Favorite Kenneth Branaugh Movie

[SaintAugustine]

your favorite Kenneth Branaugh flick...acting or directing..or both.

 

[Quagmire]

your favorite Kenneth Branaugh flick...acting or directing..or both.

Thor.

Being a life-long Marvel comic fan, I groaned when I first heard that Mr. Modern Shakespeare himself was going to direct it, but he did a great job.

Just enough pomp where it was appropriate, like in the Halls of Asgard scenes, but he switched the right gears in just the right ways through the rest of the movie.

 

[LegionOnomaMoi]

your favorite Kenneth Branaugh flick...acting or directing..or both.

Hamlet. By far. It's the best movie version around. "Dead Again" was ok. Much Ado About Nothing was good (great at many parts) but definitely could have done without Keaunu Reeves. Henry the V was also good. I saw Othello when I was 12, so I don't really remember it at all. I don't think I've seen him in anything else (was he in a movie about WWII?).

 

[SaintAugustine]

Thor.

Being a life-long Marvel comic fan, I groaned when I first heard that Mr. Modern Shakespeare himself was going to direct it, but he did a great job.

Just enough pomp where it was appropriate, like in the Halls of Asgard scenes, but he switched the right gears in just the right ways through the rest of the movie.

dang, I forgot to add that to the primary choices..great flick..and your right.he compressed a lot, and incredible visuals

 

[SaintAugustine]

Hamlet. By far. It's the best movie version around. "Dead Again" was ok. Much Ado About Nothing was good (great at many parts) but definitely could have done without Keaunu Reeves. Henry the V was also good. I saw Othello when I was 12, so I don't really remember it at all. I don't think I've seen him in anything else (was he in a movie about WWII?).

that uncut hamlet production...IS incredible..

 

[Quagmire]

dang, I forgot to add that to the primary choices..great flick..and your right.he compressed a lot, and incredible visuals

I was afraid Branaugh would have Thor speaking in Elizabethan English, like he does in the comics (sort of works there, didn't figure an actor could pull it off on-screen though).

As it turned out he had him speaking just slightly over-polished modern English, just enough to get the arrogance across without sounding ridiculous.

 

[SaintAugustine]

I love when they correct him about ordering another drink..and he says.."I did"...after smashing a glass
I too had deeep fears about the lanugage mode of Thor.

 

[LegionOnomaMoi]

I was afraid Branaugh would have Thor speaking in Elizabethan English, like he does in the comics (sort of works there, didn't figure an actor could pull it off on-screen though).

As it turned out he had him speaking just slightly over-polished modern English, just enough to get the arrogance across without sounding ridiculous.

HE directed Thor!? Huh. I had no idea.

Of course, and Elizabethan Thor might be interesting.
"Do you bite your thumb at me sir?"
"I do but bite my thumb."
"I fears, then that I must poke thee in thine eye."

 

[Quagmire]

I love when they correct him about ordering another drink..and he says.."I did"...after smashing a glass
I too had deeep fears about the lanugage mode of Thor.

I liked the bar scene too, and the "just staggering in" scene later. Loved when the drunken Dr. Selvig tells Thor, "if you aren't the god of thunder, you should be".

 

[SaintAugustine]

LOLOL>>yes
and suprise casting as Thor..well done,Ken

 

[Quagmire]

HE directed Thor!? Huh. I had no idea.

Of course, and Elizabethan Thor might be interesting.
"Do you bite your thumb at me sir?"
"I do but bite my thumb."
"I fears, then that I must poke thee in thine eye."

They definitely missed a few oppurtunities for laughs there:

Thor: "Tis I, Mighty Thor, scion of Odin All Father!"

Natalie Portman: "I like scions too. Especially the cinnamon and raisin ones. mmmmmmmmm".

Thor: "Ever and anon must we flee hence!!"

Selvig: "What's he saying now?"

Portman: "Not sure. Think he wants us to take him to a 12 step meeting".

 

[SaintAugustine]

They definitely missed a few oppurtunities for laughs there:

Thor: "Tis I, Mighty Thor, scion of Odin All Father!"

Natalie Portman: "I like scions too. Especially the cinnamon and raisin ones. mmmmmmmmm".

Thor: "Ever and anon must we flee hence!!"

Selvig: "What's he saying now?"

Portman: "Not sure. Think he wants us to take him to a 12 step meeting".

I to missed some missed oppurtunites..I mean you see Love's Labor Lost.and you know Ken has a sense a humor.

 

[Quagmire]

I to missed some missed oppurtunites..I mean you see Love's Labor Lost.and you know Ken has a sense a humor.

True. :yes:

But IMO the great thing is he showed that Shakespeare did too.

 

[Kathryn]

I voted for Henry V, but Much Ado About Nothing is a very close second. So many lovely men in that movie...