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 Much Ado About Nothing (2013) Much Ado About Nothing (2013) Quote: Much Ado About Nothing is a 2012 American independent romantic comedy film adapted for the screen, produced, and directed by Joss Whedon, from William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Sean Maher and Jillian Morgese.
The first feature film by Bellwether Pictures, Much Ado About Nothing premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and it had its North American theatrical release on June 21, 2013.
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David
Pure Phase
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Re: Much Ado About Nothing (2013) A very entertaining film: playful, romantic, sexy, and smart. It is a light and warm film adapted from a light and warm play, built upon the energy generated by the cast's interaction and their conversational, at times rapid, always welcoming delivery of the poetic dialogue. Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof shine in particular as the central lovers, Beatrice and Benedick, whose transition from acid-tongued feuding to intense courtship is the blueprint for several of literature and film's most iconic love stories, including Pride & Prejudice. My only complaint: to my eyes, the B&W cinematography is a tad inconsistent. Certain scenes are atmospheric and beautiful (the outdoor "funeral" of Hero, for instance), but others resemble a home movie shot on a high-end digital camera and then desaturated.
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thompsoncory
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Re: Much Ado About Nothing (2013) I saw this! Must have forgotten to post here.
Anyways, the movie is nothing great, but it's light and fairly fun, and all the performances are solid-to-great. Especially enjoyed the lovely Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof. It's worth checking out. B
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publicenemy#1
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Re: Much Ado About Nothing (2013) Not a Shakespeare fan but I liked this. It's a little hard to get into but once you give in it's pretty enjoyable.
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publicenemy#1
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Re: Much Ado About Nothing (2013) Whoa... looking up some of the cast that I didn't recognize and I had no idea the dude who played Benedick is freaking Wesley from Buffy and Claudio was the dude from Cabin in the Woods. ;jfkdla;fjd;
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thompsoncory
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Re: Much Ado About Nothing (2013) Basically the entire cast is made up of Joss Whedon alums from various projects he's done.
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GuybrushX McMurphy
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Re: Much Ado About Nothing (2013) I've only seen a trailer of this so far and it looked like a VHS recording of a cheap German TV soap opera with the Windows Movie Maker black and white filter applied to it. Is that still true for the movie?
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publicenemy#1
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Re: Much Ado About Nothing (2013) thompsoncory wrote: Basically the entire cast is made up of Joss Whedon alums from various projects he's done. well, yeaaaah I knew that much but those two I did not recognize at all.
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