Better than Henry V?
Now, I loved Olivier's Henry V, but I thought that this was just so damn good. Does anyone else here think that it's better than Henry V?
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Short answer: no. I prefer this play, but I have to say it's by some way the weakest of Olivier's Shakespeare films. (Out of the ones he directed himself, that is. It's better than Burge's Othello and right out of sight of Czinner's As You Like It; but it doesn't match up to Henry V or Hamlet.)
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Oh, I'd say Richard III is his best Shakespeare film by far. Henry V is too stagey and wooden (Brannagh's attempt is way superior) and his Hamlet is pretty good. But this is his masterpiece
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Yes! Olivier is my favorite actor I love what I have seen of Henry V but I can not STAY AWAKE! It's quite frustrating. I've tried 3 times! Richard keeps me enthralled from top to bottom.
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It's tie for me. I can't choose!
share"Henry V" just comes off as corny - for me, anyway. I think this has a lot to do with the fact that it was made during wartime, to inspire the population, etc. As for "Richard III", some things look corny and dated, but Olivier is just so fantastic that it doesn't matter much.
shareIn a word: YES.
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I thought this film was superior in every way. My only real complaint about this film is the Mickey Mousing score.
I agree with others here that Henry V was a bit too wooden and dated, but the whole St. Crispin's Day Speech scene was very well done (and, in my opinion, far superior to Branagh's). I was also kind of annoyed by the Falstaff scene, perhaps because Orson Welles did a far better job with it in Chimes at Midnight.
In a word, NO. "Henry V" is one of the prime jewels in filmdom's crown. Its graceful and imaginative blend of artifice and more realistic imagery in the shift from stage to the world beyond and back again is the most brilliant device of its sort ever employed on screen.
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I've always preferred Richard lll. I'm more moved by the performances.
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