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I hate Shakespeare adaptation - but this is a great movie, May 23, 2013

As with all Shakespeare plays all the great actors of the time try to squeeze in. this film is no exception. However the actors do not outshine the character they play.

Why the decided to set it in the 1930 era I am not sure. This is Shakespeare's view of ambition, lust and murderous treachery. There are other views you can read about later.

I have to confess I know the play; if I had not known the play it would be easy to be lost. I still did not know the parts of some of the people.

I have a hunch we have not seen the last of Richard III. No telling what can be dug up now days.

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Finally part II hope I am alive for part three!, May 23, 2013

Hope you watched part one before this.

You're going to have to read the book if you really want to know what this film is all about. There is no way to recap the story or the philosophy behind it in the short review. So I will have to assume that you either have read the book or intend to read it.

As with most book adaptations one could build a laundry list of what is missing. I personally was hoping for a period piece. However after viewing this presentation I realize that a period piece would be very clumsy and that they made the right decision by adapting it to a more up to date venue (the year 2016.) Then of course you have to choose the actors (differed from part… Read more

If you are thinking Debra Kerr you will be shocked., May 23, 2013

I grew up on the movie so it was quit a shocker to read the book. As stated in the beginning there are no petticoated women in this book. It is a men's adventure written by a man for men. You can not miss the hand of H. Rider Haggard as he has a unique sense of humor that pops up at the strangest times. And as with written stories this one is much more intricate than the movie adaptations. You will find many assumptions of the time such as any complex construction must have been built by white people and natives on their own may turn savage.

The story is told first person by Allan Quatemain. Nevil is off to make his fortune by finding King Solomon's lost diamond mines. Allan… Read more