But everything feels overdone, and it ends being a film that doesn't satisfy. This on the other hand just feels tiresome in the long run, a film that is tedious and tries far too hard at grabbing your attention, and in doing so, you lose interest, and a film like this should have grabbed your attention effortlessly. Saving Private Ryan should have won, because it's a far superior, more emotional film, and one that is captivating from the first frame onwards. I felt that it didn't warrant an Oscar win, as there were far better films to win than this. Like their Romeo and Juliet, here they are eternally young and radiant. The cast did do a fine job in what they brought to the screen, but the film just tries far too hard to impress that it just ends up underwhelming. Shakespeare in Love is another of those movies that are on my guaranteed mood.
I usually enjoy films such as this, but like I said, the film didn't grab my attention, I felt that there was something lacking in the film to really make it memorable. Shakespeare in Love felt like it just strived to please the board of the Academy, and it sure did, as it's your typical Oscar Bait film. I consider films like Lawrence of Arabia, Gone with the Wind, the Godfather to be great cinema. However this is a film that is killed by the hype, and watching this, I simply didn't understand its grandeur or reasons why it's superb cinema. For me, it's a mediocre film, one that fails to really grab your attention and it really should have been something great. (We think one of those is actually Taylor Swifts. Here are the movies I’ve seen from 1998 that I think are better than Shakespeare in Love: The Big Lebowski, Croupier, Happiness, The Last Days of Disco, Out of Sight, Pi, Run Lola Run, Rushmore, Saving Private Ryan, A Simple Plan, There’s Something About Mary, The Thin Red Line, The Truman Show. As William and Viola’s romance grows in intensity and spirals towards its inevitable culmination, so, too, does the farcical comedy about Romeo and pirates transform into the timeless tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare in Love is a film that I really wanted to enjoy, but I simply didn't get into it. Where did he get the inspiration for his greatest plays, like Romeo and Juliet, Bad Blood, and Twelfth Night. Shakespeare soon discovers the deception and goes along with it, using the blossoming love affair to ignite his muse. Movies Music TV Trailers NEW Follow YARN on Instagram New Stuff, Yummies Missing a fave video Suggest a film, show or song Click to email us Find old favorites and new gems in clips to explore.