What impressed me the most about the film is that it quoted a lot of dialogues from Shakespeare's works. Although it is very beautiful and some of the descriptions are very appropriate, the film is different from the text after all. Maybe people in Elizabeth I at that time liked to talk like this, but As the positioning of modern people as the audience, it really ignores the feelings of the audience. Of course, Shakespeare fans or fans of British and American literature may be able to smile while watching the movie, and those who can't watch it can also choose the "x" in the upper left corner of the screen.
In terms of plot, this movie is quite delicate: the young heroine Viola, who is tired of the love of the upper class, falls in love with the romantic genius Shakespeare at first sight. full of pathos. Viola is his muse, giving him a steady stream of inspiration to create Romeo and Juliet, which has touched countless audiences. Similar to the tragic ending of the play, they eventually parted ways, but Viola became Shakespeare's eternal inspiration, the prototype for the heroine of his next play, Twelfth Night. I love this ending. In fact, when Viola and Shakespeare played "Romeo and Juliet" at the end, I thought it would be a happy ending for a lover who ends up getting married, but luckily it didn't. Now it is more reasonable to think about this ending: First, because the film itself has an element of fabrication, showing a small romantic affair of Shakespeare, if it really becomes a fairy couple with Viola and Shakespeare, It is too tampered with history; second, parting is more beautiful than reunion. What is the muse? It is inspiration, it can be seen from a distance but not scornful, the body is separated, but the soul is forever embedded in the spiritual sky. When "Romeo and Juliet" came to an end with thunderous applause, their love was complete. The unhappy ending is very intriguing. The plot is reasonable and there is also a perfect interpretation of "drama can express pure love", but it is quite satisfactory, it is not exciting, and it will not have a touching effect.
The worth watching of the film lies in its literary quality. Shakespeare's works and the film have been effectively combined. While watching the film, I also felt the graceful and extraordinary language charm of a literary giant, and was influenced by literature. But "Success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He", which reminds me of Xu Anhua's "Golden Age", which has also been criticized a lot for citing a lot of literary works. From this point of view, how to express literary feelings while telling stories is indeed a difficult problem for films.
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