Movie review Much Ado About Nothing Shakespeare - Assignment Example

Much Ado About Nothing Part Review The “Much Ado About Nothing” film is set in a Tuscan villa during the Italian summer. It is a film dealing with passionate love affairs, renunciations, misunderstanding and reconciliations. Love affairs incorporate two couples, one of Benedict and Beatrice and other of Claudio and Hero. I like the way it is characterized by good interplay of sounds, motion and sight which catches the attention of the audience. All characters in the films are portrayed in a manner that is real and involves the audience in the story line.

Unfortunately, the film is so explicit in an immoral perspective and may leave some audience uncomfortable. I do not like the way characters in the film appear half naked during house parties. The film portrays a life pursuit of pleasure, such as drinking, dancing and making love that to some extent becomes immoral (Canby). Benedict and Beatrice are in a funny and sarcastic relationship that makes the film more appealing. Benedict himself is a funny character in the way he acts in the film. His humor is mainly found in act 2 scenes 3, especially when he falls with a chair after overhearing Don Pedro, leonate and Claudio saying that Beatrice is in love with him.

I would recommend this film to adults because it is funny and involve issues that only adults can comprehend such as love affairs, sex and marriage (Canby).Part 2: character examinationI have decided to examine Don John as one of the characters in the film. There are a lot of similarities in the way Don John is portrayed in the text and in the film. In the act 2, scene 1 of the film, Don John is portrayed as a jealous man (Canby). He does not like Claudio for being in relationship with the Hero.

He is also jealous of Don Pedro, his half-brother, for being Claudio’s ‘wingman’ in his relationship with the Hero. Similarly, Don John is portrayed in the text as being jealous that makes him villain to an extent of breaking the relationship between Claudio and hero. The film portrays Don John as being villainy especially through his actions and the way he dresses. During the mask part held in a Tuscan villa, Don John is portrayed wearing a red evil mask implying that he is evil in his actions.

However, the final scene of the film portrays how Don John gets low props after being arrested for attempts to break the relationship between Claudio and Hero (Canby).Part 3: The Entrapment of Benedick and Beatrice3AThe film has applied the quality of motion in act 2, Scene 3. The camera moves to cover a wide area of the Leonato’s garden. It brings a sensual appeal to the audience and simultaneously communicates the phenomenon experienced by the characters in the garden. In act 3, Scene 1 the camera leaves Hero and Margaret, from where they are seated talking about Beatrice, and moves to cover the section where Beatrice is eavesdropping.

This brings fun and engagement to the audience compared to the drama which has a limited space (Canby).3BAct3, Scene 1 and act 2, Scene 3 gives a love story line of potential couples made up of Benedict and Beatrice. Don Pedro is the main mediator who tries to bring the couple together by using other characters such as Claudio, Margret and Hero. The film’s portrayal is effective because it has unique features such as sounds and motion which, together with characters, become fun and engaging to the audience (Canby).

Work CitedCanby, Vincent. Much Ado About Nothing. The New York Times, 7 may. 1993. Web. 22 Oct. 2014.