Cymbeline Movie Download

7 / 10

Sketching in 50 shades of Shakespeare . . .
. . . with the help of Mr. Grey’s “Anastasia” (Dakota Johnson) is sure to attract more involuntary attendees (that is, students forced to see CYMBELINE by their teachers) than Uncoerced paying customers. The fact that this adaptation, reset to a modern environment featuring the use of ubiquitous TV screens (Barack Obama makes a cameo appearance), note pads, GPS, iPhones, and Selfies at every turn, cannot hold a candle to “Gandalf” (Ian McKellen) as RICHARD III a few years ago in a similar “updating” probably is more the fault of the Bard having provided lesser source material than it is of Ms. Johnson’s lackluster “Imogen” here, or any other miscasting decision. I mean, if CYMBELINE is supposed to be a tragedy, LOTS of heads should roll, not just the jester’s. The plot is rife with tons of chances for unwitting incest, or at the very least a RomeoJuliet-style slew of ill-timed suicides, but we only get one self-snuffing, paired with the single rolling Noggin’. Worse yet, both victims deserved to die. Where’s the pity in THAT?!Read More