice looking cast, several of them faintly familiar; actually familiar were Alexis Denisof (enjoyable, though a bit distracting as Benedick, given that I so strongly associate him with HIMYM's sleazy Sandy Rivers) and Nathan Fillion in a very funny turn as the blatheringly incompetent constable Dogberry.
(w/ Mehnaz)
